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Karamanlis issues unifying call PM urges undecided to vote for ND to ensure stable rule; PASOK unveils plans for government Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis targeted the undecided among the 9.8 million Greeks eligible to vote as he called for the creation of a «broad social alliance» yesterday night when he concluded his election campaign with a speech in Athens.

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Drivers to receive EU permits

Greek drivers will be issued new licenses next year that will contain a microchip used to store driver information, such as blood type and other personal details.

Arson link to summer fires

Police are examining 30 incendiary devices, including one found in Ancient Olympia, which may have caused some of the recent wildfires around the country...

Burnt land poses toxic risk

Experts have called for a ban on animals grazing in agricultural areas that were ravaged in the recent fires as well as the monitoring of toxicity levels in this year's yield of olive oil.

Detainee leaps out of police station window

Thessaloniki's police chief yesterday ordered an internal investigation after a 29-year-old female detainee jumped out of a second-floor window at the city's police headquarters while...

IN BRIEF

Maliakos Gulf section of national highway opens to drivers : About 32 kilometers of the new section of the Athens-Thessaloniki highway...

Greeks believe they are among fittest in EU, survey shows : Greeks believe that they are among the healthiest people in Europe...

49 indicted to trial in Larissa : A group of 49 suspects, out of 55 implicated in an alleged usury and extortion racket based in Larissa...

Organic market : A new street market, selling organically produced goods...

Fisherman drowns : A fisherman who had been missing since Tuesday was found dead...

Youths released : Two teenage boys accused of stealing from and physically attacking two of their peers at a school in Nea Philadelphia...

Drug-related arrests : Three farmers near the northern Greek city of Serres have been arrested on charges of cultivating and selling cannabis...


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EDITORIAL

Time to stand up and be counted Tomorrow is a big day for democracy. It is the hour of responsibility for Greek citizens - who are called upon to judge politicians and parties and to make a decision on the country's future. The people go to the polls having mostly recovered from the shock of the wildfires.It's time for the wavering and undecided masses to take a stand and determine the country's future direction. Sure, people's rights and responsibilities do not end on election day. And this is something that they must keep in mind.

COMMENTARY

Determination is what counts First it was the reports that New Democracy would not garner enough votes to govern on its own. Now, in the light of discouraging secret polls for PASOK, the Socialists' second line of defense is that ND will govern but with a weak majority. And how can ND tackle controversial issues, the theory goes, when a couple of disgruntled MPs could vote the other way and torpedo the move?

Greek housewives should be supported No doubt exists that the bombshell dropped by the main opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou, just a few days before citizens go to the polls - namely a pledge to grant a monthly pension of 550 euros to uninsured housewives - was a tactic intentionally aimed at attracting votes.

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