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A very long-term reform Government prepares for talks on controversial social security system changes Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis is laying the groundwork for the government to launch talks on social security reforms which are expected to be introduced over a 15-year period, senior government officials told Kathimerini.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

State has failed to use EU aid effectively

Successive governments have absorbed more than 60 billion euros in EU funds over the last 20 years, with most of the money going into infrastructure projects at the expense of more innovative investments, according to a recent study.

FM: Annan must not fail again

The so-called «Annan plan» devised a couple of years ago by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to reunify Cyprus «is history,» Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, one of the plan's backers, told an Austrian daily.

Acropolis mountain climbing

Archaeologists carrying out conservation work on Greece's most prized monument have hit on a new extreme sport...

Court annuls airport strike

As an estimated 1.7 million Athenians returned from a 3-day holiday weekend yesterday...

More women jobless in Greece than EU norm

The gender pay gap between men and women in Greece has narrowed recently, yet unemployment among women is still higher than the European Union average, according to data released yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Four birds test positive for H5N1 strain of virus : Tests on four birds - three swans and one cormorant - found in northern Greece came back positive...

Boat spotted off Oinousses : The coast guard detained on Sunday 11 illegal migrants in a wooden boat...

Cabbie mugged : A taxi driver was injured yesterday after being attacked by two male passengers...

Woman tied : A 66-year-old woman was bound and robbed in Avlona...

Capodistrias mutiny : The government's decision to grant local government autonomy to three communities...


THIS WEEK

TUESDAY : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to chair a Cabinet meeting...

WEDNESDAY : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to speak at a conference hosted by Parliament...

THURSDAY : Eighth international exhibition on education begins at the exhibition center of the Piraeus Port Authority...

FRIDAY : Documentary Festival begins in Thessaloniki...


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Clean Monday tradition...
EDITORIAL

It is time to look carefully at how EU money is spent It seems that it is our fate to ignore the substance of an issue and waste our energy on secondary matters. The fate of funds from the three support packages sent to Greece under the EU-sponsored Community Support Framework over the past 20 years is no exception to the rule.

COMMENTARY

Opposition toughens criticism ASOK President George Papandreou has recently adopted a more confrontational posture. Papandreou's switch is driven by the instinct of political self-preservation. But, at the same time, it is a sign that voter tolerance toward the conservative administration is shrinking. As a result, the public is becoming more receptive to rhetorical skirmishes between Greece's mainstream parties.

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