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EU raps Greek knuckles Commissioner demands changes in construction funding The government yesterday sought to persuade the European Commission - and the Greek public - that problems with Greece's absorption of EU funds should not lead to the loss of those funds. This was in response to the revelations over the weekend that Regional Policy Commissioner Michel Barnier had sent letters to Prime Minister Costas Simitis...

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ND increases lead in polls to 8.8 pct

While the conservative New Democracy party is steadily increasing its popularity and about 55 percent of the electorate expects ND to win the next polls...

Garganas gets top bank post

The General Council of the Bank of Greece yesterday proposed that Nicholas Garganas be the central bank's next governor, succeeding Lucas Papademos who resigned...

Patriarch renews Halki plea

ANKARA (AP) - Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, called on Turkey yesterday...

Low incomes go up in smoke

Greeks are the heaviest smokers in the European Union, with nearly half the population aged over 15 admitting to the habit, according to EU statistics released yesterday that offer a snapshot of living conditions in the 15 member-states.

Lost murals by Gyzis recovered in Haidari

The battered remains of a set of long-lost murals by one of Greece's best-known 19th-century painters, Nicolaos Gyzis, have been discovered in a ramshackle old building on the western outskirts of Athens...

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Pilot at fault for grabbing altitude control, expert says : The fatal dipping and soaring of the government Falcon jet in September 1999...

Coastal shipping routes disrupted tomorrow and on June 11-13 : Passengers on coastal shipping routes will face disruptions tomorrow...

Archaeologists strike over draft law State-employed archaeologists will stage a 24-hour strike today...

Lambrakis. Publisher and media baron Christos Lambrakis was able to leave his bed...

Contraband. The captain and crew of a Bolivian-flagged freighter that ran aground off...

Afghan seminar. An international seminar for the preservation of the cultural heritage of Afghanistan...

Immigrants. Port authorities on Kos yesterday morning rounded up 11 of 13 African immigrants...

Sismanogleio. The Greek Consul General in Istanbul, Panos Kalogeropoulos, yesterday signed a contract...

Robbery ring. A group of five Albanians who stole cars to rob banks netted around 110,000 euros...


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EDITORIAL

A rosy picture Prime Minister Costas Simitis seemed to be well satisfied with the government's economic performance during his meeting yesterday with the board of the Federation of Greek Industries (SEV). The growth rate of Greece's economy in 2002 will be three times the EU average. The current account deficit is in decline. Productivity is on the rise. Debt as a ratio to GDP is falling.

COMMENTARY

The blender principle As a typical sign of cultural globalization, the annual recycling of monotony at the Eurovision song contest reminds one of the sole principle they have to respect if they really wish to succeed: the blender principle. If we wish to stand out, we have to conform. If we wish to distinguish ourselves, we have to become one and the same, music-, language- and dance-wise...

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