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Students are crammed in Overcrowded universities will have to admit up twice as many freshmen Overcrowding at Greek universities is set to worsen as many institutions will have to accept up to twice as many students as they would like in the 2007-08 academic year, according to government figures released yesterday.

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Pipeline deal to be signed ‘in days’

Greece, Russia and Bulgaria will sign a long-delayed oil pipeline agreement...

A diplomatic Athens awaits Gul

The government is preparing to greet Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, due to visit...

Trucks sneak in illegal trash

Rubbish from municipalities outside Attica is being illegally dumped at Athens's only landfill...

A Muslim immigrant prays...

A Muslim immigrant prays in Nicosia's Omeriye Mosque...

Chase on for cultural tourists

A range of new cultural events to be held in Athens and Thessaloniki annually will be...

Marriage can turn off sex drive, data show

Marriage can kill your sex drive, according to figures released yesterday...

IN BRIEF

Inmates refuse food after claims that dying prisoner was denied help : The death of a prisoner at Nafplion Prison in the Peloponnese has prompted inmates to go on a hunger strike...

Bank and CCTV cameras targeted : An organization calling itself the «Costas Pappas Anarchist Squad» claimed responsibility for placing...

Green energy : Greenpeace and the Hellenic Wind Energy Association (ELETAEN) called on the government yesterday to respond...

Samos migrants : Coast guard officers detained seven illegal immigrants on the eastern Aegean island of Samos yesterday...

Roadworks : Drivers were warned yesterday that repair work will be carried out over the next 20 days...

Crete quake : An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale struck north of Hania, Crete, early yesterday...

TODAY : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis chairs parliamentary group meeting at 10 a.m...


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EDITORIAL

Courage and determination Many people believe that the new draft law on higher eduction tabled by Education Minister Marietta Giannakou is feeble and insufficient. They would prefer something broader and more courageous, something that would, once and for all, settle some of the central issues regarding the orientation and operation of the country's tertiary institutions. Giannakou's law does not have that breadth, but bears the stamp...

COMMENTARY

Forecasts from the salons Once it would have been interesting to collect the portentous statements echoing around Athenian salons. «Papandreou is certain to be prime minister one day; he has the name, too,» say some. «George will never be prime minister, not even in 10 years,» say others. «Karamanlis has a third term in his pocket,» more and more have been saying lately.

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