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PM demands quick results from new team Cabinet sworn in as Karamanlis vows to be less tolerant of mistakes Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis demanded immediate results from his newly elected Cabinet yesterday and called for unity as he gets ready to implement difficult reforms with a slim parliamentary majority.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

PASOK mulls leadership poll date

PASOK leader George Papandreou is due to propose that his party hold a leadership vote in December...

Souflias backs forest changes

Environment Minister Giorgos Souflias said yesterday he supports proposed changes to Article 24...

Koroneia plan to speed up

Authorities in Thessaloniki are planning to call on Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to help speed up...

Anti-flood works pick up pace

Regional authorities in the fire-stricken areas of the western Peloponnese held a meeting yesterday...

Dream cruise turns sour for four seamen

A prosecutor on Rhodes yesterday charged four officers from a cruise ship, which began listing in the Dodecanese island's harbor...

IN BRIEF

Probe launched into record levels of pesticide found in Veria : A prosecutor in Veria, northern Greece, launched an investigation yesterday...

Man detained after taking artifacts from archaeological site in Argos : A 46-year-old man has been arrested...

US gives back Greek treasures : An ancient stone coffin and a sculpture of a lion's head have been returned to Greece...

Bad medicine : A 49-year-old man has been arrested in Maroussi, northern Athens...

Suicide rate : Lots of sunshine and strong family ties have helped keep...

Pensioner bound : Two men have been arrested in Yiannitsa, northern Greece...

Thessaloniki arrests : Police arrested 25 people in Thessaloniki during...

Snack recall : The Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) announced the recall...


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EDITORIAL

Opinion poll manipulation One of the problems dogging politics in Greece and which calls for cool-headed analysis is the manipulation of opinion polls. Greek voters seem to be caught in a paradox. The media and the journalists had for months been preparing the public for a neck-and-neck electoral contest.

COMMENTARY

Pulling PASOK’s strings Few were surprised by the crisis that rocked PASOK following Sunday's heavy election defeat. Any other outcome would be unnatural. It's up to Socialist party members and friends to pick the next leader. The rest - including journalists and academics - have no say, unless they wish to look silly.

OPINION

Giannakou’s punishment How did former Education Minister Marietta Giannakou feel when she heard the poll results from the electoral district of Athens? How did she receive the news that she had lost the battle of the ballot, knowing that the battle was practically lost from the onset? Did her disappointment about her defeat overshadow her joy for her party's success?

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