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No cheer for PASOK and ND New poll suggests interest in Euro election low and support trickling toward Ecologist Greens Both major political parties indicated concern yesterday that there will be low turnout in next month's European parliamentary elections, as the latest opinion poll suggested that New Democracy had narrowed the gap on PASOK.

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British FM backs pact ‘by Cypriots’

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband yesterday expressed his support for a Cyprus settlement in the form of «a bizonal, bicommunal joint entity»...

Bar staff hail smoking limits

As new data showed that more than eight out of 10 bar and cafe workers are in favor of an imminent ban on smoking in closed public places...

Man shot dead in Exarchia

A 28-year-old electrician was shot dead in front of witnesses in broad daylight in the central Athens neighborhood of Exarchia yesterday...

Zealots clash with police at Mount Athos

Police and coast guard officials are on standby today at Ouranoupolis and Ierissos, the two port connections to Mount Athos in northern Greece...

IN BRIEF

UK-based student confirmed as second Greek carrying the virus : A second case of swine flu in Greece was confirmed yesterday...

Fringe groups claim raids : Two organizations, calling themselves the Nihilist Splinter Group...

Pirates thwarted : A Swedish navy vessel yesterday thwarted an attempt by Somalian pirates...

Station blast : An explosive device believed to comprise a significant quantity of dynamite...

MP dies : The death of Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) Deputy Michalis Papayiannakis...

Eagle-eyed nun : Two foreign nationals who attempted to buy an icon from a nun at a monastery...

Bank robberies : Two occurred within 13 minutes of each other yesterday...


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Peeled-off stickers... Road signs in Thessaloniki are seen covered by peeled-off stickers...

EDITORIAL

Welcome decision on spending The government's decision to either abolish or merge a great number of the numerous departments and organizations in the public sector in response to pressure by the International Monetary Fund to significantly trim public expenditure at a time when the deficit is seen to be widening is a welcome move.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Quiet museums of the mind Something is stirring in Athens's relationship with its ancient past. The New Acropolis Museum will open its doors in a month, the National Archaeological Museum has been refurbished and now, due to the pressure of local residents and renewed interest from the Culture Ministry, the desolate ruins of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum will be added to the map of places worth visiting in the capital.

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