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Gov’t offers to bridge gap in bond buyback Taxpayer to foot 3-million-euro bill The government stepped in yesterday and provided a last-minute solution to the bond scandal by offering to pay part of the cost for investment bank JP Morgan to buy back a Greek state bond at the center of the affair.

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G8 link to arson attacks on German targets in Greece

Police were last night looking to round up a number of suspects after seven early morning arson attacks on German-related targets...

Greek teens are still lighting up

Plans to bring in stricter restrictions on selling tobacco to children appear to be timely, as figures released...

Aussies start extradition

Australia has launched the extradition process for its most wanted fugitive, Tony Mokbel, three days after he was arrested in Athens...

Police close on Cretan ATM gangs

Two gangs that hide out on Mount Psiloritis on Crete are behind a spate of raids on ATMs on the island in which the cash machines have been yanked out...

Congestion charge not a waste of time

Drivers in Athens spend half of the time it takes them to drive into the city center stuck in traffic jams, transport experts said...

IN BRIEF

Investigation ends; prosecutor to look at evidence and decide on trial : The details of the investigation into the disappearance, and suspected murder...

MP Stefanos Manos to post his political announcements on YouTube : Independent MP Stefanos Manos is set to become the first deputy to post his messages...

British woman dies in parents' pool : A Scottish woman drowned in the swimming pool...

Graft arrests : Two tax officers were arrested in Thessaloniki yesterday accused of seeking a bribe...

Court battle : The Athens Bar Association (ABA) yesterday blasted the conditions at the Athens First Instance Court...

Cleaner beaches : Skai Radio and TV is continuing its efforts to help clean up Athens's rivers and beaches...

Suicide leap : A 35-year-old female archaeologist committed suicide...

Spoons recalled : The Athens Prefecture has ordered the recall of Chinese-made plastic spoons...


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Prime Minister speaks with President...
EDITORIAL

On the alert as borders shift United States President George W. Bush's tour of the Balkans, the visit by NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to Turkey and the surprise remarks yesterday by UN chief Ban Ki-moon - that the organization's peacekeeping force in divided Cyprus over the past 43 years should not be taken for granted - are a reminder that the situation in our broader region remains volatile and that the large powers may want to settle the outstanding disputes...

COMMENTARY

Moderate and humble A prominent banker told me the other day, «For over 20 years, I have financed Greece's biggest entrepreneurs but I can assure you I have never joined them on a yacht trip.» Government cadres seem to have forgotten the prime minister's calls for modesty and humility and appear increasingly vulnerable to the temptation of wealth and the good life.

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