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Move to mend union fence Government takes more active role, partially supports workers’ claims The government yesterday moved to close the gap that separates it from labor groups by backing some of their claims as concern mounts that recent clashes with workers have eaten into its popularity.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Avian flu advice to bird, cat owners

The Agricultural Development Ministry yesterday issued a list of guidelines aimed at curbing the spread of bird flu from wild birds...

Bourboulia is on her way back

After six hearings, a judge in Paris finally decided yesterday that former judge Constantina Bourboulia, wanted in Greece...

Cremation gets legal go-ahead

Lawmakers yesterday approved legislation allowing for the cremation of the dead to take place in Greece for the first time in country's history...

Police ring in changes at the top

Two out of three major generals in the Greek Police (ELAS) were sacked yesterday...

An octopus hangs above...

An octopus hangs above a fish stall in Athens's Varvakeio Market yesterday...

Colombian drugs sold from Pangrati home

Drug squad officers said yesterday that they had arrested three people in an apartment...

IN BRIEF

Growth for 2005 was strong and higher than expected, figures show : The economy grew at a healthy 3.67 percent annual clip last year...

Foreign minister starts tour of region, ministry welcomes Cyprus initiative : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis begins a tour...

Deadline for foreigners extended : Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos signed an amendment...

Phone tapping : The government vehemently denied a report in the Ta Nea newspaper...

Athens mission : The prime minister wants a cleaner and greener Athens, according...

Smuggling convictions : A Piraeus court yesterday handed down eight-year jail sentences...

Vavilis holdup : Yiannis Vlachos, lawyer of Apostolos Vavilis - the drug dealer with alleged...

Protesting farmers : Farmers were handing out small parcels of rice to passing motorists...

Lawyer appeal : A prosecutor recommended yesterday that the council of appeals...


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EDITORIAL

Better ways to woo voters Economic data released yesterday by the Economy Ministry is certainly cause for optimism. According to the figures, Greece's gross domestic product, or GDP, in 2005 rose by 3.7 percent, which was among the biggest hikes in the eurozone. This is an important accomplishment, as last year compares favorably with 2004, a year that saw the construction of many Olympics-related projects. The upbeat figures defeated the grim predictions by pessimistic or opportunistic pundits...

COMMENTARY

Pragmatic turn The joint statement released by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos after their meeting in Paris indicates the international community has finally realized that any peace settlement for the island must take Greek-Cypriot interests into consideration. The new round of negotiations will not refer to the rejected Annan blueprint and will include no pressing deadlines.

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