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Attempt at consensus fails as rioting continues PM’s talks with opposition leaders yields no common ground Rioting continued in Athens and numerous other Greek cities for a third full day yesterday as the prime minister's attempts to achieve some political consensus on dealing with the turmoil failed to find any significant support from opposition parties.

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General strike, rally to go ahead

Private and public sector unionists rejected a request from Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis...

Property swap values wrong

State evaluators failed to accurately value the property that was awarded to the Vatopedi Monastery...

Pirates from Somalia release Greek freighter

Somali pirates have released a Greek freighter, the MV Capt Stephanos, which they hijacked...

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Milososki claims Athens is damaging the EU's credibility : Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki yesterday accused Greece...

Vartholomaios attends : Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios attended the funeral in Moscow...

Eco-Greens protest : The Green Ecologists are staging a sit-in demonstration outside the Interior Ministry on Vassilissis Sofias Avenue...

Bus cards : The Athens Urban Transport Association (OASA) has announced that its yearly transport cards for 2009...


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EDITORIAL

Position vacant: A government The times are critical and call for courage, unity and decisive moves on the part of the political leadership. Unfortunately, none of these three qualities are in evidence. There is not even any unity within the ranks of the government. Cabinet members have gone to ground as they don't want to be identified with the fiasco that is the government's mishandling of the crisis.

COMMENTARY

Greece in self-destruct mode I feel a deep sense of despair as I watch my country roll down an endless hill. A good friend put into context well: «You remember the euphoria we felt when we won the European soccer championship or in the summer of the Olympic Games? Well, today I feel the absolute opposite.» The fatal shooting of the teenager in Exarchia and the destruction that followed struck a vein of rage and has created a wave of senselessness that has choked all reason.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

A false dilemma The endless controversy over the efforts to legalize private colleges in Greece goes right to the heart of the failure of our politicians and society to adapt to the times. Taboos, prejudices, political grandstanding and fear of the political cost have all been employed to stymie efforts to deal with reality, keeping the colleges and their graduates in limbo for no reason other than an inability to deal with problems.

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