The march, which was especially lively and vibrant, consisted of 500 students, who held Greek and Cypriot flags. Slogans such as "Attilas out of Cyprus", "Cyprus is Greek" and "Cypriot students on the front, to drive out Attila, the conqueror" were used,

while there were also patriotic songs.

Two police vans blocked the way to the consulate, which was being guarded by strong police forces. The protest ended with the posting of a resolution on the Consulate door.

In their question, the EuroMPs underlined that the houses, taverns, coffee houses, Greek organization offices and the Greek cramming school, which will start being torn down on November 22, had been previously seized by the Hoja regime, but were recently

restored to their rightful owners, after the arbitrariness of taking the property from its Greek owners was recognized.

Mr. Zacharakis and Xarchakos asked the Committee if "the racist tactics of the Albanian Police towards Greeks, agrees with the European Union", and ask for direct measures to be taken "so that this decision freezes, and persecution against the members of

the - internationally recognized, even by Albania itself - Greek national minority.

Mrs. Giannakou asked to be informed by the Ministers of Public Order, Development and Health Care, on the measures taken by the government, on the existence of a record keeping procedure of the storage and use of radioactive materials, being moved in and

through Greek borders, as well as on the existence of storage areas and the possible implication of Greek companies in waste trafficking.

The September 11th terrorist attack found Greek destinations rising by 10% in tourist traffic, while bookings for 2002 went into a frenzy increasing by 30%.

52-year-old Dimitris Lazaridis, who was arrested by officers of the illicit trade of antiquities department of Veria authorities, after a search performed on his house in Edessa.

As announced by the Police Direction of Imathia, police officers found and confiscated a large number of ancient coins - of which 145 of Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine times - a marble piece of a table-holder (possibly of the Hellenistic era), a marble

hemispherical object on a flat surface of the Roman times, a useful "Steyer" rifle with 5 bayonets and bullets.

He will be taken to the district attorney.

Mr. Simitis stated that the government cares about the farmers and this is obvious by the fact that since 1981 their income increased by 20%, while funds of a 1 trillion drachmas have been secured for subsidies until 2006.

He also said that in the difficult period 1995-2001 the farmers' income increased by 2%. On the farmers' protests, Mr. Simitis stated that they are caused by the fact that this is an adjustment phase. In addition he gave assurances that the government wi ll take all necessary measures so that the farm sector will not be in any danger.

According to figures provided by the Greek Festival, 250.000 people watched its events in 2001 and the revenues were over 1 billion drachmas.

The Greek Festival organizers had decided to cut ticket prices by 20% in order to give the opportunity to financially weaker groups to watch even its most expensive productions, while it also adopted a 50% discount for young people, students, pensioners,

parents with more than three children and soldiers.

In the month of October, the budget's revenues increased by 5.6%, while in the January-October period the budget's revenue surplus was at 30 billion drachmas.

According to formal figures provided by the Finance Ministry, surplus at the end of October was limited at 30 billion drachmas when at the end of September it was 54 billion drachmas.

Of the stocks trading today, 46 recorded losses and 285 had gains, while the value of 32 stocks remained unchanged.

Mr. Dris will meet during his stay in Brussels with his counterparts from Spain and Italy, Miguel Arial Canete and Giovanni Allemanno respectively, while he will also meet with European Commissioner Franz Fischler, responsible for farm issues.

Specifically, it was decided that a surface warship will leave for the region of the Arab Gulf, while 300 soldiers will be sent to Kosovo if it is deemed necessary to replace the soldiers of other NATO countries that will leave the region. Also, it was d ecided that two or three C-130 transport planes will be used to carry strictly humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.

In the conference will participate Balkan scientists as well as distinguished scientists from other European countries and the United States.

A wide circle of lectures, announcements and open discussions have been scheduled to take place in the three-day conference to cover issues concerning the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infections. Also, the conference participants will discuss t he development of collective actions in the effort to adopt a coordinated reaction to infections that could take up the dimensions of an epidemic.

This morning, the Greek delegation, headed by Greek Football Federation president Vasilis Gagatsis, discussed with the Turkish delegation the last details on the joint candidature and afterwards they put their signatures on the relevant documents.

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