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‘Great chance’ for Cyprus as talks resume But substantial differences remain President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish-Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash will resume reunification talks today at Nicosia's disused airport, in the presence of UN mediator Alvaro de Soto and European Commissioner Guenter Verheugen.

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Debating the debates

Representatives of the two main rivals in the March 7 elections again failed to reach agreement on the terms of the television debates...

ND leader chides 2004 delays

New Democracy party leader Costas Karamanlis was briefed on preparations for the Olympic Games yesterday, in a meeting with Athens 2004 Organizing Committee chief Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki.

Patriarch broadens top council

Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios has decided to broaden the executive council of the Istanbul-based Patriarchate...

Seismologists watch fault

Seismologists are closely monitoring what they say is unusually persistent seismic activity...

Residents of western Thessaloniki...

Residents of western Thessaloniki staged a demonstration yesterday...

Bank robber couple caught on camera

A young couple who allegedly used a toy pistol to carry out a series of robberies in the northern city since October last year have been arrested...

IN BRIEF

European leaders in Athens, with Karamanlis : Opposition New Democracy party leader Costas Karamanlis is today due to welcome a host of European leaders...

DIKKI leader sues TV channels and polling firms for alleged bias : Democratic Social Movement (DIKKI) leader Dimitris Tsovolas yesterday filed suit against television channels...

Halandri girl dies in flat blaze : A 13-year-old girl, hospitalized with serious burns and breathing problems following a fire in her home in Halandri, died of her injuries yesterday...

Eleni Kazantzaki : Eleni Kazantzaki, the widow of the writer Nikos Kazantzakis, died in Athens yesterday at the age of 101...

Garbage cleanup : Municipal garbage collectors yesterday started clearing up some of the trash that has piled up across Attica over the last few days...

Actress death : The acclaimed stage and cinema actress Despo Diamantidou died in Athens yesterday at the age of 88...

Military exercise : Greece is one of 11 NATO member states which will be participating in an anti-submarine warfare exercise starting today...

NATO visit : Foreign Minister Tassos Yiannitsis is to meet NATO's Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop...


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EDITORIAL

Open dialogue George Papandreou, PASOK's newly elected chairman, is being extremely inflexible and reserved on the question of televised debates between the country's political leaders.

COMMENTARY

Joint responsibility Despite the general election on March 7, neither the government nor the opposition called for a suspension of talks on the reunification of Cyprus.

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