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ND turns to spending Gov’t set to OK 900 million euros in extra funds as antidote to crisis, Vatopedi The government is preparing a spending package of almost 1 billion euros which it hopes will help convince the public that it is sensitive to their needs at a time of economic crisis, according to sources.

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Outlook for name talks bleak after Skopje suit

Prospects for a settlement to the Macedonia name dispute looked slim yesterday, as political parties in Athens and Skopje argued...

Prison bill foresees early releases

Justice Minister Sotiris Hatzigakis is today submitting in Parliament reforms aimed at easing overcrowding in the country's prisons...

Traffic lights in disrepair

More traffic lights than usual are out of order in Athens because there is nobody to fix them at the moment...

Residents enraged about pungent river

Residents of Nea Philadelphia and Nea Halkidona, in northwestern Athens, are angry over the increasingly polluted Podoniftis River...

IN BRIEF

Employees in more protest action over labor contracts : There will be no metro service tomorrow...

Queries about skipping class : The Ombudsman has written a letter to Education and Religious Affairs Minister...

Universities closed : University lecturers are due to begin a two-day strike today...

Cleaner buses : ETHEL, the company that runs the natural gas-powered buses in Athens...

Missing fishermen : Coast guard vessels and a Super Puma rescue helicopter were yesterday dispatched...

Dope diversification : Police in Thessaloniki were yesterday questioning...

Elafonisos dispute : European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas called on Greek authorities...


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Welcoming ceremony in Athens... A security officer looks through a pair of binoculars as Greek President Karolos Papoulias...

EDITORIAL

Truth above political expediency The ongoing revelations about the controversial Vatopedi property exchange show that the ripples of the scandal that has dogged the domestic political system over the past few months actually extend far beyond what was originally thought. Vested interest groups, both small and large, are implicated in the case, their sights set on the property of the Greek state. Parliament's investigating committee must cast ample light on this murky case.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Dictatorship of the proletariat Protest marches in Athens are an experiment in how meaningful mechanisms of political expression can - when abused over a long time - degenerate into meaningless ritual. When taken to an extreme, they reveal the absurdity of political or labor activism gone wild: Protest marches are held to demand an improvement in a situation, but when abused they can actually make it worse.

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