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ND holds center stage PM closes congress with focus on ruling party’s social sensitivity

The ruling New Democracy party ended its three-day congress yesterday with its leader's declaration that the party would represent all Greeks and his demand that party officials set a good example with their behavior, and respect the law. In his opening speech on Friday, Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis stressed that his party was in the political center and emphasized the virtues of consensus and solidarity.
FRONT PAGE NEWS
Top security official says, ‘We’re ready’
With less than three weeks to go before the start of the Athens Olympics, the country's official responsible for security told Kathimerini that irrespective of past construction delays, everything was going according to plan and the security network was in place for the Games.
Greek Cypriots suggest changes
Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos yesterday responded to demands from the United Nations and the United States that his government clarify its position regarding efforts to reunify Cyprus. Without elaborating, Papadopoulos said he had given his comments in writing «to those to whom I should.»
New law to repatriate capital
Taking a leaf out of the Italian government's book, the Greek government has submitted a law allowing repatriation of capital with no questions asked other than an investigation, mandated by the EU, into whether the repatriated funds might constitute money laundering.
Nicosia: Turks beef up troops
Cypriot Defense Minister Kyriakos Mavronicolas on Saturday accused Turkey of building up military forces in northern Cyprus at a time when Greek Cypriots are calling for demilitarization of the so-called «Green Line.»
Top brass say probe of 5 deaths not ready
The joint chiefs of staff on Saturday criticized press speculation about the «findings» of an internal investigation into the electrocution of five conscripts in Evros last April, stressing that the probe had not yet been completed.
IN BRIEF
No injuries or damage after 4.9 tremor : A strong undersea quake, measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale...
Climber death : A 42-year-old climber was killed yesterday morning after she fell into a deep ravine...
Train derails : None of the 65 passengers on a train bound for Athens from Patras were harmed...
Base reopens : Deputy Defense Minister Yiannis Lambropoulos yesterday announced that a former military base at Maleme...
Cyprus commissioner : Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos yesterday proposed that Marcos Kyprianou be reappointed as...
Remembering 1974 : President Costis Stephanopoulos, whose second five-year term ends next spring...
THIS WEEK
Monday : Refurbished marathon route to be opened to the public...
Tuesday : Olympic torch relay visits Psarades on Lake Prespa, Amyntaio, Ptolemaida and Kozani...
Wednesday : Extension of Metro Line 3 reaches Doukissis Plakentias Station...
Thursday : Part of Athens-Corinth highway at Kakia Skala to be opened to the public...
Friday : Second Rhodes International Cartoon Exhibition opens at the Museum of Neo-Hellenic Art on the island of Rhodes....
Saturday : Olympic torch relay in Trikala, Karditsa, Larissa and Volos...
Sunday : Olympic torch relay visits Stylida, Lamia, Karpenisi and the islands of Skopelos and Skiathos...

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EDITORIAL
In the final stretch
 Nineteen days before the opening of the Athens Games, Olympics-related venues and infrastructure projects are being delivered one after the other at the 11th hour. Concerns that the Games would have to begin before some of the major projects contained in Athens's Olympic bid were completed have largely subsided. But the pressure is still very much on. When projects are delivered at the very last moment, there is no time for testing them in everyday conditions - always very different from trial runs before delivery. No matter how hard designers use their imagination and foresightedness, it is never possible to cater for those unexpected snags that come up in everyday practice.
COMMENTARY
The ‘social center’
 During New Democracy's congress Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis showed a strong penchant for distancing the New Democracy party from its traditional pool of support, placing his faction in what he described as the «social center» and the «middle ground.» This transformation, Karamanlis thinks, will give his party enough flexibility to dominate the political scene in years to come. This is a reasonable strategy. Whenever a new leader takes the helm of an established party, he tries to expand its traditional catchment. In fact, parties have often changed their names in the process.
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