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Wavering on tender ban? Government source implies controversial law may be up for revision A senior government source yesterday indicated that pressure from the European Commission might force Athens to modify the controversial new law banning media barons from access to lucrative state tenders.

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Broader DEKA probe is in offing

A report sent to Parliament yesterday by a senior prosecutor has paved the way for an inquiry by the house into possible culpability of former government officials...

Cyprus has requested new talks

NICOSIA (AFP) - President Tassos Papadopoulos said yesterday he has asked the United Nations to relaunch reunification talks for divided Cyprus on the basis of a UN blueprint, despite urging Greek Cypriots to vote it down last year.

Mass slaughter on barren Kasos

The slaughter of some 11,000 sheep and goats on the Dodecanese island of Kasos is to begin almost immediately in a bid to prevent overgrazing, which has left the land barren and prone to flooding, local authorities said yesterday.

Rescuers from the fire brigade’s...

Rescuers from the fire brigade's special unit for handling major disasters (EMAK) dig shelters in the snow...

Customer takes down fleeing bank robber

Police had a bank customer to thank yesterday after he chased and tackled an armed robber...

IN BRIEF

Former deputy police chief says Stasi files showed no links to suspects : Files belonging to the former East German secret service (Stasi) do not contain any incriminating evidence...

Successive tremors shake island : Two successive earthquakes, measuring 4.3 and 4.4. on the Richter scale, shook Samos...

FYROM rap : The government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) «remains trapped...

PPC denial : The Public Power Corporation (PPC) yesterday denied that it was in the process of negotiating a joint venture...

Housewarming : President Karolos Papoulias is this afternoon due to receive political, religious and military leaders...

Guard killing : A 57-year-old night guard, whose corpse was found yesterday...

Blessed chopper : Senior prefectural and military officials yesterday attended the Church blessing ceremony...

Taxi attack : An Athens taxi driver was in hospital yesterday after being shot in the arm by a passenger...

Hash haul : Albanian police yesterday confiscated 2 tons of cannabis...


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EDITORIAL

Berlin teaches a political lesson German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's meeting yesterday with Christian Democratic Union leader Angela Merkel and Edmund Stoiber of the CDU's sister party, the Christian Social Union, on the burning issue of Germany's record unemployment, has many political implications. To be sure, Schroeder is under pressure after his coalition's poor showing in state elections.

COMMENTARY

The dark side of renewal The promise of renewal - even when reduced to an empty slogan - always seemed a sure way of restoring lost political credibility. PASOK is no exception. When it comes to George Papandreou, there is certainly no shortage of renewal pledges. The truth is that unless he succeeds in wiping clean the Socialists' ethics record, PASOK will never fully recover. And, certainly, retirements can prove handy in that respect.

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