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An inconclusive debate Karamanlis, Papandreou agree education reform needed, not on means Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and opposition leader George Papandreou yesterday agreed on the need to allow non-state universities to operate...

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Parties to snub talks on protest controls

Some opposition parties will snub a meeting organized by Public Order Minister Vyron Polydoras on Monday to discuss introducing restrictions on small-scale street protests, staying they do not support the idea.

Violence against children rises

The number of reported cases of physically abused children rose significantly in 2006 as data released on family violence yesterday also show that most abused women are highly educated.

Cyprus FM to be at EU Turk talks

NICOSIA (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Turkey and Cyprus will attend a summit in Finland next week seen as the last hope to end a logjam in Ankara's EU entry talks as Turkey's prime minister said he wanted a deal which benefits all sides.

Court protects Mt Parnitha

Further restrictions have been imposed on construction activity around Mount Parnitha, northwest of Athens, following a decision by the Council of State made public yesterday.

Police nab four leaders of big prostitution ring

Four people were arrested in Athens yesterday for running one of the largest human trafficking rackets ever seen in Greece, an operation which forced women into prostitution, police said.

IN BRIEF

Disgraced Olympic medalist gets jail sentence for doping : Weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis, who was stripped of his bronze medal in the Athens 2004 Olympics...

Heavy rain on Thursday causes subsidence in parts of Athens : Heavy rains in Athens late on Thursday caused subsidence on roads in seven different areas...

Moderate tremors stir Corinth : Two earthquakes measuring 4.1 and 4.2 on the Richter scale yesterday shook the Corinthian Gulf...

Crooked official : Police on Rhodes have been questioning a 38-year-old municipal official...

Fatal shootout : A 28-year-old ethnic Greek from the former Soviet Union and another man were killed in a shootout...

Ioannina Airport : yesterday remained closed all day, with all inbound and outbound flights being canceled due to heavy fog...

Trafficker arrested : A Turkish national was arrested on the eastern Aegean island of Samos yesterday accused of human trafficking...

Rape suspect : A 29-year-old man from Kashmir was arrested in Piraeus yesterday for attempting to rape a 15-year-old girl...

Suicide threat : A 43-year-old council employee gave himself up to authorities in Piraeus yesterday after threatening to set himself on fire...


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Stavros Dimas...
EDITORIAL

Young people are looking for quality The unprecedented numbers of visitors to this year's Thessaloniki Film Festival have taken even the media and filmmakers by surprise. Over 125,000 people have crowded into the cinemas, where there has often been standing room only. Audiences are 30 percent larger than last year, when the increase over the previous year was as high as 38 percent. It is young people who comprise the majority of these audiences - the average age is well under 30.

COMMENTARY

Distorted energy policy Strange things have been occurring in the energy sector, many of which have more than a whiff of scandal about them. The Public Power Corporation (PPC), the largest state corporation, 49 percent of which is listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, is about to end the year with a major reduction in profits (53.4 percent in the first nine months), even though it is a state monopoly. According to sources, a large part of those losses are due to PPC's subsidizing private power plants.

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