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PM underlines the need for responsibility Accuses opponents of demagoguery Beset by a range of scandals and with economic problems looming, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis yesterday told his MPs that Greece is faced with a clear choice of supporting the responsible policies of the government in a time of crisis or opting for the populist promises of the opposition.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Suppliers appeased over hospital debts

A first attempt was made yesterday to reduce the debts that have been crippling the National Health System, which has prompted some suppliers to stop providing goods...

Britain returns Byzantine icon

A Byzantine icon that was stolen from a monastery in northern Greece 30 years ago and ended up in the hands of a London-based art collector a few years ago, has been returned to Greece...

Habits in north less than green

Most Thessaloniki residents are neglecting their environment and their health, depending on cars for their daily commutes, avoiding recycling and relying on fatty foods...

Man abducted, beaten in Athens over debt

A 22-year-old Egyptian national kidnapped by five armed men on Tuesday night and beaten up in a Kypseli basement had owed 1,000 euros to a motorcycle salesman...

IN BRIEF

No service today or tomorrow as workers stage walkout : A metro strike that was due to affect commuters just today will also trouble them tomorrow...

Confusion over religious classes : The confusion over whether schoolchildren have to attend religion classes...

Jerusalem patriarch : The head of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem, Theophilos III, held lengthy talks...

Bank blast : A branch of Millennium Bank on Pendelis Avenue in the northeastern Athens suburb of Halandri was destroyed...

Prisoners hospitalized : Three inmates of Diavata Prison in Thessaloniki, believed to have been on hunger strike...

Land register : With the arrival tomorrow of the deadline for homeowners' declaring their properties on the land register...

Ileia tour : US Ambassador Daniel Speckhard yesterday expressed his «strong feeling for Ileia»...


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Tria Pente Pigadia... Skiers enjoy a jaunt yesterday on the slopes of the Tria Pente Pigadia...

EDITORIAL

A global, national crisis It's more bad news for the conservative government on the economic front. The increase in the country's current account deficit is not directly related to the international economic crisis. Rather, it is closely related to the structural shortcomings that have continued to plague the domestic economy in recent years. The fact that Greece has been constantly importing more than it exports indicates that the productivity of the Greek economy is on the wane. Competitiveness is also sliding.

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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