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Security falls into place High and low, from seabed to the sky, ‘everything possible’ is being done The security network that has been planned for the Olympic Games is falling into place day by day.

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Cypriots mark their division

Today's 30th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus finds the island still bitterly divided, with Greek Cypriots lamenting the day while Turkish Cypriots prepared parades to celebrate. At 5.30 a.m. sirens will wail and flags will be flown at half-staff as Greek Cypriots mark the moment that the Turkish invasion began.

EU raps Greece on equality

The European Commission announced yesterday that it is taking legal action against Greece and five other EU member states which have failed to incorporate into their national law two anti-discrimination directives.

Poll shows zeal for Olympics

More than half of Athenians plan to stay in the capital for the Olympics and nearly half intend to go to sporting venues but the great majority have yet to buy tickets, according to a nationwide poll made public yesterday.

Former Aris star netted with fake credit cards

Mikhail Misunov, a 2.08-meter former center of the Aris basketball team in the late 1980s, has been arrested along with other members of a gang that allegedly defrauded individuals...

IN BRIEF

Applications will not be accepted from August 7 to 31, Embassy says : Applications for US tourist and working visas will not be accepted from August 7 to 31...

Deputy minister claims top aide sought bribe from businessman : Deputy Tourism Minister Anastasios Liaskos told a news conference yesterday that he had fired...

FYROM taking Olympic measures : The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is implementing measures...

Doctors strike : Doctors at hospitals in Athens and Piraeus are to stage a work stoppage from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m...

Palestinian children : A group of 114 Palestinian children, who are to spend a few days in special accommodation in Konitsa...

Djindjic suspect : Dejan Milenkovic, a top suspect in the murder of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic who was arrested in Thessaloniki...

Workers' strike : Contract workers in the public sector are to join a 24-hour strike...

Murder ruling : A Thessaloniki court has cleared the man charged with the 1998 murder...

ELA trial : Revolutionary Popular Struggle (ELA) suspect Angeletos Kanas yesterday once again denied any involvement...


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New tram enters the fray in Athens
EDITORIAL

Tourist treatment A few days ago at the airport of a tourist-frequented island, the passengers on a regular flight from Athens had to wait, after their arrival, stuck inside the plane. They were told that their long - as it turned out - delay was due to the arrival at the same time of three charter flights from abroad and that the airport only had a single bus for the transfer of passengers from the aircraft to the terminal. In other words, although the flight was on time, the visitors were delayed because they had to wait for the bus.

COMMENTARY

Thirty years after Cyprus today marks the 30th anniversary of Turkey's invasion. At 5.30 a.m. on July 20, 1974, the first Turkish paratroopers were being dropped in Nicosia. Ankara had found a pretext for its long-planned campaign aimed at encroaching on Cyprus's national sovereignty: It was the overthrow of constitutional order with the coup against Makarios perpetrated by a group of wrongheaded officers...

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