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Cutting the deficit Draft budget forecasts 3.9-pct growth while curbing spending Forced into a tight corner by the necessity of bringing Greece's economy back to within the EU framework, Giorgos Alogoskoufis presented a draft budget for 2005 - his first as finance minister - to Parliament yesterday, pledging to lower the public deficit and stimulate growth. Aware of EU dissatisfaction with Greece's recent public deficit review, which put the new figures above the 3 percent ceiling imposed by the Stability Pact, Alogoskoufis made it clear that the government's main aim is to reduce the deficit.

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Greece faces threat of EU funding cuts

Despite the announcement of the draft budget for 2005, Greece still faced the threat of funding cuts from EU officials as punishment for last week's revelation that the public deficit figures it had declared for the past four years were substantially inaccurate.

Cyprus could thwart Turkey

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkey must cease its «hostile acts» toward Cyprus, or Nicosia may not support Ankara's bid to begin membership talks with the European Union...

New crack at riddle of Knossos

The Culture Ministry has given the go-ahead for a seismological study that might help provide a scientific answer to one of the most tantalizing questions of Greek archaeology...

Poll: Sex eludes Greek women

Greek women are not having enough sex, mainly due to a dearth of suitable partners, according to a survey on female sexuality made public yesterday.

Man claims his puppy became circus fodder

A Thessaloniki prosecutor launched an investigation yesterday into a citizen's claim that the city's stray cats and dogs are being rounded up and fed to circus animals.

IN BRIEF

ND wants parliamentary probe of alleged malpractice by PASOK : The ruling conservatives will propose the formation of a parliamentary committee...

Budget grows to 129 million, Greece seeks EU funding : Athens has started the process for securing European Union financing for the New Acropolis Museum...

Annan wants a 33 percent cut : UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has recommended that the number of UN peacekeepers on Cyprus...

Illegal migrants : A Samos court yesterday imposed eight-year jail sentences and 45,000-euro fines on two Turks...

Bomb hoax : An Olympic Airlines plane, diverted to Ireland on Tuesday following a bomb threat...

Security wrap : Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis yesterday thanked the members of the international advisory...

Train death : The Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE) yesterday expressed regret over the death of a young Albanian man...

Quarry fines : The Public Works Ministry yesterday imposed a total fine of 700,000 euros upon two firms...

'Satanists' arrested : Four Greeks and one Italian yesterday faced a prosecutor for allegedly proselytising youngsters to Satanism...


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EDITORIAL

Transparency in arms procurements Arms procurements have always been a source of trouble for Greece, just as they have for many other countries. In fact, the whole procurement system is extremely problematic. This has once again become evident after a prosecutor's findings on the army's purchase of US-made radar units and Russian short-range air defense missiles. The legal brief, which was submitted to Parliament Tuesday by prosecutor Panayiotis Athanassiou, suggested that former Socialist defense ministers Akis Tsochadzopoulos and Yiannos Papantoniou may bear legal responsibility for any laws that were violated.

COMMENTARY

Deadly delays The domestic debate about road safety has gained new intensity after the tragic coach crash on the Athens-to-Thessaloniki national highway near Aghios Constantinos where seven pupils met their death. Monday's accident catapulted onto center stage a number of issues, such as the poor state of the country's highway network, the inexcusable delays in completing a number of essential road projects, and lax enforcement of the highway code by the responsible state authorities.

OPINION

A careless approach that is costing lives It had once been pledged - either by this government or the previous one (it doesn't matter which) - that undercover traffic police cars would be endowed with electronic monitoring equipment to catch speed limit offenders - and punish them on the spot.

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