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Growth is top priority for the year Government concerned over budget targets, wants more privatization, higher EU fund absorption The government's top economic policy priorities for the new year are to maintain a high growth rate, implement the budget without deviating, proceed with further privatizations and make citizens' dealings with tax authorities simpler and less onerous, Economy and Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis said yesterday.

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Protest over cotton quota

Thessaly cotton growers, including several pro-government leaders, are threatening to resort to their tradition of disrupting highway traffic if the government does not accept an extra 35,000 to 50,000 tons of produce to be subsidized from the European Union's Agricultural Fund.

Winemakers face cost crisis

Greece's winegrowers, facing declining domestic consumption, are trying to penetrate new markets, with mixed results so far. Per capita consumption of wine in Greece has fallen from 33 liters in 1997 to 30 liters in 2003.

Police probe new guard murder clue

Forensic experts were yesterday examining a stolen minivan and motorcycle to establish whether they were linked to the murder of a police officer outside the British military attache's residence in northern Athens on New Year's Eve.

All change for 2005 transport

The creation of a single body in charge of Athens transport, a limit on the hours shops can receive deliveries...

Off-duty cop dies in illegal road race crash

A police lieutenant was killed and a traffic officer injured yesterday when their private car - reportedly racing other drivers at the time - slammed into oncoming vehicles on one of Athens's most heavily policed roads.

IN BRIEF

Greek diving instructor lauded in Holland for saving 35 Dutch tourists : A Greek diving instructor who reportedly saved 35 Dutch tourists from drowning...

Commuters should restamp 1-euro ticket if 90 minutes are running out : Commuters using the new 1-euro ticket offering access to most of the capital's public transport...

Judges appointed for Feb. 7 trial : The appeals court judges and prosecutors who are to oversee a second trial of ELA terror group...

Cutting bureaucracy : Citizens will henceforth need only their identification card or passport to make personal declarations...

Fine evasion : Less than a quarter of fines issued last year by the City of Athens...

Heating fuel : Citizens' Information and Service Centers (KEPs) will be distributing pamphlets offering advice to consumers...

Building restrictions : Citizens with property in the Attica municipalities of Kalyvia, Thorikos and Koropi...

Traffic disruption : Traffic will be disrupted on the section of Kifissou Avenue between Kaliftaki Street and Poseidonos and Syngrou...

Immigrant service : The of the City of Athens social welfare department will be open...

Olympic briefing : Deputy Public Order Minister Christos Markoyiannakis is on Monday due to present an appraisal...

Fatal blaze : Firemen yesterday recovered the charred body of a 54-year-old man...


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EDITORIAL

Twofold effort The government yesterday took the first step in its bid to remedy the problems of the Greek economy, holding a lengthy meeting between the prime minister and his administration's economic policymakers. According to sources, the meeting centered on the need to accelerate economic performance and the proposed measures. The conservative government is looking to the European Union as well as the international private sector for a tonic to energize the economy.

COMMENTARY

150,000 and one In the torrent of photographs that followed the tsunami, among those able to symbolize the sudden, violent death of 150,000 or more people are two that appeared in the days immediately after the disaster. The first depicts a small harbor in Sumatra. At first glance, the water appears to be filled with rubbish. But a closer look shows that the flotsam contains countless human bodies in a dense mosaic of death. Bloated and twisted in every angle of agony, the dead recreate the hell painted by the medieval Flemish master Hieronymus Bosch.

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