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Imia standoff risked getting out of hand FM defends incident’s handling Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis said yesterday that Tuesday's standoff between the Greek and Turkish coast guards in the eastern Aegean could have escalated into a «most serious crisis» had he broken off an official visit to Turkey in protest.

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Acheloos dead end

The plan to divert Greece's second-longest river, in what has turned into a highly controversial public works project, has been stopped...

EU court slams Greece over hazardous waste

The European Court of Justice yesterday slammed Greece for breaking EU law by not recognizing a pollution problem near Athens and for failing to draw up...

Three judges kicked out

The plenary session of Greece's highest civil and criminal court yesterday dismissed three middle-ranking judges...

Five firms interested in Olympic

Five companies have put in bids to buy debt-ridden national carrier Olympic Airlines and their offers will be assessed...

Police, coast guard and fire brigade personnel protested...

Police, coast guard and fire brigade personnel protested outside Parliament yesterday evening over the government's failure...

IN BRIEF

MPs to ratify treaty today despite opposition calls for referendum : Members of Parliament's plenary session are today due to ratify the European Constitution...

Network of 400 due by Feb. 2006 : A total of 390 cameras are to be set up at dangerous points on national roads...

Vavilis trial : Fugitive drug smuggler Apostolos Vavilis, believed to have been deeply involved...

Iakovos funeral : Archbishop Christodoulos attended the funeral of former Archbishop Iakovos...

Dead fisherman : The corpse of a Greek fisherman from Kalymnos who was reported missing a month ago...

Hanged inmate : Inmates of Neapoli prison in the Cretan prefecture of Lasithi yesterday protested...

Patras shooting : Police in Patras were yesterday seeking the gunman who shot a 40-year-old man...

Rebel monks : A delegation of monks from Mount Athos was received yesterday by Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios...

Tax evasion : Surprise inspections on bars, cafes and restaurants in Attica, central Macedonia and western Greece last weekend discerned...


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EDITORIAL

Happy medium For Greece, 2005 is the year of truth. In 2004, despite the country's worldwide exposure thanks to the success of the national soccer team in Portugal's stadiums and the flawless organization of the Summer Olympic Games, Greece was finally forced to face up to its budget deficits. There was wide realization that the reassurances of the Simitis government over the country's supposedly powerful economy were groundless.

COMMENTARY

A phobic syndrome In a bid to justify the unjustifiable, Petros Molyviatis made a highly revealing statement: «Thanks to our handling of affairs,» the foreign minister said, «we managed to ease tension over an incident that could have led to a crisis.» But the Imia face-off and the air space violations were not incidental, but premeditated provocations that served Ankara's diplomatic objectives. Accordingly, Greece's reaction was an anxious effort to defuse the crisis, by backing down once again.

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