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More red tape, for transparency Assets and sources of wealth of some 200,000 to be scrutinized, casting doubt on measure’s effect In another step in what it calls a crusade against corruption in public life, the government yesterday presented legislation demanding that some 200,000 people, including 120,000 public sector employees, file annual declarations of their assets and the way in which they acquired them.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Papandreou in US talks

Foreign Minister George Papandreou met with Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Adviser...

Flight path deal hits air pocket

Right- and left-wing opposition parties were united yesterday in accusing the government of ceding ground to Turkey by agreeing on a new accord which reorganizes civil aviation routes over the Aegean.

Pakistanis identify 4 Evros dead

Pakistanis living in Greece have identified four of the 23 bodies of people found drowned in the Evros River last week, a report said yesterday.

Bug in Cypriot minister’s office

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Telephone-tapping devices have been found in the office of a government minister in Cyprus responsible for the police force, officials said yesterday. The find, discovered in a sweep almost four months ago, was kept quiet by authorities pending inquiries and was only publicly confirmed yesterday.

Faran five go on trial for quake ‘murders’

Four pharmaceutical company officials and a civil engineer are to stand trial tomorrow for the «murder with possible malice aforethought» of eight employees crushed to death when the Faran plant partially collapsed...

IN BRIEF

No cabs in Athens until tomorrow, fresh action to block roads, bus lanes : Athens taxi drivers, who today continue their 48-hour strike which ends at 5 a.m. tomorrow...

Minister condemns Canberra over delay in transferring Greeks’ rights : Deputy Labor Minister Rovertos Spyropoulos yesterday said the Australian government “lacks sensitivity”...

Problems on Exit 12 today : Drivers on the Attiki Odos highway heading west in the direction of the Athens-Lamia National Road will not be able to turn off Exit 12...

Antiquities arrests : Three men have been charged with illegally trading in antiquities after trying to sell an 18th century wooden cross...

Highwaymen : A 47-year-old truckdriver was attacked near the Metamorphosis junction on the Athens-Lamia National Road...

Soccer clashes : Dozens of supporters of Greece’s traditional soccer rivals clashed with sticks, stones and fire extinguishers...

Beggar ring : A group of 11 Romanian nationals believed to have been living in a central Athens hotel on the proceeds of children they forced to go begging around the capital faced a prosecutor yesterday...

Court strike : Court cases across the country are to be disrupted when court clerks hold a 48-hour strike from October 1...


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Athens 2004...
EDITORIAL

‘Strong Greece’ As the most impressive way of backing up his argument of a «strong Greece,» Prime Minister Costas Simitis likes to talk about the spectacular increase in the country's GDP in recent years which put Greece near the top of the list of European Union member states.

COMMENTARY

And we were so productive... In its latest competitiveness bulletin, in which the Federation of Greek Industries (SEV) analyzes data from researchers at the European Central Bank, the conclusion that stands out is one that the federation underscores.

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