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FRONT PAGE NEWS |
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 Strikers’ call for pay rises rebuffed |
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Many public sector employees, including teachers, judges, doctors and local authority employees, have either begun or will begin strikes this week to demand wage increases of up to 25 percent.
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| Hoteliers cry foul over 2004 deal |
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| After encouraging massive investment to boost the capital's hotel infrastructure ahead of the 2004 Games, the government and Olympic organizers have failed to properly advertise Athens as an international tourist destination, hoteliers complained yesterday.
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| All Cyprus to vote for its 6 MEPs |
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| Cyprus will enact a new law to allow Turkish Cypriots to vote in European Parliament elections next year, a government official said yesterday.
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| London denies Marbles deal |
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| LONDON (AFP) - Britain denied yesterday a tabloid report that it was to send the Elgin Marbles back to Greece in time for the 2004 Athens Olympics in return for Greek support of London's own Olympic bid.
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| Defense claims N17 suspect was tortured |
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| The first November 17 terrorism suspect to be arrested, Savvas Xeros, was illegally detained in hospital and «torturously» interrogated while at death's door, his defense lawyer claimed in court yesterday.
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Missing link
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EDITORIAL |
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Grim reality
Prime Minister Costas Simitis is keen to reiterate that Greece enjoyed the highest growth rate among eurozone members in 2002 and that it will most likely retain its lead over the next year. However, who has actually benefited from this growth?
Surely, not the broader strata of the population, indicates a very interesting ICAP survey that was conducted among 600 city households in June. |
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COMMENTARY |
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Strikes and instigators
There are more ways than one of interpreting yesterday's schoolteachers' strike, and the teachers' mobilizations in general. One way, which many in the broadcasting media focus on, is to disregard the actual event and instead emphasize the subsequent traffic tie-ups it created. So, rather than showing the strikers shouting slogans, even briefly, the camera focuses on fuming drivers stuck in traffic jams. A second way, which equally diverts attention from the rally and its root causes, is to dismiss the strike as a reflex reaction, as an outgrowth of the government handouts, or as a disingenuous, politically immature action. |
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