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ND set for early elections Tertiary education reform could send voters to polls by spring 2007

Top government officials are expected to start preparing later this month for national elections that could be held as early as next spring, sources told Sunday's Kathimerini.
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Solvents industry slow on safety
Less than two weeks after a fire at a solvents plant in Lavrion, southeast of Athens, raised serious issues about safety in the chemicals sector, experts have accused the government of failing to regulate the industry.
Private sector bribes targeted
After years of government privatization programs that have transferred numerous state enterprises to private industry, the Justice Ministry is preparing a draft bill that will target corruption outside the public sector.
Court warning for Red Arrows
An autistic boy in Cyprus has been awarded some 430,000 euros (250,000 Cypriot pounds) in damages after a court ruled that displays by the Red Arrows aerobatics team had caused...
Swimmers caught in oil slicks
The coast guard was trying to trace the source of an oil slick yesterday that reached the popular beaches of Vouliagmeni and Varkiza, southern Athens, on Saturday.
Cafe owner lashes out over refusal of license
An enraged cafe owner injured two prefectural officials and damaged their car in a village near Hania, Crete, after attacking them with a piece of wood because his business had been refused an operating license, police said on Saturday.
IN BRIEF
Deputy chief of Nea Smyrni police station dies after detainee escapes : The deputy chief of the Nea Smyrni police station in southern Athens was found dead...
Tremor shakes city in early hours : An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale shook Athens early yesterday...
Omonia attacks : Three armed men attacked and robbed three foreign nationals in Omonia...
Sea rescue : Coast guard officers rescued a 19-year-old man near the Ionian island of Corfu...
Fugitive caught : A 41-year-old Albanian national who was wanted...
Biker shot : A 35-year-old fitness instructor was shot in the leg in Vyronas...
Chios migrants : The coast guard detained seven illegal immigrants...
Grenade explosion : A car was damaged in Ekali, northern Athens, early on Saturday...
EYDAP theft : Cables to the value of 16,000 euros were stolen from the facilities...
THIS WEEK
Monday : The «Agricultural August 2006» show begins in Hania...
Tuesday : The Hellenic Committee of International De-escalation and Peace is holding...
Thursday : Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling announces...


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EDITORIAL
Push for reforms
One can only welcome the determination of the conservative government to promote its education reform package at any cost. After all, that is precisely the reason why the majority of Greek voters brought the conservatives to power more than two years ago. Greeks want to see unresolved problems in education fixed. There are already rumblings that the new academic year will bring renewed tension and fighting in Greece's schools and universities.
COMMENTARY
The passions of others our own
Every geopolitical crisis, such as the present war in Lebanon, divides the Greeks. It as if we are condemned to live out the passions and conflicts of others as if they were our own. Here we need not go into the sources of the wildly divergent attitudes among the Greeks, which have frequently occupied these columns, but it is of great interest to note how readers of Kathimerini - both the Greek and English editions - diverge on major issues. Due to the fact that Kathimerini appears in these two editions and is widely read on the Internet, our paper is in the privileged position of being able...
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