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PM issues his challenge Simitis proposes electoral law change, Karamanlis calls it a ‘parody’ Prime Minister Costas Simitis yesterday presented a proposal for a new electoral system that would greatly change the rules of the political game.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Deal near for ‘New Olympic Airways’

The government has cleared a major hurdle in its effort to establish a New Olympic Airways freed of the burdens of the troubled national carrier - but at a significant price.

Peynaud: I knew him as Michalis

Marie-Therese Peynaud, the longtime companion of Alexandros Yotopoulos, told the court trying November 17 suspects yesterday that she had known the group's alleged mastermind only by his alias, that he was innocent and that she could not condemn N17 as long as there was violence in the world.

Car space for every apartment

All new apartment buildings in Athens will be required to have a parking space for each unit of at least 100 meters in size...

DIKATSA sets new exams

In a bid to increase transparency in examinations, prompted by a recent scandal, the new board of the Inter-University Center for the Recognition of Foreign Degrees (DIKATSA) has recommended that holders of foreign medical degrees attempting to qualify for practice in Greece be given specific material to prepare for their examinations.

Organic farming gets its own state council

The government has set up a National Council on Organic Farming which will act as a permanent advisory body to the Agriculture Ministry on all issues related to organic farming. At a meeting with organic farmers' organizations yesterday, Agriculture Minister Giorgos Drys said a dialogue would begin immediately.

IN BRIEF

Dozens of refugees awaiting asylum try to storm into Greece : Dozens of Kosovo Gypsy refugees, from a group of around 700 who have been camping at the Medzitlija border crossing...

Staff call a three-day strike over alleged salary inequalities : Civil Aviation Authority (YPA) staff yesterday announced a three-day strike from next Wednesday...

Road dividers ‘to go up soon’ : Work to erect dividing barriers along two stretches of the national road network between Thessaloniki and Larissa...

Lost child : A 2-year-old girl died yesterday after falling into the vent leading to the cesspool of her home in Lefkimi on Corfu...

Kifissos : Piraeus-bound traffic on Kiffisos Avenue will be disrupted from today until August 8 as work gets under way...

Fishermen protest : Professional fishermen in the Amvrakikos Gulf on Greece’s east coast yesterday gathered at the northwestern port of Preveza...

Air quality : Ozone levels in Attica are currently high but far below emergency levels, the Environment Ministry’s department said yesterday...

British remains : The central town of Nea Ionia, near Volos, is threatening to destroy the remains of 16 British servicemen buried at a local cemetery...

Double murder : Police in northern Greece yesterday identified the person who killed two Albanian nationals in Hariessa...


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The National Bank of Greece...
EDITORIAL

Electoral games The announcement of plans by the prime minister yesterday for changes to Greece's election law create a difficult political crossroads. The plethora of ambiguities, unresolved questions and alternative solutions proposed on various issues leave no room for any final conclusions. Even political experts find it hard to fully understand the distribution of parliamentary seats that will emerge from the various possible results in light of the current correlation of forces.

COMMENTARY

The Theatro Technis It's a known secret that theater subsidies had, for years, been more like a free meal distributed mostly to Athens-based theater companies on the basis of subjective criteria. Similarly, it is a known secret that each troupe's share depended on the sentimental, personal ties, acceptance and recognition - usually in that order. The Karolos Koun Art Theater (Theatro Technis) has always claimed the lion's share - and in a sense, rightly so. Koun endowed Greek theater with the impulse of creativity, diversity of choice and the freedom of expression - a plethora of precious and irreplaceable gifts. He forged new paths and created desires.

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