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Snow blankets Greece Dozens of villages cut off, flights cancelled due to cold spell A cold snap that hit Greece yesterday blanketed the country in snow, cutting off dozens of villages and grounding flights at Athens International Airport.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Favorite left behind in Cyprus polls

The first round of presidential elections on Cyprus yesterday confounded forecasts as incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos was nudged out...

Olympiakos takes top spot

Olympiakos took advantage of the bad weather this weekend to move back to the top of the Super League as it beat Ergotelis 1-0 on Saturday...

Ieronymos to avoid politics

Archbishop Ieronymos yesterday pledged to avoid interfering in politics, distancing himself from his predecessor Christodoulos...

Support grows for newcomer

Popularity for the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) party, now headed by recently elected Alexis Tsipras, has increased...

Islanders claim ferry fuel is ‘time bomb’

Residents of the island of Santorini braved the cold weather yesterday and gathered to demand the immediate removal of fuel...

IN BRIEF

Mild 4.4 tremor strikes area north of Athens; no damage : A mild quake, measuring 4.4 othe Richter scale, struck...

Umediator due iAthens today to continue talks oname issue : The United Nations mediator betweeGreece and FYROM...

Tsekou to shed light oallegations : Evi Tsekou, the 35-year-old former Culture Ministry employee...

Migrants detained : Police patrolling the border with Turkey oSaturday detained...

Courts closed : Courts will remaiclosed iseveral prefectures today...

Road fatality : One persowas killed and two injured yesterday morning...


THIS WEEK

Monday : ForeigMinister Dora Bakoyannis to attend...

Tuesday : Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis holds a press conference...

Wednesday : The second international tourism and property conference iGreece...

Friday : The EuropeaUnioof Journalists' Greek chapter to present...

Sunday : Piraeus Bar Associatioto elect...


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EDITORIAL

An end to impunity There can be no doubt that certain media groups have during the past few weeks targeted government officials, particularly those who are responsible for the ongoing investigations into shady deals. The pressure on them is intense. Persons implicated in the illegal fuel trade and controversial media barons who have become accustomed to virtual impunity are waging a battle for their very survival. Conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has said that his government will not yield to blackmail. For this reason he has put his weight behind those officials who have come under fierce attacks from those who fear monitoring of their activities.

COMMENTARY

Fighting a rearguard action These are days of great change in the Balkans. The Kosovar Albanians are breaking away from Serbia. At the same time, the effort to find a name for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia appears to be in its final phase: UN mediator Matthew Nimetz is due here today and he does not appear to be bringing anything that will make Athens happy. If we add the presidential elections in Cyprus, we can say that this week will, to a great extent, determine the future of Greece's relations with its neighbors but also with distant powers that affect the region, namely the United States and Russia.

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