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Countdown for elections begins following debate TV viewers get their one and only glimpse of leaders being questioned The leaders of the six parties competing for parliamentary seats in just over a week took part yesterday in the only televised debate before the general election without providing voters with any major surprises.

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Four in 10 stick with their cars

Four in 10 Athenians get about the city every day by car, ignoring the city's growing transport network...

Drive to regenerate Olympia

Local authority officials, environmentalists and residents yesterday met in Ancient Olympia...

Cyprus talks stall yet again

Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat disagreed...

Police told to forget cameras

The decision by a police officers' union in Thessaloniki to use cameras to record protests...

Two men caught for gangland murders

The deadly shooting of two men in southern Athens last year was not the result of any argument...

IN BRIEF

'Intruder' and homeowner in hospital after balcony fall : A 27-year-old homeowner and a 53-year-old alleged thief were yesterday being treated...

Olympic Airlines denies favoring political parties with tickets : Olympic Airlines denied yesterday that it had favored...

Thessaloniki court indicts 13 people : A Thessaloniki court yesterday indicted 13 people, including five minors...

Rehab center : Health Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos and Deputy Athens Mayor Alexia Evert yesterday signed...

Drug overdose : A 42-year-old man has been found dead in Xanthi...

Heroin haul : Police arrested three men, aged between 42 to 51, in Thessaloniki yesterday...

Illegal immigrants : Border guards arrested 53 along the Turkish border...

Landfill delay : A landfill planned to be built in Keratea, east of Athens...


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EDITORIAL

At last, politics prior to the election It is a sign of how much Greece's democracy has matured that these elections are the most low-key in memory and perhaps even in the modern state's history. Despite the tension between the opposition and the government over the involvement of some pension funds in suspect bond purchases...

COMMENTARY

Defensive politics It's only nine days from the elections but both the main contenders for power have yet to present a comprehensive political plan for the country. Neither New Democracy nor PASOK have come up with an interesting proposal during their campaigns. Costas Karamanlis and George Papandreou are both seeking a political mandate...

OPINION

A political debate devoid of essence Unfortunately, once again, Greek public opinion will be deprived of watching a television showdown between the leaders of the two main political parties ahead of general elections - a spectacle that has come to be expected in most modern democracies. Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis is to blame for this.

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