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Teachers to march on Universities plan further week of protests; NTUA staff return on Monday University teachers voted yesterday to continue their protests against the government's education reforms for an 11th week and devote their strikes to the students arrested in previous demonstrations.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Greek, Turkish ties set for jolt

The likely cancellation of a visit to Athens by Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul and signs of increasing military tension over the Aegean Sea could be signaling the start of a rough patch in Greece's ties with its eastern neighbor...

Pension fund ‘lost’ 5 mln euros

Labor Minister Savvas Tsitouridis demanded the resignation late yesterday of the members of the executive board of the Civil Servants' Auxiliary Pension Fund (TEADY)...

Regrets for notorious robber

Greece's most wanted robber, Nikos Palaiocostas, admitted yesterday that he regretted some of his actions as a court in Athens sentenced him...

Leaders saved from bad food

An inspection of a central Athens restaurant by food authorities found expired cheese and meat products in the kitchen...

Athens Fashion Week...

Models wearing outfits by Greek fashion designer Parthenis parade on the catwalk yesterday...

Deal to extend tram to Piraeus picks up speed

The Transport Ministry and the Municipality of Piraeus are close to an agreement...

IN BRIEF

US can see advantages of project,ambassador tells reporters : US Ambassador Charles Ries downplayed yesterday suggestions that Washington is concerned about the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline...

Six attacks in Athens in 10 minutes : There were six arson attacks in Athens in the space of 10 minutes early yesterday, police said...

Easter break : Foreigners who live in Greece and have an expired residence permit will be allowed to leave the country to visit their homeland after March 25...

Asylum sought : Greece has allowed 16 migrants who stowed away on a ship to seek asylum, the UN refugee agency said yesterday...

Purse snatcher : Police said yesterday they arrested a 25-year-old man for multiple counts of purse snatching in the Voula area, southeastern Athens...


WEEKEND

Saturday «Atout France 2007» exhibition opens at Technopolis in Gazi, hosted by the French Embassy in Athens. French Ambassador Bruno Delaye will inaugurate the exhibition...

Sunday Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis visits Rome...


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The 33rd congress...
EDITORIAL

Trade union change for the 21st century At a time of major economic and social upheaval, the role of the trade union movement is crucial and two-pronged. The General Confederation of Greek Labor (GSEE) not only has to be a channel for workers' claims but it must also be a force in the effort to modernize the country's economic structure.

COMMENTARY

A state run by judges? Is our country run by judges? Is our judiciary intervening in the operation of executive and legislative authorities? Economy Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis believes so. Judges are setting their own wages and, irrespective of budget limits, they are receiving them, even retroactively. At the moment, judges are claiming -1.5 billion in back pay - a huge sum for a budget that has been under European Commission supervision and at least twice the amount earmarked for pensioners and the poor.

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