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Election cards shuffled September 23 date favored as government leans on economic policies

The government is getting ready to call national elections for next month, with September 23 being the most likely date, as the ruling conservatives move ahead with their pre-election preparations.
FRONT PAGE NEWS
Fire costs soar to 40 mln euros
The thousands of forest fires that broke out across Greece this summer have pushed up the cost of leasing planes and helicopters...
Greece hemorrhaging doctors
At least 3,000 Greek doctors have relocated to the UK over the past three years, while a considerable number have also departed for countries such as Germany, Sweden and France.
Student nabbed for fraud
A 20-year-old student has been arrested at an Internet cafe in Thessaloniki after he allegedly sent messages to hundreds of thousands of e-mail addresses...
Experts object to altered plan
Experts that helped put together the government's national land zoning plan, made public last week, have accused the Environment Ministry of watering down the proposal ahead of the upcoming election period.
Iphigenia in Tauris...
A scene from Euripides' 'Iphigenia in Tauris,' performed by the Cyprus Theater Organization at Epidaurus on Saturday.
Hungry Bulgarian pigs eat up corn crop
Farmers in Serres, northern Greece, are seeking damages from the government after a pack of wild pigs from Bulgaria entered the country and completely destroyed their crops, Athens News Agency (ANA) reported yesterday.
IN BRIEF
Strong winds fan flames on Corfu; village evacuated as precaution : A fire on the western island of Corfu prompted authorities yesterday to evacuate the village of Santa...
Hundreds arrested for 3,665 offenses over two-day operation : A police crackdown on petty crime in northern Greece on Thursday and Friday resulted in the arrest of 458 people...
Coast guard detains 25 people : The coast guard yesterday arrested 25 illegal immigrants on the eastern Aegean islands of Samos and Mytilene...
Explosive materials : Off the coast of Nafplion in the Peloponnese the coast guard arrested a 45-year-old man who was transporting explosive materials...
Book changes : Students and teachers will assess for themselves a controversial history textbook being introduced in the education system...
Budget revenues : in July jumped by 10 percent as compared to last year, beating the 7.2 percent annual target rate...
Hail damage : A brief hailstorm in Serres, northern Greece, caused damage to crops in the Nigritas area on Saturday...
Fatal accidents : A 30-year-old man, a foreign national, was killed in Thessaloniki early yesterday when his motorcycle ran into a car...
Albanian fires : Greece's air force participated in Albanian efforts to put out a fire that had broken out on Saturday in Gjirokaster...
Lucky escape : A firefighter escaped with a light injury after being struck by a rock that fell from the slopes of Mount Belles...

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EDITORIAL
Political asylum for bricks and mortar
 The rectors' council of the University of Crete made a rational decision - and a brave one for Greece - when it decided to lift the so-called «university asylum» for the summer months (when the university is closed) after a string of incidents involving drugs and other crimes on the campus. One has to wonder at those who have objected to the decision because even if one claims that the asylum legislation is aimed at protecting the free movement of ideas...
COMMENTARY
The corrupt and the beautiful
 Back in 2004, «entangled interests» was a term that was very much in use in political debate. The conservative administration of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis was to a large extent elected on the basis of its promise to fight the system of entangled political and business interests purportedly nourished by its Socialist predecessors under the reformist leader Costas Simitis. The term has become tantamount to a more general curse, but in practice included those who attempted to secure state construction or supply contracts of all kinds by means that were less than above board, whether through the time-honored practice of palm-greasing or support (or otherwise) in the media.
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