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PM gets veto boost Almost all Greeks support government’s handling of FYROM Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis's popularity has received a boost after Greece stopped the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) from joining NATO last week, but most Greeks agree that ties between the two countries need to improve, according to a survey.

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Weightlifters deny part in doping

The 11 weightlifters from the Greek national team, who tested positive for a banned substance in an out-of-competition check, gave evidence before a disciplinary committee...

Olympiakos first but leaves it late

A late goal from young striker Costas Mitroglou kept defending champions Olympiakos in the Super League's lead with two rounds of play remaining...

Guard caught eavesdropping

Police were investigating yesterday a suspected human-trafficking ring in northern Greece after an off-duty border patrol guard was caught...

PASOK can go it alone, says leader

PASOK leader George Papandreou believes his party can win enough votes in the next general election to form a government on his own...

Court easier on nurse over laxative prank

A nurse who put a laxative instead of sugar into her colleagues' coffee has had a decision to fire her overturned by the Council of State...

IN BRIEF

Former Culture Ministry official due to continue giving evidence today : Former Culture Ministry general secretary Christos Zachopoulos...

Policeman found with drugs in car : A 30-year-old police officer was arrested...

Underworld hit : Police said yesterday a 25-year-old Iranian man had been killed...

Church theft : Two men were arrested in Thessaloniki on Saturday...

Heroin possession : Three people were arrested in Drama...

Pedestrian attacked : An Albanian man suffered minor injuries in central Athens...

Conscript dies : A 20-year-old air force conscript was killed in a car accident...

Wanted man : Police in Thessaloniki revealed on Saturday that they caught...

Samos migrants : Coast guard officers picked up 13 migrants...


THIS WEEK

Monday : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis to meet with United Nations senior...

Tuesday : Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin pays...

Wednesday : The fourth Athens Music Forum begins at 2.30 p.m....


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A demonstration... A young cyclist is seen among a crowd...

EDITORIAL

Making room for optimism and hard work Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis's address to the Greek public in the wake of the NATO summit meeting in Bucharest last week where Athens blocked FYROM's path to NATO membership came at the right moment. These developments were a big confidence boost for the Greeks. It was a pragmatic, down-to-earth evaluation of our strengths, free from fears and chest-thumping.

COMMENTARY

Heavy burden of responsibility And now, what are we to do without champion weightlifters, without those naive youngsters who destroyed their bodies so that the Greeks could exult in medals during Olympic Games? Whatever the result of a second round of tests, last Friday's bombshell that 11 of the 13 men and women on the national team had been found with traces of illegal substances dissolved even the last wisps of illusion as to how medals are won and what these little disks of gold, silver and bronze mean in terms of the lives destroyed.

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