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Rampant fans force match to be called off Two arrests made after pitch battle The worst outbreak of soccer violence so far this season led to the postponement of yesterday's First Division match between Panionios and Olympiakos.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Construction still driving growth

The government wants to promote self-financing in big public projects in order to ensure direct foreign investment and continued high growth in 2005.

Cotton showdown looming

The government seems to be adopting a hard line in the face of threats by farmers that they will close off a national highway by Jan. 20 unless demands that their surplus cotton be purchased are met, with New Democracy leaders warning them not to pursue this traditional tactic.

No change imminent in Cyprus

Nicosia does not expect any developments on the possible reunification of Cyprus during the next six months, Cypriot Foreign Minister George Iacovou said on Saturday. Speaking on his return to Larnaca from Brussels, Iacovou indicated there were three factors which made a swift resolution unlikely.

Lack of jobs haunts Greeks

Greeks are far more concerned about unemployment than are citizens of most other EU member states, according to a new poll published in yesterday's Kathimerini. Some 69 percent of Greeks questioned in the Eurobarometer survey said that the thing which worried them most during 2005 was the possibility of not having a job - a rise of four percentage points over the same poll in 2004.

Greece is not racist, says irked archbishop

Archbishop Christodoulos, head of the Church of Greece, yesterday labeled as «unfair» a US State Department report, released last week, which highlighted certain anti-Semitic acts that took place in Greece between July 2003 and December 2004.

IN BRIEF

Plane carries 11.5 tons of Church aid, ship to deliver 600 tons next week : A military C-130 transport aircraft on Saturday took off from Elefsina airport with 11.5 tons of humanitarian aid...

Ten cars in crash on Attiki Odos are towed away, no one is injured : A pileup involving 10 cars at the entrance to Attiki Odos disrupted Athens-bound traffic...

Health minister shows interest : Health Minister Nikitas Kaklamanis has expressed his interest in becoming the next mayor of Athens...

Workers' strike : Around 9,500 employees of public utilities in Cyprus are due to join a 24-hour strike today...

Attack thwarted : A homemade explosive device planted outside of the home of Halkidiki's forest warden in Polygyros...

Cyprus landmines : Work is to begin today to destroy landmines in the area...


THIS WEEK

Monday : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to meet with Development Minister...

Tuesday : Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas to chair meeting...

Wednesday : Primary and secondary school teachers' federations (DOE-OLME) meet to discuss future strike action...

Thursday : Agriculture Minister Evangelos Bassiakos to meet with representatives of Larissa cotton farmers...

Friday : Parliamentary committee to publish report...

Saturday : Deadline for migrants returning from holidays...


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President Costis Stephanopoulos...
EDITORIAL

An absurd situation The problem with cotton production in Greece is an increasingly urgent one and Greek politicians must be held responsible for their failure to resolve it. Indeed, the cotton debate has become a highly complex issue. It has highlighted the anti-productive mechanisms in the Greek economy, and the corresponding societal attitudes and behavior that these give rise to. Encouraged, for years now, by political parties that dare not oppose trade unions representing farmers, cotton producers refuse to accept the actual state of affairs and persist in demanding state subsidies for producing an extremely expensive surplus product.

COMMENTARY

Groundless allegations The State Department country reports on human and minority rights practices usually result in overreaction in Greece, grabbing the media headlines. It happened again last week after a report was issued which contained allegations of the anti-Semitism that is supposedly rife in our country. What really happens is that some mid-ranking diplomat collects statements that are published in the local press, takes note of ugly incidents organized by extremist groups, conducts some sort of private investigation and then draws up a report which is then signed by the American ambassador of the host country.

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