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Paris backs Nicosia Turks urged to accept Cyprus; Karamanlis puts off Ankara trip Greece jumped at the chance yesterday to echo criticism by the French prime minister regarding Turkey's persistent refusal to recognize Cyprus as a condition for its accession to the European Union.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Plans for CCTV cameras are snapped shut

Government plans to revive the Olympics security system to help deal with any potential terrorist threat were dealt a serious blow yesterday...

Delays dog police information system

Two-and-a-half years after announcing a 25-million-euro information management system that would help to strengthen the country's...

Ring exploited deaf migrants

Police appear to be have uncovered the local arm of a Europe-wide criminal gang...

Green laws could help put out fires

In the wake of last week's fire in eastern Attica, forest authorities yesterday fired back at critics who described them as negligent and called on the government to change the law...

A seaplane lands...

A seaplane lands in the sea off Patras in western Greece yesterday. It was the first test flight for the aircraft...

IN BRIEF

Government could change how mayors are voted in by 2006 : Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos said yesterday that the government may reform the electoral law...

Power grid survives huge demand : Greeks used a record amount of electricity yesterday...

Property prices : Economy and Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis said yesterday...

Rhodes drowning : A 13-year-old Italian girl drowned yesterday in Kallithea on the island of Rhodes...

Deadly ride : A joyride for two teenage boys yesterday in Kozani, northern Greece, resulted in one fatality...

Unhealthy practice : Athens police said yesterday that they had arrested one man...

Road closures : Sections of Sekeri and Solonos streets in central Athens will be closed off...

Caretta caretta : A loggerhead sea turtle, weighing some 100 kilos, was found dead on a beach...


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Refuge from the heat...
EDITORIAL

Upgrading the tourism sector There is little doubt Greece's tourism sector enjoys a comparative advantage. Our country is gifted with unparalleled natural beauty and unique historical monuments that appeal strongly to well-off foreign tourists. It is not a coincidence that Aegean islands such as Santorini and Myconos have long attracted famous and wealthy visitors.

COMMENTARY

Unholy alliances The conservatives' decision to introduce a 42 percent threshold for the election of local government officials - common in single-party governments - instead of the typical runoff between the two leading candidates for 50 percent of the vote, is a welcome move. PASOK had long avoided changing the electoral law as the old system worked in its favor. The deadlock after the first ballot often resulted in opportunist alliances between PASOK and left-wing parties.

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