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Civil service shakeup Director general and manager appointments for 3-year terms In what it billed as an effort to shake up the bureaucracy and reconstitute the State, the New Democracy government yesterday presented Parliament with a bill aimed at reforming the civil service.

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Police hunt for Greek coke boss

Police in Belgium and its neighbors are hunting for two Greeks who are the subjects of international arrest warrants on suspicion of being at the head of a major cocaine-smuggling gang...

US prepared to act unilaterally

A spokesman for the US Department of Defense indicated on Wednesday that US troops might intervene unilaterally if Americans were at risk during the Athens Olympics.

Charges for N17 suspect

A prosecutor yesterday charged a 20th suspect with being a member of the November 17 terrorist gang...

Olympic traffic curbs on Aug.1

The obstacle course, endurance test and traffic slalom in which all Athenians will compete during the Olympics will begin officially on August 1...

Report on blackout expected next week

A report attributing blame for the power cut which crippled Attica and much of southern Greece last Monday is expected to be ready by the middle of next week, Development Minister Dimitris Sioufas said on Tuesday.

IN BRIEF

Long-awaited route linking Athens to the coast operational from Monday : The Athens tram, linking Athens with the coastal suburbs, is to be fully operational from 9 a.m. on Monday...

Valid passport, residence permit will be necessary; deadline Sept. 30 : Immigrants living in Greece who are planning to visit their homelands for the summer must bear certain valid documents...

Hours to be extended over Olympics : Gas stations across the country will extend their opening hours from July 20 to September 15...

Security checks : Defense Minister Spilios Spiliotopoulos on Wednesday led inspections of early warning systems against aerial threats...

Barroso : PASOK objects to the appointment of Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso...

Volvi quakes : Two moderate quakes, measuring 4 and 3.9 on the Richter scale, struck the area of Apollonia...

Media strike : There will be no newspapers available tomorrow and Sunday as journalists, printers and others involved in producing newspapers join in another 48-hour strike...

Cyprus commemorations : Greek Cypriots yesterday participated in commemorative events marking 30 years since the coup against Archbishop Makarios...

Talks : Greek and Turkish diplomats met in Athens yesterday for a 26th round of exploratory on bilateral issues...


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Hundreds of residents...
EDITORIAL

Past errors? In the troubled times after the Greek civil war and despite the conflict's devastating repercussions, it instantly became clear that the country needed to set up a reliable and effective public administration. The undertaking was naturally undermined by certain political imperfections and lack of freedoms but Greece nevertheless made great strides forward.

COMMENTARY

In the deep end In the final stretch to the Games, the frenetic race for the completion of Olympics-related projects has become a cliffhanger. Those who go about the streets of Athens, making their way amid the unfinished work sites, find little comfort in the reassuring comments of government officials who insist that everything will be ready on time. Besides, similar promises were not fulfilled in the past. There is little point in repeating this here, but the problem gets worse as the time frame becomes even more cramped. We have almost reached the deadline and yet no one has been held accountable for the delays. Some projects are likely to be completed only after the opening ceremony.

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