Mr. Rogue will meet with Prime Minister Kostas Simitis at 7pm, in the presence of Mrs. Aggelopoulou, President of the "Athens 2004" Organizing Committee, and Minister of Culture Evaggelos Venizelos.

He will also meet with the President of New Democracy Kostas Karamanlis, while tomorrow he and Mrs. Aggelopoulou will take a helicopter ride over capital's Olympic projects, so that he can have an overall picture of things.

Mr. Rogue will have his first meeting with the new Mayor of Athens, Dora Bakoyanni, while he will hold a press conference. On Wednesday, the last day of his visit, Mr. Rogue and Mr. Oswald will be present at a special event of "Athens 2004", which will b e held in the seat of the Organizing Committee in Nea Ionia.

Mr. Papandreou's first stop will be Skopje, where he will meet with Prime Minister Branko Cervenkofski, President Boris Trajkofski, and the leaders of opposition parties.

After Skopje, Mr. Papandreou will travel to Tirana, for the programmed meeting of the European troika with the Albanian government.

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Meanwhile, optimism on the possibility of avoiding a war in Iraq was expressed by the President of the Parliament, Apostolos Kaklamanis. "The war can certainly be avoided. Because after the report of the UN inspectors that there are no weapons of mass de struction, I believe that the side against the war is growing stronger, even in the United States - there are reactions in the masses, apart from intellectuals and politicians - as well as in Europe", said Mr. Kaklamanis.

"I believe that at the Security Council there will be voices, especially those of the major powers, which will express their opposition to a war, a war that will first and foremost hurt our region and Europe, as well as global economy, and cause a furthe r accumulation of casualties and destruction in a region where people are already facing many problems and difficulties due to the dictatorial regimes there".

Alexandros Giotopoulos' statement is as follows:

"I do not know Mr. Michalopoulos, never have I met him, never have I visited him, nor have I bought any of his books.

I am surprised I have not been charged with blackmail, after his statement that I visited him, since similar statements of fellow suspects, that they met with me in a tavern, are considered evidence that I am the leader of "N17".

It is only natural, that independent justice, being preoccupied with preparations for a fair trial, does not have the time, although it does possess the will, to deal with the work of an extremely honest publisher and patriot."

Meanwhile, the latest suspect in the "N17" case, Anestis Papanastasiou, will be taken to Special Examiner Leonidas Zervobeakos this afternoon. The 42-year-old bank employee from Thessaloniki, is expected to testify by memorandum, as he has been charged w ith participating in the organization.

The 19th suspect in the case will refuse any and all implication in "N17" and will denounce its activities, while Mr. Zervobeakos will decide if he will be held while awaiting trial or not.

The 42-year-old was arrested last Thursday after his fingerprints were detected on a sketch of a military camp and on two notes found in a "N17" hideout.

Greece's increase in population is due to the great number of immigrants it has received, and it appears to be one of the EU's main immigrant reception countries, with a percentage of +3.2‰.

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In an interview to "Ta Nea" newspaper, the 67-year-old Greek specialist, one of the tops in the weapons of mass destruction field, appreciated that January 27 is not the final deadline of the inspections in Iraq, he stated that inspections so far have re vealed no "smoking guns", pointing out however that so far, only areas that the Iraqis knew would be inspected have been looked into.

Regarding the cooperation between the inspectors and the Iraqis, Mr. Perrikos characteristically stated that, "the Iraqis are opening the doors, but the doors they know we are interested in. However, inspections will soon begin in places that the Iraqis are not aware we know about, and that will be the real test".

In his interview, the head of the inspectors to Iraq characterized N. Korea as the most dangerous country as far as arsenal potential is concerned, since it has not disarmed itself even partially, while regarding the existence of missiles and nuclear mat erials, biological and chemical weapons, there are nothing more than suspicions. "Nobody knows how many there are, nobody has counted the missiles", he stated.

Finally, he repeated that the inspectors serve no state, that they are UN envoys.

Mr. Perrikos has also served as director in inspections in the Far East as part of the International Atomic Energy Agency, he participated in the first inspection of Iraq after the war, in 1991, while two years later, in 1993, he was transferred to the N orth Korea Inspection Committee.

