The meeting took longer than 2,5 hours and was concentrated on tomorrow's meeting of the Executive Office. Issues concerning Party organization, were also discussed.

Mr. Reppas pointed out that New Democracy's MPs ignore the fact that they are creating a negative climate on the market and in society during an important period. "It is not the first time they attempt it, but once more they will be proven false", he add ed.

He also stressed that, "the government, following the policy it has chosen, guarantees and secures the unhindered payment of pensions to all those to whom they are due". He further added that there is no reason for anyone to worry on this issue, and that

after the answers he gives in the Parliament, people will lose their voice".

In fact the ticket had been issued under a different name without even being checked. The fact was only noted after the airplane's arrival in Heracleion, when the illegal immigrant, who had gotten on the wrong flight, insisted on continuing to Munich.

In an announcement, the Civil Aviation Service mentioned that it asked the immediate removal of the staff members involved in the incident from the two companies.

As Mr. Papantoniou was being briefed by the staff on the electronic map of the Aegean, two Turkish fighters entered Greek national airspace, and the Greek Air Force was immediately put on stand by.

Mr. Papantoniou stated that "an interception was made, just as the Air Force does every day, on two Turkish aircraft approximately over the center of the Aegean. The interception was a success, and the aircraft returned to their bases".

The National Operations Center has a direct image of the operational environment from Evros River to Cyprus. So the leadership has all necessary information in real time, in order to make decisions.

resulting in the tragic death of the man and woman in the car, and a slight injury to the driver of the bus, Nihar Kebir. The consulate authorities in Thessaloniki were informed immediately. The passengers of the bus, who are fine in their health, are st aying in a Pieria hotel, while the Prefect of is in the Thessaloniki Consulate.

Mr. Anastasios who will be in Athens tomorrow and for the following 8 days, for an official visit and discussions with Archbishop Christodoulos and the political leadership, talked about the difficulties he encountered and still does in Albania, as well as the relationships with other countries' churches, on which he noted: "I was forced to come into conflict with others around me who wanted to send their delegates and create small colonies. I told them that that is a luxury Albania can't handle. It woul d destroy the Orthodox Church."

In his speech, Mr. Sifounakis will discuss the constant development of tourism in the European islands, which is the main issue of the forum.

The Network of Island Chambers of the European Union, is the highest of island bodies promoting issues related to island regions of the EU.

It is indicative that Ethniki stocks recorded gains of 18%, at some point reaching 22%, in Wall Street.

It is not incidental that the new financial "Czar", Mr. Nikos Christodoulakis, made extensive references to the need of restructuring the banking system. First reactions from the Bank of Greece seem to be positive, considering any action promoting struct ural changes and strengthening the position of Greek banks in the European "arena", correct. The bank that will result from the merger of the two banks, will hold 25th position among European banks. This will be a national giant which will be able to make

enormous deals abroad and compete in the European arena.

The decision is aiming at the aesthetic improvement of the appearance of the military personnel and it was made after a research conducted among the ground forces personnel.

The talks will focus on current bilateral issues such as, drug-trafficking, smuggling and experience exchange on control methods.

The meeting will be opened by undersecretary of Finance Apostolos Fotiadis.

According to initial information, the two Turks arrived in Samos when their fishing boat suffered a mechanical failure and the sea currents brought them to Greek territorial waters.

In the exhibition participate 658 direct and indirect exhibitors, 512 of whom are Greek and 146 foreigners coming from a total of 29 countries.

There are 11 direct state participations namely, Egypt, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Poland, Romania, Thailand, Turkey, and Tunisia. The Association of European Tourism Exhibitions, ETTA, also participates in the exhibition representing 20

organizers of tourism fairs from across Europe.

The conference will be opened by Minister of Development Akis Tsochatzopoulos and among the speakers will be World Tourism Organization general secretary Francesco Frangialli, who is expected to arrive in Thessaloniki this afternoon.

Present in the first two days of the conference will be representatives of the Serb and Hungarian Tourism Organizations, the Romanian Tourism Ministry, the German Federal Agency for the Protection of Nature and respective French organizations as well as,

European organizations officials.

The general index recorded significant gains of +3.50% at 2.554,55 points, while the volume of transactions was at 293 million Euro or 100 billion drachmas.

Of the stocks trading today, 318 recorded gains and 30 had losses, while the value of 20 stocks remained unchanged.

The signal for the race to set off will be given by 1988 Olympic marathon runner medalist from Portugal Roza Mota.

Mr. Simitis stated that illegal immigration, terrorism and the 2004 Olympic Games form the triptych of the challenges Greece must face regarding security, pointing out that Greece was and continues to be a safe country.

The Prime Minister stated that Greece works in close cooperation with the rest European countries to consolidate security at an international level.

Mr. Simitis stated that police must be in the service of the people and impose law and order, while at the same it should respect the law. He also said that police should treat all citizens equally without discrimination.

The Prime Minister stated that an emphasis will be given to road transportation safety, the effort aimed at combating organized crime, the strengthening of the Fire Department and the eradication of drug trafficking.

dynamic renewable sources of energy at its disposal.

The above were stated in a press conference in Thessaloniki today by Dimitris Papageorgiou, in charge of the EU program INFOPLANET in Greece. The plan is currently in effect in Thessaloniki and three other European cities namely, Porto, Barcelona and Rom e.

He stated that the renewable sources of energy offer great opportunities in the effort to meet a considerable percentage of the planet's energy needs when the fossil fuel reserves are on the decline. Today, the renewable sources of energy cover about 6% of the energy needs in Europe and the EU goal is to raise this percentage to 12% by the year 2010.