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No questioning 2004 Simitis: Court action against Olympic projects ‘inconceivable’ As the government yesterday grappled with traffic, accomodation and Paralympics matters ahead of 2004, Prime Minister Costas Simitis lashed out at Athens local officials who are contesting Olympic projects in court.

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Elizabeth Jones, US Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs...

Elizabeth Jones, US Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs met with Defense Minister Yiannos Papantoniou...

French polls give Greece the shivers

Jean-Marie Le Pen's success in beating Socialist Prime Minister Lionel Jospin to reach the second round of voting for the French presidential election sent shock waves throughout Greece as well as the rest of Europe.

Forecast of growth plus inflation

The Greek economy is also expected to perform well over the next few years, according to the European Commission's spring forecast for member states.

Solana angers Nicosia

Nicosia reacted angrily yesterday to Sunday's comments by the European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, according to which only a free Cyprus would join the union if reunification talks fail.

Planespotters fly back for trial

A group of British and Dutch planespotters who spent more than a month in a Greek jail last year after being accused of spying returned to the country yesterday to face trial.

Expert plays down viral epidemic fears

An infectious disease specialist from Athens yesterday played down the danger of a fatal viral epidemic following the recent deaths of three people from virus-triggered inflammatory diseases of the heart.

IN BRIEF

May Day strike shifted to May 7 to avoid Easter chaos : The traditional May Day workers’ strike on May 1 has been shifted to...

Fines begin for motorists without seatbelts, helmets : Drivers without seatbelts and motorcyclists without helmets will henceforth be fined if caught...

Cabinet retracts recognition Israel’s recognition last month of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch in Jerusalem...

Bus attack. A supporter of Panathinaikos football team — alleged to have thrown stones and smoke bombs...

Alarm test. The Civil Defense Authority’s electronic sirens will sound nationwide today...

Vegetable prices. The government will start importing tomatoes from Turkey and Morocco...

School fees up. Private school fees will increase by 4 percent with draft legislation due to be submitted...

Shrine collision. A father and son — Giorgos Paraskevopoulos, 66, and his Angelos, 37 — were killed yesterday...

Israeli Embassy. The Israeli ambassador in Nicosia, Michael Eligal, said his meeting yesterday...

Soldier’s death. The case of national serviceman Spyros Romiopoulos — found dead...

Journalist attack. An Athens court yesterday sentenced an Albanian national to 13 years in jail...


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The fourth and final 100,000-ton...
EDITORIAL

Estrangement The outcome of the first round of the French presidential elections which brings Jean-Marie Le Pen, the rightist extremist, to the runoff vote was a shock to the rest of Europe. The rise of the far right - with its anti-European character - and the extreme leftist parties, along with the collapse of the French Socialists have thrown Europe's traditional political groups into confusion. The escalation of the two extremes - the far right and the far left received more than 30 percent of the vote...

COMMENTARY

The Le Pen phenomenon The country of the Enlightenment saw the darkness of intolerance, of racism and of a fierce populism which borrows slogans from the repository of fascist rhetoric. The high percentage garnered by Jean-Marie Le Pen's extreme rightist party in the French presidential elections was indeed a political and a cultural shock, not only for France, but also for all of Europe. But the problem is not one that can be dealt with by moaning and incantations.

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