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Karamanlis mulls his options Three new opinion polls show PASOK ahead of ND, as PM looks for way to give his party a boost Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis spent the weekend considering what his next move will be to dislodge New Democracy from the rut it is in, as three new opinion polls yesterday suggested that the conservatives had slipped behind PASOK in popularity.

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Cars are grinding Athens to a halt

Athens is marking World Carfree Day today by offering commuters free travel on public transport, but experts are warning that more measures are needed...

Name talks moving up a level

Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis and President of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) Branko Crvenkovski are due to meet in New York...

Robin Hood raids on stores

Self-styled anarchists are thought to have been behind raids on supermarkets in Athens and Thessaloniki over the weekend...

Pit bull kills pensioner, dog’s owner arrested

A 28-year-old woman from Komotini, northeastern Greece, was arrested yesterday after her pit bull terrier bit an elderly woman in the neck...

IN BRIEF

Second Greek ship seized off the coast of Somalia : A Greek-owned ship with 19 sailors on board, most of them Filipinos...

Halkida student, 19, arrested : A 19-year-old from Artaki, near Halkida, has been arrested...

Fatal plunge : Three people drowned when the car in which they were traveling...

Artifact traffickers : Two people, aged 40 and 38, have been arrested in Trikala...

Missing revolver : An investigation has been launched...

Wife murdered : A man was under police guard in an Athens hospital yesterday...


THIS WEEK

MONDAY : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis visits...

WEDNESDAY : Employees at the Transport Ministry begin...

FRIDAY : The Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) Youth Festival begins in Protomagia Square...

SATURDAY : The reception halls of the French ambassador's residence will be open...


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City celebrates Smurfs’ 50th birthday A child writes on a display that formed part of exhibition set up in Klafthmonos Square...

EDITORIAL

No more adventures for Greece The country is in dire need of a strong government. This is has been made imperative by the global credit crisis as well as by a number of issues that remain unsolved on a national level. Greece can no longer afford to be held hostage to the personal differences and petty ambitions of a handful of MPs. It would be most unfortunate for the country to be pushed once again into early elections and, following that, a period when no one is firmly at the state's helm.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

One year on, just keeping afloat Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis called early elections a year ago, citing the need for a renewed mandate to tackle the great challenges facing the economy. He could not have guessed just how great those challenges would become. With 152 seats in the 300-member Parliament, Karamanlis has had to balance the urgent need for substantial reforms with the risk of losing his majority. He has had to cope with shrill and relentless opposition from left and right of his party, but he has also had his hands full coping with rebels and miscreants in New Democracy itself. With a two-seat majority, the government is like a wounded animal: It can still keep moving but it's only a matter of time before it is brought down.

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