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 Santorini roof ‘was shoddily built’ |
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| Friday's collapse of a massive steel roof covering the Akrotiri archaeological site on Santorini, which caused the death of a British tourist and injured six people, was due to poor material used in construction, engineers involved in the project allegedly said.Three engineers employed by the contracting consortium J&P Avax...
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| Police working as minders for ‘VIPs’ |
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Around 6,000 police officers are believed to be working as private minders for politicians, businessmen and journalists despite the creation of a special department within the police force last November aimed at limiting the resources allocated for the protection of high-profile public figures.
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| Budget to smile on pensioners |
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| As the government heads toward the second half of its term in office, Finance Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis said low-income pensioners will be among the winners in next year's budget.The 2006 budget, which is currently being drawn up, will offer...
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| Textile blues hit jobless |
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| The country's textile industry appears to be going through a crisis that is weighing heavily on jobless figures, as data show that in the first nine months of the year 25 businesses in the sector closed down.With each company employing about 150 workers, the closures have sent unemployment rates soaring...
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Greek fans celebrate...
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EDITORIAL |
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Culture policy
Culture has always ranked high on the political agenda of Greek governments. The New Democracy administration has not been an exception to this rule. The implementation of programs aiming to promote the country's image to the world has been among the top priorities of the ND government. In a symbolic move after the national elections, Premier Costas Karamanlis took over the sensitive culture portfolio.
So far, the government's efforts have failed to deliver. Certain fields, especially opera and symphonic music, are a mess. |
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COMMENTARY |
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The Thera dialogues
Archaeological sites, by definition, are places where the living wander carelessly among the concentrated shades of the dead.
They are like deep wells, where the visitor stands in the light of day and his or her imagination teems with images of how the area might have looked when its ancient occupants were alive, but underfoot run dark corridors and invisible rivers of blood.
These are places where people lived, created, loved, fought, connived, achieved, won, lost and died.
The presence of the dead is even stronger here than in cemeteries, because their shade extends among the ruins of daily life... |
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