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Greece close to clinching OTE deal with DT Role of CEO could be deciding factor A deal for Deutsche Telekom (DT) to buy a stake in OTE telecom and have a say in the management of the company has moved a step closer after gaining the backing of the Inner Cabinet based on a compromise over the running of the state-controlled telephony firm.

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Worker conflicts stem flow of May Day march

Workers took part in demonstrations in Athens yesterday...

Zagoria fears overdevelopment

Residents of the Zagoria villages in Epirus, northern Greece, are worried that their unspoiled group of traditional settlements...

More rights for partners

A landmark ruling by the Supreme Court, which was made public yesterday, means that the unmarried partners...

US calls for choice on gas

As Greece measures the fallout from the recent signing of the South Stream project with Russia...

Street traders petition authorities for licenses

A group of street traders yesterday blocked off the town hall in Nea Philadelphia, northwestern Athens, accusing local authorities...

IN BRIEF

Olympic infrastructure has helped Greece, State Department report finds : The «improved counterterrorism infrastructure» in place since the 2004 Olympics...

Foreign academics lead petition to stop huge tourism project on Crete : Two academics, an American and a Briton, who are spearheading...

Train strike leaves dozens in Istanbul : Dozens of train passengers who had been scheduled...

PASOK targeted : Unidentified assailants hurled stones at a police van...

Kidnap victim : Police arrested a 27-year-old Albanian man in Mouzaki...

Crvenkovski appeal : The president of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Branko Crvenkovski...

Missing farmer :A 51-year-old farmer who had been missing on Crete since last Friday...

Serbs extradited : Greece handed over to Croatia on Wednesday two ethnic Serbs...


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Orthodox Easter break... A traffic police officer helps a woman push her car following a breakdown...

EDITORIAL

Grandiloquence no substitute for deeds Ultimately, a state is judged by the amount of care it provides to its weakest members. On this front, the Greek state scores negative marks and the numbers illustrate just how poor its performance is. Of the some 180,000 children in this country with physical or learning disabilities, only 1,350 will ever make it into secondary education. This percentage of 0.75 reflects the size of the state's failure, as it confines itself to making grandiloquent statements while leaving the weaker members of society to fend for themselves when it comes to their education.

COMMENTARY

Adapting to the times The meeting between Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and the signing of the South Stream pipeline deal was hailed as a Greek success. Greece gives the Russians a European footing while receiving some energy and political benefits in return. The United States is clearly displeased by Russia's growing role in European affairs and will continue to push their own interests from the Urals to the Balkans and Western Europe. So is Greece, a longstanding US ally, ignoring the pressures and charting an independent course? Yes. Is Greece being punished for it? No, it seems.

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