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Two main parties vie for support of wavering voters Karamanlis pledges to push reforms; Papandreou aims at ‘social injustice’ With just a few days left until general elections, the country's two main political parties are vying for the votes of a large portion of undecided citizens.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Gov’t rapped over book delay

Teachers' unions and opposition politicians yesterday criticized the government for failing to distribute...

Elections boycott on the cards

As Greeks head to the polls on Sunday, residents from the island of Leipsoi and members of a single fathers group are expected...

Arrest fuels immunity row

A 19-year-old female student, arrested on Sunday following clashes between police and self-styled anarchists in Thessaloniki...

USA weighs up visa program

The Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed yesterday the US government has started procedures...

Preteen boys arrested for robbery rampage

Police on Sunday arrested three boys, between the ages of 12 and 13, after they went on a rampage...

IN BRIEF

Group says 17 pct of Greeks admit to bribing state official : Figures released by Transparency International yesterday showed...

Six arrested in Athens and Rhodes on heroin charges : The coast guard has arrested six people in Rhodes and Athens...

Zakynthos mayor remanded : Zakynthos Mayor Akis Tsagaropoulos was arrested on Sunday...

Illegal migrants : Authorities arrested yesterday 75 illegal immigrants off the Aegean island of Lesvos...

Forest fire fighters : The Public Order Ministry said yesterday it has renewed the contract...

Driver killed : One man was killed and three men were injured, including an MP candidate...

Fatal plunge : Rescue workers yesterday recovered the body of a 39-year-old man...


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EDITORIAL

An unfair measure In the end, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and PASOK leader George Papandreou both yielded to the temptation of vote-grabbing proposals. A week shy of the national elections, the two mainstream parties announced handouts in the form of tax-breaks or income boosters. Politics of this kind does nothing to promote our political culture.

COMMENTARY

Are we in the 21st Century? Sometimes I wonder whether Greece has entered the 21st Century. Many things around us make me believe that we are stubbornly opposing change, that in many aspects of our political life and media behavior we resemble Algeria or some Balkan country more than we do France or Italy. For example, the annual show at the Thessaloniki fair does not suit a European country. The entire cabinet squashes into Thessaloniki for a fair that has no significance.

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