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PM looks to reshuffle Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis appears ready to give in to pressure from some of his closest aides and conduct a Cabinet reshuffle within a few weeks in the hope of boosting his flagging government, sources told Sunday's Kathimerini.

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Defense budget, state investment to be trimmed

Spending on the government's costly defense program and state investment scheme will be trimmed next year as the Finance Ministry scrambles for ways to fulfill its promise...

Simitis blames lack of communication

The previous PASOK government's ineffective communication policy was the reason the Socialist's 10-year reign in office came to an end, ex-prime minister Costas Simitis claims...

Greek inscription in ‘oldest church’

An ancient church discovered beneath a prison in northern Israel contains a mosaic floor bearing inscriptions in ancient Greek...

Soccer link to big wins at OPAP

Prosecutors could be set to investigate more than 1,000 people, including the presidents of soccer clubs, referees and players, who have won at least 100,000 euros...

Drug busts at Athens airport and on Crete

Drugs squad officers at Athens International Airport on Saturday arrested a man who had just stepped off a flight from London after finding a large stash of drugs in his luggage...

IN BRIEF

Erdogan convinced that Karamanlis will visit Turkey before end of year : Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted yesterday that...

Arsonists cause 100,000 euros damage : The front of the Bank of Cyprus branch on Academias Street in central Athens suffered damage...

Fake captain : Port authorities in Thessaloniki arrested a Greek member of the crew...

Gang of thieves : Police have arrested seven men between the ages of 20 and 26 who are alleged...

Monday : Greek Sports Press Association (PSAT) opens an international conference on...

Tuesday : Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis attends EU finance ministers meeting in Brussels...

Wednesday : Defense Minister Spilios Spiliotopoulos chairs the parliamentary committee on...

Thursday : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis travels to Japan for an official visit...

Friday : Hellenic Open University holds the third international conference on...

Sunday : Mediation and Arbitration Organization (OMED) holds the first Balkan congress on...


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Marathon runners pass...
EDITORIAL

Squandered defense In contrast to other Western European countries - and the other 14 member states that comprised the European Union until last year- Greece is the only one which faces its most significant threat from a so-called ally, namely Turkey. This negative «privilege» obliges our country to invest dizzying sums in defense procurements, sums which the Greek gross domestic product (GDP) simply cannot bear. But we Greeks have to swallow any objections and face the heavy bill.

COMMENTARY

A political haze The political crisis which is now ravaging our country is indicative of the broader fact that the political system established following the collapse of the military dictatorship in 1974 has finally come full circle. As a result, our political agenda is now being determined by the electronic media, with politicians relegated to a strictly secondary role. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou have been harshly criticized...

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