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Citizenship on offer Pavlopoulos indicates that long-term migrants may be eligible Greece is considering offering citizenship to long-term residents from abroad in the wake of a series of reforms that have been made to existing immigration laws, Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos told Kathimerini.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

Greeks set to bet 8.5 bln euros in year

With gambling fever about to peak on New Year's Eve, sources said that Greeks are expected to have gambled -8.5 billion this year...

Greece gets war zone resolution

NEW YORK (AP) - The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution, sponsored by Greece and France, on Saturday...

Three hit giant Joker jackpot

Three lucky winners split Sunday's first prize Joker jackpot of 14 million euros, the fourth-largest sum awarded in the lottery's history...

Ship heads for safety after scare

A Turkish-flagged ship with five people on board was heading for safety at a port on the island of Rhodes late yesterday just hours after sending out...

A cell at the women’s section of Korydallos Prison...

A cell at the women's section of Korydallos Prison in western Athens is seen...

Three suffer gunshot wounds after dispute

Police are hunting for a 48-year-old man from the Dendropotamo district of Thessaloniki after he shot and injured his neighbor and two more people...

IN BRIEF

Farmer, 90, arrested after shooting suspected robber in Cretan home : A 90-year-old farmer was arrested...

Fume inhalation kills man : A man died and his wife was hospitalized yesterday...

Businessman robbed : A 48-year-old nightclub owner was robbed early yesterday...

Two killed : Two people were killed on Monday when the car they were traveling...

Armed robbery : A 56-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint by three armed men...

Immolation averted : A 36-year-old kiosk owner narrowly escaped...

Peristeri shootout : Three Albanian men were injured yesterday after being shot...

Toy banned : The Development Ministry said yesterday that it had banned...


THIS WEEK

Wednesday : PASOK leader George Papandreou visits Kallithea police station...

Thursday : The National Statistics Service announces...

Friday : Employees and drivers of KTEL intercity buses stage...

Sunday : Shops open for the final Sunday...

Monday : Shops remain closed on New Year's Day...


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EDITORIAL

A self-fulfilling prophecy Governments don't usually give hints of plans to hold early elections. But rumors of impending polls often act as self-fulfilling prophecy. Voters see politicians running to win their favor instead of taking care of business. Then public administration stops working, problems pile up and the country is then nevertheless forced to go to the polls to get it out of its quagmire. This is not mere hypothetical talk. Many conservative government ministers and deputies have already been heard talking about the coming election battle.

COMMENTARY

Not-so-invisible hand If we are to believe the opinion polls, consumers complain about high prices. If we are to believe TV, the problem of high prices is caused by some unnamed interests that make profits by keeping prices artificially high. If we are to believe the Development Ministry, free competition will take care of the problem. Consumers will simply go for the lowest prices so the more expensive goods will stay on the shelves and, as a result, profiteers will have to lower their prices.

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