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Next steps for Cyprus sought Papadopoulos and Karamanlis discuss strategy as EU prepares to open office north of Green Line President Tassos Papadopoulos of Cyprus arrived in Athens yesterday for talks with the Greek government on a common strategy to deal with the Cyprus issue after Greek Cypriots voted overwhelmingly last Saturday against a UN proposal for their island's reunification.

FRONT PAGE NEWS

2003 deficit over 3 pct

Greece is headed for the red zone of EU economies...

Olympics 1 bln in the red this year

Budget overruns for the August Olympics, strenuously denied by the previous government, will be well in excess of 1 billion euros...

2-bln-euro bailout for hospitals

For the third time in seven years, the public coffers are to shoulder the massive debts of Greece's public hospitals, the government said yesterday.

Games insured for cancellation

LONDON (AP) - For the first time, the International Olympic Committee has taken out cancellation insurance on the Olympics: a $170 million (142.65-million-euro) policy...

Russia’s Michail Nestruev...

Russia's Michail Nestruev prepares to fire yesterday during the ISSF World Cup held at the new Olympic shooting venue...

Military says will push ahead with demining

Greece is committed to gradually removing all anti-personnel land mines from its border with Turkey, according to a military source quoted in a report yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Prosecutor brings fraud charges over 'mismanaged contracts' : An Athens prosecutor yesterday brought fraud charges against unidentified Defense Ministry officials...

PPC denies reports of excessive spending, lack of transparency : The Public Power Corporation (PPC) yesterday described as «groundless and untrue» press reports accusing it of spending excessive amounts...

Kavala robber gets 25 years in jail : A Thrace court yesterday passed a 25-year jail sentence on 46-year-old Kavala businessman Andreas Chtenas after finding him guilty...

Church war : Minister for Macedonia and Thrace Nikos Tsiartsionis yesterday sent messages of congratulations to three new bishops...

Schinias threat : The Athens office of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) yesterday warned of the environmental threat posed by the «frenzy of construction»...

Romanian ties : President Costis Stephanopoulos yesterday met his Romanian counterpart, Ion Iliescu, in Bucharest...

Migrants detained : Coast guards on Crete yesterday detained a group of 47 illegal immigrants, abandoned on a beach...

Cypriot arrests : Turkish-Cypriot security forces have arrested two Greek Cypriots who allegedly tried to smuggle bullets...


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Three helmets...
EDITORIAL

Solid front The «no» vote of the Greek Cypriots to the UN plan for reunification did not engender the catastrophic consequences that some feared, but it certainly had its diplomatic side effects. Greek Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis and his Greek-Cypriot counterpart George Iacovou waged a joint battle at the General Affairs Council in Luxembourg on Monday, and they will continue to do so to stave off unwanted developments.

COMMENTARY

People under pressure Most foreign commentators agree that international pressure on Greek Cypriots to endorse the UN reunification plan in fact backfired. That was only to be expected. No one has the right to impose their will on the people. Paradoxically, while freedom of expression is an established right in Western democracies and despite the dismal experience of the former Eastern bloc, defense of this basic principle has come to be seen as the province of the Left. In any case, reaching a universal consensus on the meaning of democracy, popular sovereignty, national independence and human rights has always been a central goal.

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