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Reforms lined up for New Year Government plans to hit the ground running from January on university, port and OTE changes Vocal opposition this year to the government's efforts to introduce a range of reforms has not deterred the ruling conservatives from pushing through the changes from the beginning of next year, New Democracy sources told Sunday's Kathimerini.

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Blair fails to faze Athens

Greece brushed off comments by Tony Blair in Turkey on Saturday when the British prime minister backed Ankara’s bid to join the European Union and said that Britain will examine...

Half of prisoners in for drugs

Almost half the number of prisoners serving a sentence in Greece’s overcrowded prisons have been convicted for drug-related crimes as the country’s outdated laws tend to punish the users...

Woman held in baby theft

A British woman has been detained on the Ionian island of Cephalonia after allegedly stealing the baby girl she was planning to buy...

University bash turns into a riot

Six people were detained yesterday after a party at Panteion University in Athens turned violent in the early morning...

Suspicious parcel sets off alarm at cathedral

Police cordoned off Athens Cathedral in the city center yesterday and called in bomb experts to inspect a suspicious-looking parcel...

IN BRIEF

Candle factory destroyed, another plant damaged in Iraklion : A fire that broke out at a candle-making factory...

Cypriot capital set for 1st female mayor : The Cypriot capital of Nicosia was set to elect its first female mayor...

Archbishop returns : On Saturday Archbishop Christodoulos returned to Athens from Rome...

Fatal collision : A 42-year-old motorist was killed when an oncoming train smashed...

Cafe shooting : An Albanian national stormed into a cafe...

Heroin arrests : Two foreign nationals were arrested in Thessaloniki...


THIS WEEK

MONDAY : The Panhellenic Federation of Teaching and Scientific Personnel...

TUESDAY : The Psychiatric Hospital of Thessaloniki hosts a scientific conference...

WEDNESDAY : Panteion University and the Center of Mediterranean and Middle East Studies hold...

THURSDAY : The Central Union of Greek Municipalities (KEDKE) meets...


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Prime Minister...
EDITORIAL

The budget debate in Parliament A very important debate about the national budget started in Parliament yesterday. Our experience of similar debates has prepared us for the results this discussion is likely to produce. But of course we can hope that something different may happen this time. Pompous declarations and ostentatious demonstrations of rhetoric which lack any real substance are useless. And the traditional evacuation of Parliament after the speeches of the party leaders is hardly a sign of respect for the parliamentary procedure.

COMMENTARY

Our neighborhood is changing In two weeks time, Greece's place in the broader region will change radically. In the biggest single development in the Balkans since the collapse of communism in 1989, Bulgaria and Romania will become members of the European Union on January 1, 2007. This opens a new era of opportunity but also difficult challenges for Greece.

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