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Banks in the spotlight Merger effort for the Bank of Attica and Postal Savings Bank Despite its being midsummer, the banking sector is showing activity once again, with attention focused on what will happen with the Postal Savings Bank, the Bank of Attica and the General Bank.

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N17 suspect speaks only of ideology

Dimitris Koufodinas, the man who is alleged to have been November 17's head of operations and its chief executioner, was unrepentant over the terrorist group's 23 murders and scores of other attacks.

Report on Cypriot ‘open secrets’

The chief of Cyprus's police yesterday handed President Tassos Papadopoulos the results of a police investigation into how top state secrets happened to be lying in garbage bags in a public space for weeks.

Judicial posts approved

The Cabinet yesterday approved the appointment of senior judicial officials for the Supreme Court, Council of State and State Audit Council proposed by Justice Minister Philippos Petsalnikos.

Ambelokipi road changes

The Ambelokipi interchange, at the junction of Kifissias and Alexandras avenues, is to change soon. And the interweaving of traffic at the intersection between Mesogeion Avenue and Pheidippidou and Michalakopoulou streets is to become a thing of the past as part of a series of alterations to the traffic flow at one of the city's busiest spots. As of mid-September, Mesogeion will be one way between Vas. Sofias and Pheidippidou, which will also be one way from Mesogeion to Kifissias Avenue.

Greece faces court over waste disposal

Greece is to be brought before the European Court of Justice over its failure to rid the country of unmanaged waste disposal sites and to complete Attica's urban waste water processing plant on the islet of Psytalleia, the European Commission announced yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Prostitutes protest outside ministry as officials debate possible reforms : Dozens of prostitutes yesterday gathered outside the Interior Ministry to protest against a crackdown on illegally operating brothels...

Dairy producer, wholesale trader fined for misleading, overpricing : Deputy Development Minister Kimon Koulouris yesterday had a dairy producer and a wholesale trading firm brought before a prosecutor...

Ministers praise military deal : Foreign Minister George Papandreou and his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul yesterday expressed their satisfaction with a NATO-brokered pact for boosting military cooperation...

Police chief : Fotis Nasiakos is to serve another year as Greece’s police force chief, the Government Council for Foreign Policy and Defense decided yesterday...

Security protest : Police, coast guard and fire department officers staged a demonstration and candlelight vigil in central Athens...

Weather damage : Heavy rain and hailstorms across the prefecture of Thessaloniki damaged around 250 hectares of vineyards, 100 hectares of tobacco and 60 hectares of olive trees...

Moonlit sights : The Culture Ministry’s traditional August Full Moon festival will offer free access to 62 of the country’s archaeological sites on August 12...

Traffic disruptions : Roadworks will cause disruptions at the Faros interchange in Psychico, and on Dimocritou St at the junction between Kifissias and Paradeissou avenues...

Ioannina murder : A 21-year-old student who confessed to stabbing his mother and grandmother to death in Ioannina last Friday is due to be jailed in the northwestern town today...


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Remembering 1974
EDITORIAL

Global university The welcome announcement of an agreement between the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and France's Ecole National des Ponts et Chaussees (ENPC) is yet another measure of the NTUA's achievements. University circles have noted the importance of this further step in international cooperation with such an historic and distinguished French institute for Greece's undergraduate studies. Piraeus University is already preparing to follow suit with German and French universities.

COMMENTARY

Whiff of political opportunism Frequent changes to the electoral system that serve the interests of the ruling party of the day have always been a sign that a democracy is immature and problematic. Hence the constitutional embargo on applying a newly voted electoral system in the following elections unless across-the-board consensus has been achieved. Electoral law determines the most important rules of the parliamentary game. Those rules must be clear and transcend petty political expediency. The electoral system need not be fixed and unchanging, but changes must take place with care, after dialogue, at a neutral time and by consensus. Since 1974 (apart from the simple proportional election in 1989), all elections have been conducted according to different versions of the enhanced proportional system.

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