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Cyprus president to speak Papadopoulos will give verdict on UN plan tonight as parties debate it President Tassos Papadopoulos of Cyprus will address the nation at 8 p.m. to present his views on UN General-Secretary Kofi Annan's blueprint for the island's reunification ahead of its accession to the European Union on May 1.

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Revenue shortfall threatens budget

A huge shortfall in revenues during January of this year widened 223 percent from a year earlier, undermining the foundations of the 2004 budget, figures from the General Accounts Office show.

ELA witness identifies 2 suspects

The top prosecution witness in the Revolutionary Popular Struggle (ELA) terrorism trial opened her testimony yesterday by identifying as group members two of the defendants - including her estranged former husband.

Court OKs Acropolis Museum

Greece's plans to build an ultramodern new Acropolis Museum under the ancient citadel received a major boost yesterday after the country's highest administrative court rejected a suit to have the dragging project scrapped.

1,079 buildings in facelift bid

Over a thousand buildings in the center of Athens have been included in a massive facelift program organized by government and municipal authorities to prettify the capital ahead of the August Olympics, Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis said yesterday.

Letter from Istanbul could end Church feud

In what could prove a breakthrough in the turf war between the Church of Greece and the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate, Patriarch Vartholomaios has approved a list of candidates to fill three vacant northern Greek bishoprics, sources said yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Greece 'does not have infrastructure' to handle more air traffic during Olympics : Greece's airports are not equipped to handle the volume of incoming air traffic expected during the August Olympics...

Mutilated body of Egnatia official discovered hanging in Rentina : The corpse of a senior municipal official in Egnatia, near Thessaloniki in northern Greece, was found hanging last night...

Use flares only in crisis, ministry asks : The Merchant Marine Ministry yesterday appealed to Greeks not to let off distress flares in coastal areas...

Fireworks : A 35-year-old Samos man, Haralambos Mavrokopelos, was killed yesterday when a firework he was trying to make exploded...

Anti-terror job : The Supreme Judicial Council for Civil and Criminal Justice yesterday decided not to renew the term of prosecutor Ioannis Diotis...

Bungled robbery : A man who tried to stop an armed robber from fleeing a Thessaloniki bank with more than 8,000 euros in cash was yesterday in hospital...

Channels fined : The National Broadcasting Council yesterday fined private television channel TeleAsty 30,000 euros...

Cyprus flights : Travelers flying between Greece and Cyprus will henceforth have more daily flights to choose from...

Corrections : In a front-page story yesterday we erroneously reported that Sweden was among six EU countries that was close to having a deficit of 3 percent of GDP...


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Residents of Aghia Marina...
EDITORIAL

Mobilization As early as last summer - perhaps even earlier, since Greece took charge of the EU's rotating presidency in January 2003 - the state machinery seemed surrendered to the dictates of electoral necessity and Costas Simitis's goal of clinging to power. Having been overtaken by these detrimental electoral objectives, the State was inevitably paralyzed, administrative functions went undone, Olympics-related projects were seriously delayed and the fiscal economy was reduced to tatters.

COMMENTARY

Thoughtless and irresponsible True to form, 10 million Greeks already have strong views on the Annan peace plan. Whether for or against, Greeks back their opinion in a passionate and absolute fashion. The only undecided people are the diplomats who have for decades dealt with the Cyprus issue. The latter are still scrutinizing the plan's 10,000 pages in order to weigh its advantages and disadvantages and to assess the long-term consequences of a «yes» or a «no.» Some people reject the plan outright because they want to see a purely Greek Cyprus. Others are wholly in favor of the plan so as to «finally get the Cyprus issue over with.» Both groups should avoid taking a public stand...

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