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Hague option for Aegean Ex-president says court should resolve Greek-Turkish dispute over air space Greece and Turkey should take their dispute over air space to the International Court of Justice at The Hague because diplomacy between the two countries has failed, former Greek president Costis Stephanopoulos wrote in an article for Sunday's Kathimerini.

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Women delaying marriage for career

A growing number of Greeks are postponing marriage to pursue careers, according to experts who told Sunday's Kathimerini that changing role models and more job opportunities...

Greeks doubt value of degree

Four in 10 Greeks believe that a university degree does not help job seekers secure employment, while contacts and good appearance rank among the most important qualities...

Smugglers lose chase on Corfu

All three drug smugglers who were involved in a high-speed sea chase with coast guards off Corfu last week were in police custody on the island by Saturday...

Youngsters reach for cigarettes

Greeks smoke their first cigarette on average when they are 11.5 years old, according to the Thorax Foundation, whose director Haralambos Roussos told...

Brussels gives nod to Greek trafficking plan

The European Commission has approved a Greek plan which aims to better coordinate police forces in Southeast Europe to combat...

IN BRIEF

Athens offers Indonesia 200,000 euros after tremor kills thousands : Greece offered Indonesia 200,000 euros on Saturday to help...

Cars, trucks ablaze at freight firm : A fire that broke out yesterday in the parking...

Bank attack : Several families in Aegaleo, western Athens, were forced to flee their homes...

Smuggling arrest : An Italian national was arrested yesterday in Orestiada...

Phone thieves : A prosecutor in Athens charged a 16-year-old boy with theft yesterday...


THIS WEEK

Monday : Labor Minister Savvas Tsitouridis to meet with representatives...

Tuesday : PASOK leader George Papandreou to chair party's parliamentary group meeting...

Wednesday : National Health System (ESY) staff around the country to stage...

Thursday : Labor Minister Savvas Tsitouridis to attend EU labor...

Friday : PASOK holds a two-day congress on «Local Governance,»...


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The two outstretched arms...
EDITORIAL

A smart response to the Turkish threat All evidence suggests Turkey is leading us into a frenzied arms race. Its huge expenditure on modern aircraft and ships will oblige Greece to follow suit. As long as the Turkish threat is in place and our neighbor's territorial claims remain unchanged, Greece will be obliged to bleed itself dry to keep up in this power game. Faced with this threat, there are only two ways in which Greece can react.

COMMENTARY

Keeping an eye on Ankara Last week's tragic jet collision over the Aegean, and the subsequent loss of a Greek air force pilot, may be over and done with but it still raises questions of crucial political significance. And the way these issues are tackled will determine the credibility of Costas Karamanlis's government and the country's entire political system. First of all, in the ongoing military dispute between Greece and Turkey, our armed forces...

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