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More union pressure But poll shows growing support for government’s labor reforms While the government dealt with a fresh round of strike calls yesterday from unionists protesting its efforts to introduce structural reforms, it received a shot in the arm from a poll showing that most of the public backs the changes.

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Terrorists put their name to bombing

Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis promised yesterday that the terrorists behind the Revolutionary Struggle group would be caught...

Probe reels in 25 more judges

The Supreme Court's deputy prosecutor Giorgos Sanidas yesterday called for the bank accounts of 25 judicial officials to be opened...

Bank workers will not budge

Bank workers, who will complete a four-day strike today, said yesterday they will hold a new strike next Thursday, as they bare their teeth at the government...

Villa gang foiled after 8 arrests

A gang that stole some 2 million euros' worth of luxury cars and valuables from villas in Attica has been netted after combined operations in Piraeus and Trikala...

Cookie thief crumbles on airport runway

NICOSIA (AFP) - A man who stole two trays of cookies from a bakery in the coastal town of Larnaca caused a scare at the nearby airport when he drove onto the runway...

IN BRIEF

State-run book center owes 3 mln euros, spent 10 mln for Frankfurt fair : The state-run National Book Center of Greece (EKEBI) has run up debts of 3 million euros...

Youths target ND party offices : A group of youths hurled Molotov cocktail bombs at offices of the ruling New Democracy party...

Suzukis recalled : Sfakianakis, Suzuki's representative in Greece, has advised all owners of...

OAKA transport : Sports fans interested in following the Panhellenic Athletics Championship at the main Olympic complex in Maroussi (OAKA) can benefit...

Salonica trains : Two new modern trains that will begin serving the Thessaloniki-Sofia route from June 17 will slash...

Turkey pushed : The president of the European People's Party (EPP), Hans Gert Petering, yesterday told...

Farmers protest : Farmers from Tymbaki, on the southern coast of Crete, yesterday staged a demonstration at...

Amphorae seized : Two foreigners have been arrested after about 25 ancient amphorae were confiscated...


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Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis arrives...
EDITORIAL

Public shift on reforms The monthly opinion poll conducted by VPRC for Skai radio revealed some very surprising trends: The public is gradually breaking with taboos and preconceptions and wants to finally see the country rid itself of the burdens imposed by decades of statist practices. The numbers speak volumes for the remarkable turnabout. The survey found that 55 percent of those polled back measures to end civil servants' permanent job status.

COMMENTARY

Own goal Usually it is the government that scores political own goals. But yesterday it was opposition leader George Papandreou who blundered. He tried something that has become standard parliamentary procedure: calling for a censure vote against a minister. The premier then turned the tables by challenging Parliament to hold a confidence vote. Papandreou's move backfired...

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