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Barroso backs Greece EC president praises PM’s position on Turkey, progress in economy Greece is implementing a «wise» policy toward Turkey and the Greek economy has made considerable progress in curbing its deficit, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso told Kathimerini in an interview published yesterday.

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60 fires burn across country

More than 60 fires burned across Greece over the weekend as temperatures remained high, prompting authorities to issue another fire warning for today...

Election talk bends budget

Senior Finance Ministry officials are pushing forward their request to Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to call early elections in a bid to ease pressure...

Pipeline needs further study

Seismologists have called for more research to be conducted into seismic activity in northeastern Greece in a bid to identify potential dangers...

Blaze guts 80 cars in bank yard

An improvised petrol bomb exploded in a parking lot belonging to a bank on the eastern outskirts of Athens late on Saturday night...

Charges to be laid in illegal adoption case

Police in the northern Greek city of Serres are investigating the illegal adoption of a baby girl and have identified two people, a retired lawyer and his wife...

IN BRIEF

Nearly 100,000 euros missing as police search for bank worker : A 38-year-old bank employee in Larissa, central Greece, has gone missing...

Helicopter airlifts man to hospital : A 46-year-old mountain climber was airlifted...

Body found : Police said yesterday they had found the body of a 30- to 40-year-old man...

Bomb hoax : Police sealed off the port of Piraeus on Saturday morning...

Ship fire : A fire broke out on a bulk carrier anchored off the docks of Perama...

Trekker dies : A 46-year-old male tourist from Lithuania died on Crete on Saturday...

Farmers protest : Farmers on Saturday used their tractors to block...


THIS WEEK

Monday : Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis visits Sarajevo...

Wednesday : Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis to meet with her Cypriot counterpart...

Thursday : Public Power Corporation shareholders will hold...

Sunday : The 28th annual conference of the International Society...


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EDITORIAL

The courageous and the unscrupulous Over the past days and weeks, hundreds of professional and volunteer firefighters have been waging a daily battle with countless forest fires that have been ravaging vast tracts across the country. Considering the great dangers involved, one can only applaud the courage of our fellow citizens. The Greek state has always accommodated worthy citizens as well as unscrupulous ones. According to numerous reports and sources, the national fire service has become beleaguered by party political interventions and cliques.

COMMENTARY

Myths, magic and marketing Looking at the stunning global circus that accompanies each new appearance by Harry Potter, whether in the form of a new book or a movie, it is easy to forget that at the center of this phenomenon lies an ancient, solitary and irreplaceable creature - the narrator, the author. The most impressive thing in the entire Harry Potter saga is not the commercial aspect (generating profits that run into the billions) but the fact that Harry Potter and his world exist at all.

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