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PM wants to ride out the storm Karamanlis likely to opt for reshuffle after budget’s approval in December and may then head for early elections Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis is not expected to make any immediate moves, according to sources, despite enduring one of the toughest weeks of his premiership, but is considering holding snap elections next spring.

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Police deny part in migrant’s death

The police denied yesterday that officers had been pursuing a Pakistani migrant when he died after falling into a large ditch in Votanikos...

College ruling may be challenged

Professional groups and unions are set to mount a legal challenge against a European Court of Justice ruling last week...

Prison warden escapes blast

Explosives experts arrived in Corfu yesterday to examine the remnants of a large bomb that exploded late on Saturday...

Man shoots dead his son-in-law on Crete

An argument yesterday between a 46-year-old and his father-in-law over where to place some firewood at the family home on Crete...

TO OUR READERS

Kathimerini English Edition and the International Herald Tribune will not be available tomorrow because of the “Ochi (No) Day” national holiday. We will be back on Wednesday.

IN BRIEF

Businessman kidnap probed : Police in Thessaloniki were yesterday investigating claims...

Minister's health : Public Works Minister Giorgos Souflias was discharged from the hospital...

Mild quake : An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale struck 50 kilometers...

Family affair : A 49-year-old Roma man and four adolescents believed...


THIS WEEK

Monday : Jewish Community of Thessaloniki, in collaboration with the Cervantes Institute...

Tuesday : The 58th anniversary of «Ochi» (No) Day...

Wednesday : City of Athens's refurbished Eleftherios Venizelos Museum opens today...

Thursday : The 24th international tourism exhibition «Philoxenia» opens its doors...

Friday : Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) is hosting...


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Street performers entertain Athenians A street performer shows off a juggling act on Ermou Street...

EDITORIAL

Questions that need answers The government's intervention to stabilize the banking sector was necessary, but the 28-billion-euro rescue plan should not be put into effect unless the following is made clear: How will bank executives be penalized for all the years of overspending and mistakes? Will it be by cuts in pay and bonuses, suspension of their shares for a certain period of time or with changes in management where mistakes have been proven? Who will be responsible for evaluating the guarantees that banks are supposed to give the government?

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Piety gone sour Greece is the home of great political theater. From the invention of democracy 2,500 years ago to the ritual protest marches to the US Embassy that have marked the years since democracy's most recent incarnation in 1974, the people and their leaders have been players in the long epic through history. But even by those historical standards, the current performance in Athens has to rank among the most bizarre.

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