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Brussels to demand action Athens insists on seeking ‘common ground,’ sees no threat of cash freeze As the government insisted yesterday that it would ensure Greece did not lose «a single euro» in European Union funding as a result of its fight with the Commission over the controversial new law on state tenders, Brussels is expected next week to launch the second stage of the infringement process against Athens.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

MPs set to examine howitzer purchase

The Supreme Court yesterday received the findings of a prosecutor's probe into the purchase by the PASOK government in 2000 of some 60 million euros' worth of artillery...

Commercial wealth gap grows

Small and medium-sized enterprises, particularly those based in the country's main cities, have seen a considerable reduction...

Spending down, revenues weak

While state spending fell by 5 percent in the first quarter, mainly due to a sharp reduction in interest payments...

New wave of shipping is sought

In a bid to boost investment on the Athens Stock Exchange and to transform Greece into a regional shipping hub...

State contract workers hold a banner yesterday...

State contract workers hold a banner yesterday outside the Council of State, Greece's top administrative court...

Death lake cleanup program set in motion

Some seven months after a deadly bacterium, driven on by pollutants, killed almost 30,000 birds and hundreds of fish in Lake Koroneia...

IN BRIEF

Domestic services may be affected from backlog of yesterday's strike : Flights from airports across the country may be subject to delays today...

Variance found between declared income and spending : Electronic inspections have revealed serious discrepancies between...

Consumers warned on faulty goods : Consumers in possession of a 1,800-Watt Perla electric steam iron (model: CIR 2038C) should immediately...

Draft dodging : A total of 45 exemptions from military service, issued...

Attiki Odos : An Athens prosecutor yesterday shelved an investigation...

Jewel raid : No one was injured when four armed robbers raided...

May Day : celebrations are to be shifted...

Trial-fixing probe : Three lawyers yesterday testified before...

Illegal immigrants : A wooden fishing boat carrying 46 illegal immigrants...

Easter museums : The country's state-run archaeological sites and museums will be shut...

Fireworks crackdown : Two Greek men, aged 55 and 56, faced an Athens prosecutor yesterday...


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EDITORIAL

‘Magnanimous’ public works Public prosecutor Eleni Touloupaki has filed away the brief on the Attiki Odos. The investigation she was assigned to after press reports of major overspending in the highway's construction led her to conclude that from the legal point of view, the contract for the construction of the Attiki Odos had been properly executed. As for the terms of the contract, Touloupaki noted that the contract had been ratified by Parliament and therefore «by definition» was in accordance with the law.

COMMENTARY

Ineptitude vs hypocrisy One does not need to be a strategy guru to know that one provokes a conflict only when there is a reasonable chance of winning, a rule the government has broken with regard to the state tender law. It now finds itself on the verge of a colossal political defeat that is threatening to invalidate the broader campaign against entangled interests. In other words, it threatens to bring down one of the pillars of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis's election campaign and government policy.

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