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PM appeals for patience from workers Thousands protest over labor rights Workers gathered in Athens and Thessaloniki on the May Day public holiday yesterday to demand greater labor rights, as Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis promised to tackle persistent problems but admitted that there was a «long, hard» road ahead.

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Early pension not the solution

Labor and Social Security Minister Savvas Tsitouridis is against the idea of offering jobless workers early retirement as a solution to problems created...

New wheels for police stations

Mobile police stations will operate out of high-tech vans by the year's end in a plan by the Public Order Ministry to beef up law enforcement on the city's streets...

Vartholomaios backs mosque

Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios backed efforts yesterday toward the construction of a mosque in Athens after Greece was recently criticized for not offering...

Balkans set for a free trade zone

Balkan leaders are due to meet in Thessaloniki tomorrow to put the finishing touches to a series of agreements that will see countries in the region cooperate in improving...

Cyprus bra stunt puts focus on breast cancer

The world's longest chain of bras - stretching 111 kilometers - was completed on Cyprus on Sunday to raise awareness of breast cancer and to encourage women to have...

IN BRIEF

Police intercept 108 after several inspections on islands and ports : A total of 108 illegal immigrants were intercepted at various Greek islands...

Firemen rescue trapped climbers : Fire service workers yesterday rescued a 33-year-old Dutchman who had sustained...

Arab ties : Significant work has been done to improve ties between Greece and several Arab states...

Matsakis detained : A Cypriot Euro MP, renowned for his controversial behavior, was arrested on Saturday...

Railway menace : The driver of a train en route to Alexandroupolis from Thessaloniki on Saturday night was forced...


THIS WEEK

Tuesday : Deputy Culture Minister Giorgos Orfanos visits...

Wednesday : South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) summit takes place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Thessaloniki...

Thursday : Fourth European Social Forum begins at the at the Olympic complex...

Friday : Economy and Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis to attend Ecofin meeting...

Saturday : European Social Forum members to demonstrate at 3 p.m. at the Pedion...


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Irina Isayeva...
EDITORIAL

Using other people’s money One of the main problems with state policy is that no one ever knows who pays for what and why. State corporations carry out social policy; the state subsidizes public corporations; governments use the reserves from social security funds to enact social or other policies, while social security funds in the red expect funds from the state budget. This ongoing transfer of funds and debt provides ample opportunity for waste and scandal. Above all, the buck is continuously being passed and we never learn...

COMMENTARY

Energy wars The most controversial comments made by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during her visit to Athens last week were her warnings against Europe's energy dependence on Russia. A few days after her meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, the Russian energy giant Gazprom and an energy trading unit of the German chemical holding BASF signed a major natural gas deal in the Siberian city of Tomsk with the blessing of Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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