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Greek squad slam-dunks NBA stars Win over US leads to Worlds final Underdogs Greece triumphed 101-95 over the United States yesterday to reach the 2006 World Basketball Championship final in Saitama, a suburb of Tokyo.

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TEI reshuffle in the works

After introducing stricter criteria for entering tertiary institutions, the government plans to shift 3,000 positions from technical colleges (TEIs) in larger cities to vacant regional TEIs hit hardest by the new measure, sources said yesterday. Education Ministry sources told Kathimerini that the ministry will reshuffle student slots in 2007, helping cut positions in heavily populated TEIs located in Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras and Halkida.

S. Korea aims for Balkan ties

The president of South Korea Roh Moo-hyun is expected to arrive in Greece tomorrow in a visit diplomatic sources say will help strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations. Sources said that South Korea is likely to use Greece to strengthen its diplomatic ties with the Balkans and Southeastern Europe.

Migrants detained in Hania

Authorities detained 119 illegal immigrants on a beach close to Hania, Crete, yesterday when the boat they were traveling in ran aground close to the shore, resulting in the death of one migrant.

Turkish sports chiefs called on podium row

PARIS (AFP) - World motor sports' governing body FIA has summoned Turkish sports chiefs for talks in Paris after an incident on the podium of the Istanbul Grand Prix almost led to a diplomatic row.

IN BRIEF

AIDS carrier charged with infecting 23-year-old mother on Rhodes : A 25-year-old AIDS carrier yesterday faced an investigating magistrate on Rhodes...

Fugitive convict profited by swindling house hunters, police say : A 51-year-old fugitive from Alikarnassos jail in Crete, who is believed to have swindled dozens of house hunters...

Government to finance project : Two years after terrorists killed 331 people in Beslan, Greece will finance the construction of a day school...

Fire warning : Authorities yesterday issued a for the areas of Evia, Samos, Crete...

Forgery ring : Police yesterday detained two foreigners believed to have been involved in a criminal ring producing forged documents...

Blaze controlled : A forest fire that broke out in Salamina, west of Athens, was brought under control yesterday...

Weapons found : A land mine and three hand grenades were found late on Thursday in a roadside rubbish bin in Pefki...

Protesting workers : Law enforcers, firefighters and coast guard employees will strike and hold a protest...

Bag snatcher : A 26-year-old man was arrested in Neo Psychico, northern Athens, on Thursday, accused of purse snatching...


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Fisheries Research Institute...
EDITORIAL

A greater role in Europe’s real estate One can only welcome the fact that the Greek real estate market has appeared on the map of foreign institutional investors. Almost silently, a mature market is emerging which is creating new opportunities. These opportunities are not just for foreign capital but mainly for the national economy. And things may get even better.

COMMENTARY

The absence of an opposition The Greek government is alert and promptly implements its program only under pressure from the opposition. If the opposition does not rise to the occasion and offers no alternative solutions to problems, the government is less productive and forgets its promises to the people. As long as Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis does not feel PASOK leader George Papandreou in hot pursuit, he will rely on his public opinion poll lead and not pressure his ministers to expedite reforms. If PASOK were a serious opposition force - and if its leader, instead of indulging in populism, strenuously criticized the government...

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