The letter is also addressed to the citizens of the 10 new EU countries. The Greek Prime Minister, as the President of the EU Council of Heads of States and Governments, wishes to brief the European citizens on issues that concern them and share certain thoughts with them with regard the aspirations of the Greek EU Presidency for a "genuine Europe of the citizens", as he underlined characteristically.

In the letter he mentions that the goal is a larger, better and stronger Europe. A better Europe for all its citizens, a Europe of cohesion and solidarity that cares for the everyday problems faced by its citizens and tries to find answers and solutions.

The goal is a deeply democratic Europe that will respect the fundamental rights of every citizen and social group. A strong Europe in the regional and international system, a Europe that will be a factor of peace, stability and sustainable development fo r all. A Europe able to prevent and manage crises.

The Greek EU Presidency will work for such a Europe in close cooperation with all current and future partners in the European Union and with institutions such as, the European Commission and European Parliament.

The Greek Prime Minister mentions that the first half of 2003 will be a historic milestone for Europe as the EU Accession Act for the 10 new members will be signed in Athens on April 16.

Of the stocks trading today, 113 recorded gains and 182 had losses, while the value of 85 stocks remained unchanged.

The responsible Athens magistrates, who questioned Papanastasiou on the case, ordered his detention. Papanastasiou is accused of participation in a criminal group and has already submitted a memo in which he denies all accusations against him, maintainin g that he is the victim of coincidence.

His fingerprints had been found on two notes of the terrorist group, one typed and one handwritten. A sketch-map of an army camp in the region of Strimoniko in Serres is also attributed to him. Anestis Papanastasiou has admitted that he drew the sketch-m ap when he was a reserve army officer in 1984 and 1985. However, he maintains that his cousin Nikos Papanastasiou, allegedly a leading 17N member, had removed the map from his house.

The government spokesman invited to talks all the organizations that have announced that they will hold protests, pointing out that certain phenomena and forms of reaction that include tension and conflict should be avoided because they can create proble ms for Greece.

He stated that the UN Security Council has the main word in the case of Iraq but the EU should not remain inactive, adding that the Greek EU Presidency will undertake a number of initiatives. The EU should form a common position and intervene, given the fact that certain of its members are also members of the UN Security Council.

Mr. Protopapas pointed out that there was no request to send Greek soldiers in Iraq denying press reports according to which, Greek soldiers will be sent to Iraq in the case of war.

Mr. Papantoniou clarified that if an intervention gets underway in Iraq with the support of the international community and based on a UN decision, Greece will offer facilities within the framework of the international and European effort but it will not

send soldiers to Iraq. He said characteristically that no Greek lives will be put at risk in Iraq under no circumstances.

Mr. Papantoniou also denied information according to which, Greece is pressured to offer more facilities, saying that the information referring to additional demands made by the Americans is totally unfounded.

Undersecretary of Press Tilemachos Hitiris stated after the meeting that the Prime Minister made an assessment of the Olympic Games preparations, pointing out that 235 projects are close to being completed not only in the region of Athens but across the country as well.

A special reference was made to the "Greece 2004" program concerning the projects that are being constructed at the government's initiative in view of the 2004 Olympic Games and are not included in Greece's contractual obligations for the preparations of

the Olympic Games.

The "Greece 2004" program has a 432 billion drachmas budget and provides for 70.000 job positions in the period 2001-2007, while a total of 450 construction companies are involved in it.

Culture Minister Evangelos Venizelos stated that a total of 386 sports facilities are already in progress in different municipalities and prefectures across the country, while 22 non Olympic sports projects have been delivered for use to local communitie s.

The talks focused on the program of the Greek EU Presidency and the Summit meeting in Thessaloniki when the EU-Balkan states Summit meeting will also take place. A reference was also made to the strengthening of cooperation between the western Balkan sta tes and the EU, as well as ways to combat crime, corruption and unemployment.

The Greek Foreign Minister praised the efforts of FYROM President Boris Trajkovski and the FYROM government for the implementation of the Ochrid framework agreement as well as for the efforts against crime and corruption.

According to the news agency MIA, Mr. Papandreou, who is on a visit to FYROM as the EU Council of Ministers President, stressed to reporters that the Balkan region is now more stable. He said that it is to the interest of the countries in the region to w ork in order to maintain this stability and persuade everybody that they have a European orientation.

Mr. Papandreou's next stop is Tirana.

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