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Chinese-Greek deals Officials discuss Olympics, olives, tourism and taxes in PM’s visit Prime Minister Costas Simitis began his official visit to China yesterday with meetings with the country's president and prime minister, the signing of two agreements and promises of wide-ranging cooperation.

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Simitis said to be furious with minister

Health Minister Alekos Papadopoulos's surprise announcement that he will withdraw from politics and not seek re-election in the next general election continued to reverberate through the political system yesterday.

Jailbreak claims another job

As prison authorities admitted yesterday that three convicts had broken out of a Peloponnesian jail on Sunday, the minister of justice's right-hand man stepped down after a tabloid accused him of making a decision...

Conviction for quake deaths

An architect involved in the construction of a building in northwestern Athens that collapsed during the September 1999 earthquake, crushing the residents of an adjoining house, received a suspended sentence of over three years yesterday for manslaughter.

Calatrava plays down cost hike

The cost of upgrading the aging Olympic Stadium of Athens under plans by Santiago Calatrava will only be «moderately higher» than the initial estimate and not double or triple that figure, the prominent Spanish architect contended yesterday.

Cyprus peace deal no condition for accession

Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said yesterday that the admission of Cyprus to the European Union would not depend on reunification of the island.

IN BRIEF

Doctors step up protests with seven strikes starting Friday : Protesting Social Security Foundation (IKA) doctors are to launch a series...

Electronic toll payments begin, 5,500 ‘e-passes’ already sold : Many drivers, accustomed to grappling for change when approaching the Attiki Odos toll posts...

Bakoyianni outlines city’s main woes Opposition New Democracy’s candidate mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyianni...

Taxi strike. Traffic in central Athens was unusually light yesterday...

Forest fire. The first major forest fire of the year ravaged more than two hectares of pines...

Forged euros. Another fake 50-euro note was found in a bank in the town of Serres yesterday...

Teachers’ rally. Substitute teachers are to stage a protest rally...

Greek-Turkish talks. Greek and Turkish diplomats met in Athens yesterday...

Turkish-Cypriot defects. An 18-year-old Turkish conscript who defected from his base...

Vartholomaios. Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios is to arrive at the Cretan port of Iraklion...


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EDITORIAL

Personal choice Alekos Papadopoulos's announcement that he will withdraw from politics and not seek re-election in the next parliamentary elections - which he made public in an interview with Sunday's Kathimerini - has thrown Greece's political system into turmoil. PASOK's party mechanism has been raging against the health minister...

COMMENTARY

TV democracy It's been many years since Greece established itself as one of the modern TV democracies. The only - in truth minor - difference is that in this country, private television was established with little respect for legal norms, and private television owners have never ceased to enjoy wealth and power, despite the fact that their CVs were distinctly dubious.

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