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Cyprus concludes accession talks Island is first of 10 candidates to be ready for Thursday’s EU summit, diplomatic efforts intensify EU foreign ministers met in Brussels last night to discuss Cyprus's accession to the Union at the Copenhagen summit on Thursday and Friday and Turkey's demand for a date to begin its own accession talks. The discussion was going on late into the night and, along with today's General Affairs Council, was expected to indicate whether there will be any problems with Cyprus's accession if the UN effort to reunite the island has not succeeded by the time the EU is to invite 10 new countries to join.

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Floodwaters bury Dion

Snowfall and very low temperatures are expected to continue in the mountains of northern Greece for the next few days...

Iconoclastic bishop rapped

As a steady queue of several thousand believers flocked yesterday to see what they believe is a miracle-working religious icon in Athens Cathedral...

Attica bank robberies up to 115

Armed robbers raided another three Athens banks yesterday, bringing the year's total to 115 in Attica alone...

PM backs tanker safety proposals

MADRID (AFP) - Greece assured Spain yesterday that Athens would back a EU maritime safety clampdown to prevent a repeat of the Prestige tanker disaster off Spain.

Nov17 suspects pay for media interviews

As prison authorities took disciplinary action against three suspected members of the November 17 terrorist group for giving interviews to the media...

IN BRIEF

Forest Authority officials face court over felling of trees along coastline : A prosecutor yesterday launched legal proceedings against state Forest Authority officials...

Trial of seven Greeks implicated in 8-ton haul is postponed until June : An Athens appeals court yesterday postponed, until June 23, the trial of seven Greeks allegedly...

‘No more strikes this year’ Attica taxi drivers have postponed further strike action until the new year...

Insurance suit The Quality of Life Consumer Union (EKPOIZO) yesterday filed collective suits...

Immunity debate Opposition New Democracy leader Costas Karamanlis yesterday told Parliament Speaker...

Olympics policing A Franco-Greek police training program, focusing on enhancing security for the Olympic Games...

Prefect exonerated Thessaloniki Prefect Costas Papadopoulos has been cleared of charges that he violated his duties...


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As fireworks went off overhead...
EDITORIAL

Save savings The National Bank of Greece's announcement of the new savings interest rates was a rude awakening to a grim reality, with a 0 percent rate for up to 1,000 euros, 0.7 percent net interest rate for up to 10,000 euros, less than 1 percent net interest rate for deposits of up to 59,000 euros and 1.4 percent for deposits of up to 147,000 euros.

COMMENTARY

Sustaining the myth An easy battle brings an easy triumph but no great reward. And the battle against the former monarch - a man who loathes the idea of being a citizen that we all deem so precious, a man whose malign and superficial appearances on television have disillusioned even the most zealous believers of his six-fingered legend - is anything but an intimidating battle.

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