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Hard work for EU on Turkish membership Greece and UK find common ground The Greek and British prime ministers agreed yesterday during a meeting in London that the European Union has to work intensively over the next two weeks to make sure that Turkey meets a December 6 deadline in its accession process.

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Academic warning on education

A team of Greek academics from some of the world's top universities called on the government yesterday to deliver changes to help improve Greece's tertiary education, such as altering a law offering campus immunity from authorities.

Extra stops on metro by 2009

Four new metro stations in Athens's southeastern suburbs will be ready by the end of 2009, Public Works and Environment Minister Giorgos Souflias said yesterday.

New antiquity charges filed

Criminal charges were filed yesterday in connection to the alleged theft and illegal sale of an ancient gold wreath which is now owned by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

Deadline for doctor shortage

In a race against time, doctors and Health Ministry officials decided yesterday to form a committee to come up with a proposal within 15 days to avert a shortage of doctors at state hospitals from January.

Hidden camera found in women’s bathroom

A 53-year-old civil engineer was being questioned by police yesterday after he allegedly hid a video camera in the women's toilets of his Athens office.

IN BRIEF

Alleged police brutality victim accused of resisting arrest : Avgoustinos Dimitriou, a 24-year-old student who was allegedly beaten by police in Thessaloniki last week, has been charged...

Inquiry into whether teacher put schoolchildren at risk : Appeals prosecutor Giorgos Koliocostas yesterday ordered an investigation...

Uncle saves boy at last minute : A mother yesterday filed a suit against the unidentified man who allegedly attempted to abduct her 10-year-old son...

Fraudster nabbed : Police in Cyprus yesterday arrested a Greek man who is wanted by US authorities on fraud charges...

Lost train : Athens prosecutor Panayiotis Poulios ordered an investigation yesterday into an incident in which an Athens train was split...

Parking tickets : Parking inspectors and police issued 500 tickets to cars illegally parked in central Athens yesterday...

Pefki beatings : A 29-year-old man was hospitalized early yesterday with head injuries after he was beaten by a gang of six men...

Meat fraud : Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) inspectors yesterday located six butchers in Attica...

Farmer shot : A 45-year-old farmer, identified as Ilias Papasifakis, was found dead on his stock farm close to Hania...


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Blind people staged a protest...
EDITORIAL

Our dangerous consumer dream The deterioration of the country's current account balance while productivity and investments remain stagnant will mean serious problems for our economy. It shows that Greeks consume more than they produce and that their spending power derives from their savings, the underground economy or borrowing. And consumption without a substantial restructuring of the economy cannot last.

COMMENTARY

When empty heads collide History moves in strange ways that sometimes resemble the movement of a pendulum - swinging to extremes before settling in the middle again. The problem with Greece's post-dictatorship history is that the pendulum has stayed at the extreme for very many years. After the restoration of democracy in 1974, it was as if we had decided we could live without security police. The terrible experiences of the 1950s had to be exorcised by a justifiably impatient society. Young demonstrators could shove and swear at a police officer without fear of retribution.

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