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Athens presses Ankara FM, in Turkey, wants UN’s Cyprus effort to go on after Dec.12 Foreign Minister George Papandreou met with members of the new government in Turkey yesterday in a bid to get Ankara to commit itself to continuing negotiations to solve the Cyprus problem if this is not achieved before the EU's summit in Copenhagen on December 12.

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Migrants to get long-term permits soon

Immigrants who have been living in Greece legally and have been renewing their annual residence and work permits for the past five years will soon be eligible...

Greek rivers, lakes mostly clean

Greece's lakes and rivers are for the most part clean and comply with the strictest European standards, though they have some pollution...

Olympia to be ready by 2004

Restoration of monuments at ancient Olympia will be finished by the 2004 Olympic Games despite the tight schedule, according to the Culture Ministry.

Windfarms for Attica power

The executive committee of the City of Athens Organization yesterday reviewed state plans for the installation of windfarms in Attica...

Mobile phone helps man escape wolf pack

A livestock breeder in the mountains of Drama, near the Greek-Bulgarian border, used his mobile phone to call for help as a pack of 19 wolves circled the tree...

IN BRIEF

Flights, public offices, schools disrupted today due to protest : Flights, public services, schools and hospitals...

Minister announces drive to promote and protect homegrown produce : A campaign to promote and protect feta...

State services on standby : The army, local authorities and the Civil Protection Agency were on alert late yesterday...

Road tax : Drivers have until the end of this month to acquire a sticker for 2003...

Shipping safety : A European Commission blacklist of ships being held at European ports for violating shipping safety...

Murder conviction : A Yiannitsa court yesterday sentenced a 17-year-old youth to between 10 and 15 years in jail...

Roadworks : Drivers will face disruptions on Kifissias Avenue next week...

Olympic volunteers : A total of 47,168 prospective Olympic Games volunteers have submitted applications to date...

Good catch : An Alexandroupolis fisherman who caught 6 tons of striped gray mullet off the coast...


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Germany, Italy, Britain and Greece are testing cooperation...
EDITORIAL

Fragmentation Any normal person can only feel profoundly depressed at the prospect of the government's plan to institute the University of the Peloponnese over a number of scattered campuses, bringing to the fore the issue of widely dispersed university campuses which only serve clientele relations and no educational purpose.

COMMENTARY

Wishful thinking Those government and Socialist party cadres who think that the current period should be witnessing a clear government comeback in opinion polls must have strange views about politics and society. Why should the citizens of a society beset by so many big problems express their satisfaction with an administration that disappoints them on a daily basis?

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