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PM tough on corruption Karamanlis accepts no compromise in fight against vested interests The government is determined to shut out corruption and will not back down in its legislative effort to achieve this goal, the prime minister said at a meeting of New Democracy's MPs yesterday, just days before a bill restricting media entrepreneurs' access to public contracts is to be tabled.

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Ankara refuses to budge on Cyprus

With six days left before the crucial European Union summit that will decide whether to give Turkey a date for the start of accession talks...

New Jerusalem Church scandal

The intrigue-ridden Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem appears to be in the throes of another scandal...

Asbestos alarm at Thriasio

One of Greece's newest state hospitals contains large quantities of asbestos...

Tatoulis balks at Acropolis costs

Confirming reports of funding cuts for the Acropolis conservation and restoration work...

The Egnatia Highway...

A car drives through a tunnel on a new stretch of the Egnatia Highway, which is to traverse northern Greece...

New integrated fare system starts Monday

A new Athens public transport ticketing policy, intended to lure the capital's car-bound residents onto buses, trolleys, trains...

IN BRIEF

Municipal staff call off strike after deal with ministry : Street cleaners yesterday called off ongoing strike action...

Greece one of four EU states that will 'not be ready' for bloc's trading system : Greece, Poland, Italy and the Czech Republic will be the only European Union states that will not be ready...

Three drown, one missing off Samos : Samos coast guards yesterday recovered the bodies of three Afghan illegal immigrants...

Samina indictments : Five of the seven people charged in connection with the Express Samina shipwreck...

Heavy slight : A 38-year-old man was yesterday charged with the murder of a 27-year-old...

Soccer awards : European champions Greece have been voted soccer team of the year...

Party chief : The Synaspismos Left Coalition party is to elect a new president...

Blind love : A Thessaloniki court yesterday issued a three-year suspended jail sentence...


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Teachers’ protest rally...
EDITORIAL

Radical reform The demonstration by teachers from primary schools, universities and state technical colleges (TEIs) yesterday was staged in order to protest inadequate funding in the education sector. The lack of funding, however, is not the only problem. Schools and universities have failed to live up to their mission.

COMMENTARY

The third party It looked so simple. In the spirit of purging the country, the New Democracy government launched a parliamentary inquiry into alleged irregularities in arms procurements by the PASOK government. This appeared to be part of the political ritual of our mature democracy, in which a new government sets the agenda and members of the former one try to limit the damage as best they can. What no one anticipated was that the stage would not feature just these two players. The third protagonist - none other than the representatives of international arms merchants - made a dynamic entry this past week, greatly complicating matters.

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