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Skopje cool on name deal Papoulias says proposal a good starting point for talks; FYROM differs Officials in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the weekend rejected a United Nations proposal to trim the country's cumbersome name down to three words as a way of solving a 14-year-old dispute with Athens.

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Banks to rein in consumer lending

Despite being on the verge of announcing record profits, banks are looking to cut back on the number of consumer loans they grant, sources told Sunday's Kathimerini, after a drastic increase in the amount of funds being handed out.

Second ‘Turkish’ group is banned

Confirming a previous verdict on the sensitive issue of whether the Muslim minority of northern Greece can be regarded as an ethnic group, the country's highest civil court has ruled against a Thracian association describing itself as «Turkish.»

Cyprus line puts Turk life at risk

ANKARA (AFP) - The division of Cyprus is blocking the urgently needed treatment of a young Turkish leukemia patient as doctors are unable to reach two possible bone marrow donors on the island, Turkish media reported yesterday.

Protesting judges to close courts

Judges and prosecutors said yesterday that they would close down courts around Greece for two hours on April 20 and 21 in protest at the media coverage of recent corruption scandals in the judiciary and the proposal for the mass transfer of judges.

Three boats of illegal immigrants stopped

A total of 54 illegal immigrants were arrested in the eastern Aegean in separate incidents over the weekend, after making clandestine trips from the Turkish coast in small vessels.

IN BRIEF

Bike sped up to avoid police check : One man was killed and another seriously injured in the early hours yesterday...

Ferry links : There will be no gaps in the from the mainland to the Dodecanese and between the islands themselves...

Airline closure : State-owned airline Cyprus Airways is gradually to close down its loss-making Athens-based subsidiary Hellas Jet...

WMD checks : The governments of the US and Cyprus have signed a bilateral agreement to cooperate in checking ships...


THIS WEEK

Monday : Taxi drivers stage a six-hour work stoppage from 3-9 p.m. ...

Tuesday : Greek, Russian and Bulgarian ministers to sign an agreement in Sofia opening the way...

Wednesday : Deadline for binding proposals for purchase of Olympic Airlines....

Thursday : Foreign Minister of Serbia-Montenegro Vuk Draskovic visits Athens....

Friday : Central Union of Chambers of Commerce meets in Corinth to discuss government's proposals...

Saturday : The American College of Thessaloniki holds the third annual Automobile Business Conference...

Sunday : Elections held for a successor to veteran Turkish-Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash in Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus. ...


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EDITORIAL

More deregulation The finishing touches to the legal framework for regulating the liberalization of Greece's energy sector indicate that the conservative government is surpassing any misgivings that might have put the brakes on further economic deregulation. It has often been pointed out that the best tonic for the country's faltering productivity and flagging competitiveness would be to put greater emphasis on the energy and tourism sectors. And rightly so. Successive Greek governments have, for years, heralded the deregulation of the energy sector in what would bring the domestic market in line with European Union standards and join the global trend against monopolies and more market freedom.

COMMENTARY

Diplomatic impetus Political foes and commentators have often accused Greek Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis of dragging his feet on crucial diplomatic and foreign policy issues. A series of recent developments, however, have proved them wrong. First, we seem to be edging closer to a final settlement on the name dispute with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Second, Turkey is apparently considering ditching its decade-old policy...

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