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UN report on Cyprus due today Annan is to place responsibility for reunification failure where it is due, his special envoy says On the eve of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's presentation of his report to the Security Council on the failed effort to solve the Cyprus problem, his special envoy for Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto, voiced criticism of the Greek-Cypriot leadership, noting that President Tassos Papadopoulos had presented his people only with what he saw as negative aspects of the Annan plan.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Games ticket sales lagging

Tickets for specific seats in the Olympic Games went on sale yesterday, opening the third and final phase of sales...

Bactrian gold may go on tour

KABUL (Reuters) - The world could soon catch a glimpse of the fabled Bactrian gold found in northern Afghanistan and linked with the Greco-Bactrian successors of Alexander the Great, as preparations get under way to exhibit some of the 20,000 or so pieces.

Greeks are buying up in Turkey

Eighty-one years after the exchange of populations that followed the 1919-22 Greco-Turkish war, Greeks top the list of foreign nationals buying real estate in Turkey, a report said yesterday.

ELA deadline prompts offer

A suspected Revolutionary Popular Struggle (ELA) terrorist yesterday told the Athens court trying five alleged members of the extreme left-wing group he would not seek release even if the trial outruns the 18-month maximum detention period for crime suspects.

Landmark florists to be Parliament annex

After a fragrant life that spanned more than seven decades in one of the capital's most historic locations, the landmark Parliament florists are to finally go out of business under a draft amendment tabled yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Prosecutor due to receive report on alleged illegal drug trials today : A health inspectors' report into the operations of the Athens Old Age Home in Ambelokipi is expected...

Erdogan sees 'positive developments' regarding Aegean continental shelf : Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that there had been «positive developments...

Fares up by an average of 4.6 percent : Athens taxi fares yesterday increased by an average of 4.6 percent following an agreement...

Election debate : The leaders of Greece's main political parties have agreed to participate...

OTE robbery : Two robbers netted around 100,000 euros in a raid on a branch...

Traffic disruptions : Traffic will be subject to disruptions on the stretch of the Athens-Lamia National Road...

Mystery gunmen : Athens police were yesterday seeking two men who fired shots...

Swimming beaches : A European Commission report made public yesterday deemed 99.9 percent of Greek beaches clean enough...

Olympic surgeon : Renowned heart surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub will run the health clinic in Ancient Olympia...

Workers protest : Contract workers will tomorrow join a 24-hour strike...

Harbor strike : A 24-hour strike by sailors on salvage vessels and tugboats...


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EDITORIAL

A say on Europe We are now in the final stretch to the European elections, but the questions surrounding European integration are conspicuously absent from the Greek agenda. The Euro polls in Greece are once again to be reduced to a nationwide opinion poll. Greece is not an exception as the phenomenon is common to a larger or smaller extent in other member states. Most European citizens remain unconcerned with elections for the European Parliament, and only a small percentage turn out at the polling centers.

COMMENTARY

The fall guy George Papandreou's decision yesterday to relieve Dimitris Thanos of his duties in organizing the rallies of PASOK party and, most importantly, the reasons the newly installed Socialist chairman gave for doing so are cause for bewilderment, not to say indignation. Thanos was removed «after a visit by PASOK's chairman 10 days ago to Messinia that was in every way a failure.» Thanos was held responsible for the fact that during his visit to some village near Ancient Olympia, Papandreou, instead of receiving a warm welcome, «was subjected to harsh criticism over PASOK's agricultural policy.»

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