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Young, wary of state, look to family Politicians, clerics rank lowest in poll Most young Greeks view their family as the one stable thing they can count on as their trust in the state and in politics diminishes, according to a new survey which shows a significant number of youngsters reserving their deepest mistrust for judges and clerics.

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Rhodes blaze under control after razing 5,000 hectares in six days

Firefighters on Rhodes yesterday finally managed to bring under control a fire that had raged on the island...

Party leaders seeking fresh tactics

The leaders of Greece's two main parties are preparing to use the summer break to come up with ways of rekindling the public's interest in their policies...

FYROM sends EC second note

The foreign minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Antonio Milososki, has sent a letter to the European Commission broaching the issue of a supposed Macedonian minority in Greece just two days after EC President Jose Manuel Barroso responded to a letter from FYROM's prime minister on the same issue, it emerged yesterday.

Georgian, 30, charged with actor’s murder

A 30-year-old man is to appear before a magistrate in Athens today charged with murdering popular actor Nikos Sergianopoulos, found stabbed to death in his apartment on June 4 after allegedly drinking heavily and using drugs.

IN BRIEF

Vessel's holds give no clues about cause; two face charges : Authorities yesterday continued their search of the holds of the Panama-flagged Friendship Gas tanker at the port of Perama...

New UN envoy arrives on island : The newly appointed United Nations envoy to Cyprus, Australia's former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, expressed optimism yesterday when he arrived on the island...

Boat collision : A pleasure boat carrying 13 tourists ran aground on the islet of Prasonissia, near Chios, yesterday but no one was injured...

Temporary booking : The contents of Athens's National Library will be moved to a temporary building that will be ready by the end of the year, the library's president has told Kathimerini...

Warehouse fire : Several warehouses in an industrial site at Rodotopi, near the northwestern town of Ioannina, were destroyed on Saturday after a fire broke out...

Panionios out : Athens soccer club Panionios has failed to qualify for the UEFA Cup after losing 1-0 to Napoli in Italy in the second leg of its third round Intertoto Cup tie on Saturday...


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Ecumenical Patriarch... Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios (c) walks in Kiev yesterday with Russian Patriarch Alexy II (r) and Ukrainian President...

EDITORIAL

When the going gets tough As we prepare to slide into summer insouciance, it is useful to ponder what our political and economic expectations are for the coming winter. What this country needs above all is a government campaign to purge the political system of graft and corruption. The conservative administration must make sure that the long shadow cast by the Siemens bribery scandal will be lifted. Moreover, the country needs a great deal of political courage in order to implement the reforms that have been voted through Parliament and to take additional measures that will prevent Greece from lagging further behind.

EDITORIAL:AthensPlus

Still time to protect Greece When we held our meeting to decide on this week's lead story, we thought that maybe we were getting a little too negative by choosing to focus on the price gouging of tourists. People come here to have a good time, some of us argued, so maybe it gets to be a bit much to keep hearing about negative aspects to visiting Greece (or living here). In previous weeks we had already investigated how the haphazard opening times at museums and archaeological sites dishearten visitors, on the bad habits of taxi drivers, on how ferry companies are battling to control costs at a time of rising oil prices, and how prices for many goods and services are often more expensive in Greece than in other European countries (for everyone, not just visitors).

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