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PM claims the center Karamanlis promotes consensus politics in party congress speech On the opening day of ruling New Democracy's sixth congress yesterday, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis sought to place his party firmly in the political center by emphasizing the virtues of consensus and solidarity. The opening of the party congress was timed to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the return of democracy to Greece. It was Karamanlis's uncle, Constantine Karamanlis, who returned to Greece in the early hours of July 24 to take over power vacated by a disgraced dictatorship.

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International action movie star Jackie Chan...

International action movie star Jackie Chan holds the Olympic Flame aloft yesterday as he runs through Thessaloniki, Greece's second city.

Nicosia and Brussels on a fine line

BRUSSELS - Cyprus and the European Union, which it joined on May 1, are entering a phase of extremely delicate relations...

Halkida to host bio defense lab

A state-of-the-art mobile laboratory designed to help protect the Olympics against attacks using biological or chemical weapons is to be set up near Halkida, about 70km (43 miles) north of Athens...

Police hurt after rock concert

A police officer was in a coma yesterday after he and another officer, both off-duty and out of uniform, were attacked by a group of youths after a concert by the rock group The Doors at the Lycabettus Theater on Thursday night.

Firefighting helicopters

The fire brigade is considering the purchase of firefighting helicopters, following a recent study which showed that the cost of renting 11-14 of these aircraft every summer amounts to 30 million euros...

New metro station opens in Halandri

The Athens metro system's Line 3 moved further north today with the opening of a station at Halandri. On Wednesday, the opening of the Doukissis Plakentias station will bring the total extension to 5.9 kilometers (3.7 miles).

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Weekly ticket for 10 euros offers access to all means of public transport : A new weekly travel card, offering access to all means of public transport for a 10-euro fee...

Five conscripts who died raising flag had not showcaution, probe claims : Five conscripts, electrocuted last April while raising a metal flagpole at a military outpost iEvros prefecture...

Orders bestowed upoeminent Greeks : President Costis Stephanopoulos yesterday bestowed honors uposeveral eminent Greeks...

Transport safety : Aexercise testing road for the Olympics is likely to disrupt traffic oKifissias Avenue and coastal Poseidonos Avenue...

Child por : A 33-year-old mabelieved to have produced pornographic videos of childreaged 4-8 and sold them to customers all over Greece...

National Gardens : The management of the will be handed over to Athens's municipal authorities, Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos confirmed yesterday...

Drug death : A 15-year-old girl found dead yesterday iDrosohori, near the northwestertowof Ioannina...

Monastiraki fire : A fire which broke out at a small clothing manufacturer's othe second and third floors of aapartment block iMonastiraki...

Bank robberies : Armed robbers carried out three idifferent parts of Attica withitwo hours yesterday...


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The airship that will be used as part of the Olympics security system...

EDITORIAL

The challenge of Homo Olympicus We have been following the preparations for the Olympics and in particular the handover of new roads and modes of transport with a sense of relief. At a time like this, we should be looking at our new Olympic venues and appreciating the effort that has gone into creating them. Generally, we should be dressing ourselves up in Olympic colors over these last few weeks leading up to the Olympics - taking on the role of Homo Olympicus, however pretentiously romantic this may sound.

COMMENTARY

An upbeat look Some aspects of public life inspire optimism while others - greater in number - are a cause for concern. Structural deficits, bad management, faltering productivity, and lack of professionalism all inject a pessimistic tone. But even in such an insecure and gloomy environment, an independent observer can still discern glimmerings of progress and rebirth in the productive forces. The Olympics preparations, which have been for the most part costly and problematic, still created the conditions for optimism.

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