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Presidential inauguration Karolos Papoulias sworn in today, archbishop’s role in ceremony deplored As Socialist former foreign minister Karolos Papoulias was preparing to be sworn in today, before Parliament, as Greece's sixth president since the restoration of democracy in 1974, an embarrassing controversy was growing over the Church's role in the ceremony.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Church finances probe set to start

The process to initiate government checks on the finances of the Church of Greece...

Gypsy fury at killer cop’s release...

Violent scenes followed the decision by an Athens court yesterday...

ND gains a deputy in ruling

The ruling conservatives are to increase their Parliamentary majority...

Athens airport cocaine bust

A Nigerian woman traveling on a Canadian passport was arrested...

Residents of the eastern Athens...

Residents of the eastern Athens suburb of Kaisariani jostle with riot police yesterday, during a protest...

‘Victimized’ cocaine dealer loses life appeal

An Athens appeals court yesterday upheld the life term...

TO OUR READERS

Because of the Clean Monday public holiday, Kathimerini’s English Edition and the International Herald Tribune will not be published in Greece and Cyprus on Monday, March 14. We will be back on Tuesday, March 15.

IN BRIEF

Athenian motorists may face bottlenecks due to highway protest : Heavy traffic is expected on roads out of the capital today and tomorrow...

4.2-level tremor strikes off Rafina : A moderate undersea quake, measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale, shook the capital...

Foreign degrees : Parliament yesterday approved legislation establishing the Organization for the Recognition of Academic Degrees and Information...

Asbestos schools : A total of 44 schools across the country are to be demolished after inspections...

OPAP resignation : The president of the state-controlled gaming and betting company (OPAP), Anestis Philippidis, resigned yesterday...

Fraud ring : A group of 10 alleged fraudsters used dud checks to buy 600,000 euros' worth of goods...

Strangulation : Three illegal immigrants are believed to have fatally strangled a 21-year-old Syrian man...


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EDITORIAL

Half-baked It is common knowledge that the quality of a country's education system largely determines its degree of cultural development and its economic well-being. Human capital is now considered to be the most important and productive target of investment. But although everyone seems to be talking about the «information society,» Greece is still dogged by unacceptable delays in that sector. Moreover, our country holds yet another record in an unusual category: that of half-baked graduates.

COMMENTARY

Government shake-up? A government never lets on when a reshuffle or a devaluation of the drachma is imminent, journalists used to say, pointing out that such moves were meant to take people by surprise. Since then the drachma has been relegated to the history books, while the prime minister has denied so strenuously that a Cabinet shake-up is imminent that we are still left wondering.=

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