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Sponsors may be invited to pay for Acropolis works Government says project will take another 16 years, 70 million euros Dismayed by spiraling costs and a seemingly open-ended completion schedule for conservation works on Greece's most iconic archaeological site, the government is thinking of seeking private sponsorship to expedite the Acropolis project.

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Patriarch denies guilt, Jerusalem clash feared

Patriarch Irenaios congratulated worshippers yesterday for not believing «lies» about him and traveling...

Cyprus court clears ex-minister

NICOSIA (AFP) - Cyprus's attorney general, Solon Nikitas, yesterday decided to resign after...

Athenians flee city in droves

A substantial number of the 1.5 million cars expected to leave Attica over Easter took to the roads yesterday...

Cash van heist nets record loot

In the most lucrative heist of the sort this year, robbers in Athens snatched 350,000 euros at gunpoint yesterday...

Fishermen angling for access to monks’ fish

Angry fishermen from Halkidiki in northern Greece blocked off Mount Athos's main access point at...

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Due to the Greek Orthodox Easter holiday, Kathimerini English Edition and the International Herald Tribune will not be published in Greece and Cyprus this weekend and on Monday. We will be back on Tuesday. We wish all of our readers a very happy holiday.

IN BRIEF

Central Athens to be closed today, tomorrow for religious processions : Traffic in the center of Athens will be disrupted today and tomorrow evening due to the annual Good Friday and Easter Saturday processions.

Consumers warned over electric popcorn machine after complaint : The Consumer Institute (INKA) yesterday advised consumers to be cautious following a complaint about a Chinese-made electric popcorn-maker that allegedly burst into flames.

Stickers being used to protect birds : Stickers of birds of prey have been applied to the transparent sound barriers of the Attiki Odos highway as part of a pilot scheme to curb the deaths of hundreds of small birds who have been crashing into the invisible barriers...

Turkish violations : A total of 46 Turkish military jets yesterday violated Greek air space...

Easter visits : President Karolos Papoulias is today due to attend tonight's church service...

Economy talks : Economy Minister Giorgos Alogoskoufis is to attend a two-day summit...

Child molester : A 35-year-old man, who allegedly lured children to his Zografou home...

Mauthausen : Mikis Theodorakis's musical composition «Mauthausen» is to be performed...

Battle of Crete : The premier of Western Australia, Geoff Gallop, yesterday attended...


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EDITORIAL

Priceless Can you put a price on a monument of universal renown? Can you put a price on a monument that symbolizes an entire nation and state? Can you put a price on a monument that constitutes the roots of the entire Western civilization? Can you put a price on the Parthenon? Yes, you can. When it's about reconstructing the monument, that is.

COMMENTARY

Moral governance The public outcry over media reports that the Agricultural Bank of Greece (ABG) governor had been using his corporate credit card to cover personal expenses has renewed debate over the size of salaries awarded to senior state sector officials. Dimitris Miliakos said that past decisions on the issue by the general shareholders did not specify limits on the card's use...

OPINION

Governmental discord Governmental discord has reached an unacceptable level. Indeed, it reveals a total lack of central coordination, which is directly attributable to Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and obliges him to display decisiveness beyond the level of rhetoric. To the great disappointment of traditional conservative voters, who had been anticipating a rejuvenation of public life for the past 20 years, the government is showing signs of disorganization which cannot just be attributed to an inadequate public relations strategy...

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