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EU places deficit higher 2004 budget blowout gets bigger; Eurostat continues assessing Greek books The European Commission yesterday revised upward its estimate for Greece's 2004 budget deficit to well over 6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), even while the country's accounting woes look set to continue as the Commission added that it has not finished going over the government's books.

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Tourism boosted by 8 pct this year

Tourism arrivals will rise by at least 8 percent this year, according to the Institute for Tourism Research and Forecasts (ITEP), which noted a 60 percent increase in incoming flights this month compared to the same period in 2004.

Gov’t: Not responsible for Santorini disaster

The Culture Ministry yesterday denied any responsibility for last Friday's collapse of a huge steel roof over the Akrotiri site on Santorini...

State targets fake pensions

The government will crack down on the more than 100,000 recipients of a disability pension who are receiving the aid illegally, Health Minister Nikitas Kaklamanis said yesterday...

Seamen marched toward...

Seamen marched toward the offices of the Union of Greek Shipowners (EEE) yesterday to protest high unemployment in the sector.

Kurds in huge bank swindle

A ring of Kurds believed to have swindled more than 500,000 euros from a series of bank branches in Attica by using forged documents to procure loans was broken yesterday...

IN BRIEF

New Corinth link operational; free travel on route this week : Transport Minister Michalis Liapis yesterday inaugurated...

Three Albanian immigrant smugglers arrested in Thessaloniki : Police appear to have smashed an illegal immigrant-smuggling operation...

Strike action leads to dump closure : The Ano Liosia landfill will shut down as of today...

Judge trial : Former court of first instance judge Leonidas Stathis has been ordered...

Dynamite explosion : A homemade explosive device containing a small amount of dynamite exploded...

Pharmaceutical investigation : An Athens prosecutor yesterday ordered a preliminary investigation...

ND explosion : An explosive device made of two gas canisters went off...

Car insurance : costs are set to increase gradually...

New York flight : British Airways will launch an air link between...

Workers injured : Two workers in Athens sustained minor injuries...


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Anti-corruption front sees cracks The comments made by Deputy Economy and Finance Minister Adam Regouzas at a conference organized by the federation of Greece's customs officials on June 24, and which were belatedly released to the media yesterday, came as a shock to public opinion. «In a bid to upgrade the image and the actual work of the custom services - and I am saying this as a friend - I am calling on you to put less emphasis on extra remuneration [to speed up work],» Regouzas told the conference.

COMMENTARY

The ball and DNA It's reasonable that enthusiasm pushes us toward exaggeration. But those who choose to attribute the basketball win to Greek DNA, God's blessing, the protection of the Holy Virgin or the untamable Greek spirit should rein themselves in a bit with the thought of the following simple fact: Into what lethargy had Greek DNA fallen for the 18 years between the 1987 golden prize and yesterday, and why?

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