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Massive anti-war rally is marred by violence Tens of thousands of demonstrators participated in one of Athens's largest anti-war rallies in recent years on Saturday, winding up the Fourth European Social Forum amid scattered incidents of vandalism against embassies and businesses.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Minister points to less reliance on oil in future

Greece needs to find ways of decreasing its heavy reliance on oil even though its unleaded fuel prices are substantially lower than in most other European Union countries...

Rooting out university malaise

Poor teachers and slack students are covering for each other and keeping Greek universities back, the head of the government-appointed panel which has proposed...

Prefect hopeful sparks wrangle

PASOK's decision to appoint a Greek Muslim woman as a candidate to become Drama-Kavala-Xanthi prefect in northeastern Greece drew opposition from the local minister and religious leader over the weekend...

Rescue of seamen suspended

Rescuers in South Africa said yesterday that they had suspended their search for 26 seamen, including four Greeks, who have been missing since Wednesday...

Poll: Most Cypriots oppose gay liaisons

An overwhelming 80 percent of Greek Cypriots believe that homosexual relationships are wrong and more than half feel uncomfortable around gays, according to the results of a state-commissioned survey...

IN BRIEF

Ankara has already done a lot to help patriarchate, Turkish PM says : Turkey has already undertaken several initiatives to tackle...

Lost children, climbers saved : Rescue workers seeking two lost children and two climbers...

Donkey work : Border guards were yesterday seeking unidentified Albanians...

Record breaker : Greek runner Periklis Iakovakis broke a national record...

Kouyias slap : A member of the Athens Bar Association's disciplinary committee yesterday called upon...


THIS WEEK

Monday : President Karolos Papoulias to meet with members...

Tuesday : President Karolos Papoulias to visit the prefecture of Ioannina...

Wednesday : Municipal employees begin a 48-hour strike demanding...

Thursday : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis visits Vienna to attend...

Friday : State hospital employees stage a three-hour work stoppage...

Saturday : Athens University's medical school holds its third...


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Vlassis Maras holds on...
EDITORIAL

Verbal excesses cloud substance The verbal excesses traded between Greece's mainstream parties last week were a surprise to many people. The barbs and accusations coming from both camps were a disgrace, marring the new political ethos the country is trying to build. Over-the-top rhetoric must be kept out of public debate - and that's the responsibility of all politicians. Nevertheless, one must look beyond the political savoir vivre.

COMMENTARY

A new kind of war The sweeping changes of 1989 brought an end to the Soviet system in Europe but other geostrategic characteristics of the international system over the past 50 years refuse to fade away. Antagonism between Moscow and Washington is no longer militaristic and political but exists mainly in the energy sector. The Greek government felt the competition between the two superpowers during the recent visit to Athens by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who warned of Europe's dependence on Russian energy.

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