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New era is ushered in Athens ready for better relations with Ankara, but Cyprus issue still tense Greece hailed a «new era» for its relations with Turkey as the neighboring state that had for many years been an enemy took a giant leap yesterday toward becoming a member of the EU and closer to healing the divide that haunts relations between the two states.

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Big steps taken to free up energy

The government approved four draft bills yesterday aimed at deregulating the country's energy market in an overdue move that will bring the sector in line with European Union directives. Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas said the bills complete the legal framework under which the country will deregulate the energy and natural gas markets.

Professors to overhaul the university system

A group of eminent academics has been assigned to overhaul the institutional framework governing the operation of Greece's universities with the aim of tackling the phenomenon of the «eternal student» and reforming outdated practices.

Toll from blood feuds shoots up

After the arrest of a 32-year-old Albanian national in connection with the murder of his 37-year-old compatriot in the Ambelokipi area, central Athens, police told Kathimerini yesterday that they were dealing with an increasing amount of vendetta killings among Greece's Albanian community.

Greece has the power to pollute

Greece's poor environmental record was dealt another blow yesterday when the country's largest power plant, located in northern Greece, was named the worst air-polluting power station in Europe by the conservation group WWF.

IN BRIEF

Ano Liosia workers to decide today whether to continue with their strike : Striking workers from the Ano Liosia landfill are due to meet today...

Civil servants unhappy with proposals to make them work later hours : ADEDY, the civil servants' union group, disagreed yesterday...

Watchdog criticizes political coverage : The state broadcasting watchdog yesterday decided...

Bad food : Prefectural officials in Thessaloniki yesterday confiscated and destroyed...

Fisherman found : A 31-year-old fisherman who had set off...

Fewer cars : The number of newly registered cars on the country's roads...

Shepherd charged : A 32-year-old man was imprisoned in Thessaloniki yesterday after being charged...

Samos migrants : In two separate incidents, coast guards picked up 15 illegal immigrants...

Plane safe : A small private airplane that disappeared from airport radars...

Sweet tooth : Confectioners in Iraklion, Crete, said yesterday they will be giving away sweets...


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Patriarch Theofilos...
EDITORIAL

Hammering out a road map The edgy European debate over the launch of Turkey's membership talks has come to a close. But the outcome of the negotiations remains open-ended. The European Union's talks with Turkey will be different from its negotiations with previous candidates. They will be profoundly political, as many governments are expected to take advantage of the process to winch Ankara onto the alternate track of special partnership. Greece's official position is that Turkey should be awarded full membership on the condition that it meets its obligations to the full.

COMMENTARY

Justified reaction The accused are innocent until proven guilty. This rule applies to Achilleas Zisis, the Supreme Court's vice president who is currently facing misdemeanor charges. It was on these grounds that some criticized the decision of the Supreme Court and Council of State presidents to leave the house when Zisis stepped up to the podium to welcome the archbishop on the feast day of Dionysius Areopagite, the patron saint of judges.

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