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Athens stands by Ankara As EU talks reach fever pitch, Greece supports Turkey’s full membership Athens gave its full backing yesterday to Ankara being awarded full membership in the EU despite last-minute disagreements in Brussels that have forced an emergency meeting of foreign ministers to take place on Sunday.

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Public services to open, close later

Pursuant to poll results released yesterday confirming that most Greeks have a gripe against public services, the government has proposed changes...

Dump solution in sight as trash pile grows

As garbage piled up on Athens streets yesterday on the third day of a walkout by staff at Attica's only landfill, Deputy Public Works Minister Themistoklis Xanthopoulos appealed...

Trio stole credit for online bets

Police said yesterday they had arrested three men in Thessaloniki suspected of stealing tens of thousands of euros through electronic fraud in order to pay off losses from Internet gambling.

Shake-up for security companies

The possibility of reforming the way over 1,200 private security firms in Greece are run is being examined by the Public Order Ministry, sources said yesterday, after complaints from workers about their treatment.

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Bill aimed at changing way mayors are voted in to be unveiled next week : Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos said yesterday...

OA pilots accuse Aegean of trying to mar plans to save state carrier : Olympic Airlines (OA) pilots yesterday accused...

Vodafone-backed tests see safe levels : The electromagnetic radiation emitted by mobile telephony aerials...

Hepatitis C : The number of cases is on the rise in Greece...

Hunter killed : A 33-year-old businessman was killed on Rhodes yesterday...

Eclipse coming : An eclipse of the sun will take place on Monday and will be...

Albanian attacked : Three male suspects, including a minor, have been arrested...

Lesvos migrants : Coast guards picked up 17 illegal immigrants off the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos...

Stabbing attack : Police found the body of a 35-year-old Albanian man in an apartment...


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EDITORIAL

Waiting for action The immediate response by the prime minister to Kathimerini's report criticizing the free police protection for high-profile politicians, businessmen and journalists raises hopes that the government will finally put an end to this unacceptable situation. It remains to be seen whether the interest of the prime minister is enough to overcome more covert resistance. Sure, the conservatives yesterday set up...

COMMENTARY

An inherent contradiction During an EU meeting last December to discuss conditions for Turkish membership, the Turkish premier threatened to leave the table and return to Ankara. Recep Tayyip Erdogan avoided special conditions on Cyprus but his success was due more to the general mood at the time than his threats. The constitutional debacles in France and the Netherlands have changed that.

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