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Restoring confidence Gov’t hopes that convergence plan and wage policy will improve climate

The government will unveil this week an updated convergence program as well as its wage and income policies for the coming year, hoping that it will succeed in lifting the mood of gloom among both investors and consumers over the economy's short-term prospects.
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Avalanche kills five Menalon climbers
Five people were killed and six injured yesterday when an avalanche hit a group of 28 mountain climbers as they were descending...
Cypriots ‘committed’ to talks
The Cypriot government, faced with the willingness of both the UN secretary-general and the US government for a quick negotiated solution to the division of the island, yesterday reiterated its commitment to a federated state...
No postponing HOC election
Elections for the board of the Hellenic Olympic Committee will take place as scheduled today, Nikos Filaretos, a member of the board and one of Greece's two members on the International Olympic Committee, said on Saturday.
Creator of state deals site caught
A sculptor was arrested in Athens yesterday on suspicion of fraud and the violation of privacy laws...
Public wants Church and State separate
As President Costis Stephanopoulos yesterday insisted that the country's political system was capable of coping with the ongoing crisis in the judiciary and Church, two new polls indicated that, in the wake of the scandals, most Greeks want a separation between Church and State.
IN BRIEF
Belgian airports take down billboards 'insulting' Greek heritage : Belgian airports have removed mobile telephony advertisements...
Bronze Age complex found in Cyprus : A huge factory complex dating back to the Bronze Age has been discovered near the village of Pirgos...
Club raid : The manager of a strip club in the Athenian district of Petralona that had allegedly provided live sex shows has been charged...
Writer death : Prose writer Tatiana Gritsi-Milliex died yesterday...
Communist convention : Communist Party (KKE) leader Aleka Papariga was on Saturday re-elected general secretary...
THIS WEEK
Monday : President Costis Stephanopoulos to attend inauguration of Loukia Georgandi museum...
Tuesday : New taxi fares come into effect. The flag rate increases from 75 to 85 cents...
Wednesday : Government to present its wages and income policy...
Thursday : Ecofin meeting in Brussels to formally approve measures...
Friday : Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Valinakis visits Zagreb...

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EDITORIAL
Fixing the economy
 This week, the government is due to stage a counterattack of sorts on the economy. With the announcement of an incomes policy aiming to limit salary hikes to just above the level of inflation, the presentation of a stability program to Parliament and a series of measures to boost state revenues, the government will try to prove that it has the solutions to fix the economy, but also that it is bold enough to present them and thus respond to the accusations lodged by the opposition.
COMMENTARY
Sterilization syndrome
 In a properly functioning country, any responsible government would take immediate action to develop a stance regarding a crisis in the church: Education and Religion Minister Marietta Giannakou, possibly also Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, would meet with Archbishop Christodoulos, discuss developments and make an assessment. But such a meeting has not taken place. The government seems to be forming its opinion of the crisis by watching television debates on the subject or through «middlemen»...
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