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Love bus catching on Yet more remote villages resort to international matchmaking What started as an experiment in international matchmaking by municipal officials in a bride-starved part of the Peloponnese could soon turn into a regular love bus service to Eastern Europe.

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Red tape stalls funds repatriation

An ambitious plan to inject up to 600 million euros into the state coffers by allowing the repatriation of capital with few questions asked is still locked in red tape...

Church steps back to the future

The Greek Orthodox Church seems to have taken tentative steps toward entertaining the possibility of inducting women into its order for the first time since the fifth century...

Eurostat on flying visit next week

In light of the Greek government's recent budget deficit revisions, a team from the European Union's statistical service, Eurostat, will make a one-day visit to Athens on October 12 to hold talks with the National Statistics Service (NSS), the Greek organization confirmed yesterday.

Albania kills Greek spy story

TIRANA (Reuters) - Albania's secret service said yesterday the second wife of Socialist Prime Minister Fatos Nano was not a Greek spy.

A Labor Ministry official...

A Labor Ministry official displays a winning number during yesterday's second day of draws for flats...

Immigrants to face less permit red tape

Immigrants living in Greece will face less paperwork when applying to local authorities to renew their residence permits, according to an Interior Ministry decision made public yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Deputy FM condemns grenade blast; Turkey says has boosted protection : Deputy Foreign Minister Panayiotis Skandalakis yesterday condemned Thursday's grenade attack...

Hundreds march to prime minister's residence in bid to save their jobs : Hundreds of Culture Ministry employees marched to the Maximos Mansion yesterday...

Kifissias, Marathonos Ave affected : Works at the junction of Kifissias Avenue and Harilaou Trikoupi Street in Kifissia...

Inflation : The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 2.8 percent last month...

Matricide : A Preveza court yesterday gave two life sentences to a 22-year-old man who killed his mother and grandmother...

Olympic probe : Athens 2004 Organizing Committee (ATHOC) President Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki...

TEI funding : Fund-starved state technical colleges (TEIs) will receive 13 million euros...

Salonica riots : The trial of five Greeks and one Spaniard arrested in Thessaloniki in June last year...

Extradition trial : The Supreme Court yesterday postponed until next Friday the trial of a Turkish Kurd...

Doping tests : Four horses used in Olympic equestrian events have tested positive...


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EDITORIAL

Economy matters The recent remarks by Joaquin Almunia, the EU commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, caught few people by surprise. Most had a clear picture of what was happening, despite PASOK's efforts to muddy the waters. To be sure, one can understand the embarrassment of the former ministers of Simitis's Socialist government following revelations about their impressive performance in creative accounting.

COMMENTARY

Political discourse reborn Kostas Karamanlis's strong words caused a furor. The premier's reference to the «five pimps» offended the dignity of some; for others it was a question of protocol, since the words were spoken at an ordinary taverna and not in a fancy restaurant or in similarly opulent settings - the usual haunts of the elite and officialdom. Many sought to emphasize the choice of words itself in a bid to deflect attention from the essence of his allegation. His critics seem to ignore the hackneyed yet valid observation that political discourse is not empty rhetoric. It aims to reach out to the people and society in general...

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