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Marching out of step Defense minister’s appraisal of Turkey’s actions causes a stir The government scrambled yesterday to contain the damage from Defense Minister Yiannos Papantoniou's comments in a television interview in which he said that he did not rule out a military incident with Turkey with regard to Cyprus's EU accession and his estimate that Greece had got «absolutely nothing» out of the agreement reached at Helsinki in 1999...

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Strikers disrupt ferry departures

Defying a court decision that ruled a ferry strike illegal, scores of militant ships' engineers, assorted unionists and students joining in a legal...

Parties clash in session’s last debate

Last night's parliamentary debate on the economy resembled a pre-election rally as it was the last major debate before the House enters summer recess and before the local and regional elections in October.

Poll: Greeks feel weak in EU

Public opinion in Greece believes that the country has very little say in European Union affairs, but much more than it had 10 years ago, according to an EU survey made public yesterday.

No US naval inspections in Aegean

Greece has rejected an American request for unrestricted powers that would allow US warships to stop and search ships in Greek territorial waters as part of Washington's efforts to fight international terrorism...

On-line chess banned from Internet cafes?

Three months after promising to instantly outlaw all electronic games from the public domain in the wake of a heated public debate on widespread illegal gambling, the government tabled a bill to that effect in Parliament yesterday.

IN BRIEF

Prosecutors interview guards, police seek convict, psychologist : Three prosecutors yesterday interviewed guards at the Athens Korydallos prison...

Private firms, local government to be eligible for permits, decree says : A presidential decree setting out the terms and provisions for the establishment...

US operation ‘a success’ Honorary New Democracy Chairman Constantine Mitsotakis was yesterday recovering...

Earthquake trial. The owner of the Athens Fyaloplast factory is to be tried for the manslaughter...

Property killing. The deputy mayor of Koroni, in the southern Peloponnesian region of Messinia...

Military service. Male heads of families will only be obliged to serve nine months’ military service...

Exploited women. More than 200,000 people in Greece make a living by exploiting 20,000 foreign women...

Forged euros. The circulation of forged euro notes in northern Greece has increased...

Greek-Turkish talks. A new round of exploratory talks on Greek-Turkish issues are to begin on Monday...


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EDITORIAL

Wanted: Consistency Greece has gained «absolutely nothing» from the EU Helsinki summit decisions, made in December 1999, Defense Minister Yiannos Papantoniou said early yesterday. Government spokesman Christos Protopappas expressed a wholly different view. Not only did he hail the Helsinki decision as «extremely significant,» but he also made plain that «the government will carry on with the same strategy.»

COMMENTARY

Party barons behaving badly Socialist cadres admit that the existing situation hardly favors the ruling party but insist that the initiative lies with them, that a comeback and a consequent victory are still feasible. The prime minister misses no opportunity to declare that PASOK will be judged on election day by its achievements...

OPINION

What kind of Europe? ... In essence, what US President George W. Bush said at the Bundestag recently was that for the USA, the only acceptable form of European integration is economic integration; the only acceptable European security framework is the NATO alliance, and the only acceptable European enemy is any American enemy.

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