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Handover of bullet-proof vests...
Two members of the police's Zeta Force prepare for patrol duty in central Athens yesterday. Earlier in the day, members of the force had attended a special ceremony in Syntagma Square, organized by the main police workers' union (POASY) in association with the European Confederation of Police (Eurocop), to mark the handover of bullet-proof vests for Greek police officers. |
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Parties must look again at funding
The remarks made yesterday by Theodoros Tsoukatos, an aide to former Prime Minister Costas Simitis, regarding the manner in which PASOK officials kept records of campaign contributions to the Socialist party warrant careful examination.
Tsoukatos's comments indicate the lack of any transparency as well as the extremely hypocritical manner in which the country's mainstream parties handle their financial affairs.
Keeping double books, failing to declare donations and what is euphemistically known as «creative accounting» all appear to have become standard practice among the parties.
Should they face allegations of wrongdoing, party officials resort to outright denial or try to conceal evidence. |
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Greece in the world
Greece's relationship with the rest of the world is something of a see-saw oscillation between self-absorption and extroversion, between navel-gazing and punching above its weight in the international arena. On the one hand, this is the result of the intense local politics in which all Greeks are involved and, on the other, of the demands placed on the country by its responsibilities as a member of international organizations. Greece's current presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), like its presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2003, is purely the result of chance. |
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