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Next step, a solution Nicosia working on benefits for Turkish Cypriots, pressure grows on Denktash As calls in northern Cyprus grew for Turkish-Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash to resign, President Glafcos Clerides met with aides in Nicosia yesterday and discussed measures that will allow Turkish Cypriots to share the benefits of the island's EU accession. In Athens, Prime Minister Costas Simitis stressed his government's desire to push for a solution to the Cyprus issue before February 28, the date set by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in his proposal for a comprehensive settlement.

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Minister warns of inflation dangers

Inflation is stifling the economy, undermining competitiveness and causing grave concerns in the government, prompting National Economy and Finance Minister Nikos Christodoulakis yesterday to urge businesses and citizens to fight it.

MP’s attacker is committed

A mentally disturbed man who said he shot at Athens Mayor-elect Dora Bakoyianni on Friday to get her attention was committed yesterday to the Korydallos Prison psychiatric ward after appearing before a magistrate.

A severe dearth of museums

One by one, Greece's major archaeological museums are closing down for refurbishment ahead of the 2004 Olympic Games, in a simultaneous rush that is expected to leave many visitors over the next year and a half fuming outside closed doors.

Two jailed for burnt forest property scam

An Athens lawyer and her 87-year-old accomplice were sent to prison for 12 years each yesterday for appropriating and trying to sell to property developers a large tract of burnt forestland on the capital's coveted northern outskirts.

IN BRIEF

Garbage collectors and other municipal workers launch action : Municipal employees — including garbage collectors — yesterday announced a four-hour strike...

N17 terrorism suspect allowed to see her son, other demands rejected : The only woman among the 18 suspects incarcerated in Korydallos Prison...

Adulterated fuel caused killer blast An explosion in the boiler room of a building in a new workers’ housing estate...

Patras death An illegal immigrant who died in the Peloponnesian port of Patras...

Police strike Police, fire brigade and port police employees will hold a demonstration...

Corruption charges Supreme Court prosecutor Evangelos Kroustallakis yesterday ordered the acceleration...

Syngrou works Drivers using Syngrou Avenue will encounter difficulties from today...

Bank robbery A gunman wearing a motorcycle helmet stole 6,000 euros...


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EDITORIAL

Vindication No one can question the success of Prime Minister Costas Simitis's government in winning an EU invitation for Cyprus and creating the prospects for a settlement to the political dispute. However, for historical as well as educational reasons, we should note that the recent diplomatic triumph of Athens and Nicosia was the inevitable outcome of the late Constantine Karamanlis's decision more than 40 years ago to tie Greece's fate to Europe, in what proved to be a tough and lonely political battle.

COMMENTARY

Need for a European solution The decision to invite the Republic of Cyprus into the European Union constituted a qualitative step in the Mediterranean island's course since Turkey's 1974 invasion. This is neither because the Greek Cypriots will receive any economic benefit from joining the Union - the opposite seems more likely - nor because they will become more secure, as the EU possess no security mechanism for safeguarding its members.

OPINION

Kitsch role models There was an uproar on the private TV stations over advertisements for «Satanic necrophilic» dolls in coffins, although no one was shocked by the ad for a Rapunzel doll locked in her tower waiting for her prince, nor the dolls with glitter in their hair, a thick layer of eye shadow, and who swing their hips flirtatiously.

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