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PM on foreign offensive Warns FYROM over name dispute and tells Turkey to drop threat of war A domestic squabble in Parliament last night over the government's foreign policy was seized upon by the prime minister as a perfect opportunity to send out strong messages to neighboring states with which Greece has differences.

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Probe uncovers OPAP’s weakness

An investigation into the alleged use of winning lottery tickets to launder huge amounts of money has found that a lack of organization and security at soccer betting and lottery firm OPAP could have...

Shops shun extended hours

Most businesses in Athens have emphatically shunned the government's recent extension of retail trading hours, data showed yesterday...

New neighbor upsets students

Some 150 students threw rocks and fruit at the government's new press headquarters off Syngrou Avenue in Athens yesterday, claiming that Panteion University has been cheated out...

Court told of share ‘games’

The Public Portfolio Management Company (DEKA) played a «dirty game» in 2000 as it manipulated stock prices during the pre-election period, New Democracy Deputy Miltiades Evert told a courtroom yesterday.

Greece to host ‘School Olympics’ next year

Greece will host next year's World School Games - a small-scale Olympiad, Education Minister Marietta Giannakou said yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Gov't submits 'EU-friendly' version of controversial bill to Parliament : The government yesterday submitted to Parliament...

5-force tremor shakes Chios, Samos, no injuries or damages reported : An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale shook...

Attica hit by four robberies in a day : Four armed robberies were carried out in Attica yesterda...

Patriarch support : The Foreign Ministry yesterday expressed its full support...

Immigrants abandoned : Police are searching for a gang responsible for smuggling illegal immigrants...

Bus strike : Buses will not be serving Athens between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. today as drivers stage...

Route shift : The terminal for bus routes 203, 204, 103, 108, 111, 206, 208 and 237 on Academias Street in central Athens is to be abolished...

Bar bust : Police arrested a total of 22 people after raiding a strip joint...

Marching firefighters : More than 4,500 firefighters are expected to demonstrate...

Braille medicine : The National Pharmaceutical Organization (EOF) yesterday sent a circular...


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Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis...
EDITORIAL

Dysfunctional government The dissent of Greece's public life into scandalmongering is a sign of a dysfunctional political system. The truth is that TV tribunals would have been shoved to the edge of political respectability had the problems besetting the country been met with genuine political action. On all issues, ranging from the challenges facing the European Union to the structural reforms of Greece's economy, substantial political debate is largely absent.

COMMENTARY

Willing servants On one hand we have the small screen of television and on the other the even smaller screen of our mobile phone: We could look on them as something like the Symplegades, the legendary clashing rocks that Jason and the Argonauts were advised to avoid. Only that we, or many of us, represent a new type of Argonaut. We are rushing to escape the Symplegades - maybe we don't even really want to. We have overdosed, making us willing servants of two market products which were meant to help us tackle one of the biggest problems of modern life: time management, especially our free time.

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