Mr. Karamanlis will meet on Tuesday with the UN Secretary General, while on Thursday he will be received by US President Bush at the White House.

Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman Giorgos Koumoutsakos stated yesterday that Mr. Karamanlis' intention is to underline the need to keep the prospects open for a solution to the Cyprus problem, stressing that the efforts of the Greek government move toward

this direction.

Foreign Minister Petros Moliviatis and Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Valinakis will accompany Mr. Karamanlis in his US trip.

Mr. Koumoutsakos stated that among the goals of the Prime Minister's visit to the United States is going to be the strengthening of the traditionally good bilateral relations.

The US political leadership will be briefed on the priorities of the Greek foreign policy as well as on Athens' views and priorities regarding regional, European and international issues.

On the Olympic Games, it will be stressed the progress made in the preparations which have reached the final stage, while a reference will be made to the preparations concerning security. Mr. Karamanlis will also promote bilateral economic relations.

Minister of Public Order Giorgos Voulgarakis has issued a clear warning to foreign journalists that the Olympic Games security is not a game.

The London Times journalist, who was briefly held by the Greek police together with a photographer after being arrested because they were inside the main Olympic Stadium in Athens without a permit, maintains that she managed to spend two hours inside the

Olympic Stadium facilities without being noticed by the special guards.

President Stephanopoulos stated that he is happy for the visit because Georgia has close relations with Greece and the Patriarch is an exceptional personality.

Archbishop Christodoulos stated that the coordinated action of Orthodoxy cannot materialize if the love it preaches is not witnessed in Church relations.

During the visit, the military representatives of 26 countries will meet with the military leadership of the Greek armed forces to discuss issues of mutual military interest.

On Tuesday, May 18, Mr. Karamanlis will have separate meetings with Archbishop Dimitrios of America and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in New York and afterwards, he will give a press conference at the UN building. Later in the evening, the Council of G reeks Abroad, SAE, will give a formal reception in honor of the Greek Prime Minister.

On Wednesday, May 19, Mr. Karamanlis will be in Washington where on Thursday, May 20, he will have contacts with US President George Bush and US Vice-President Dick Cheney. The Greek Prime Minister will attend a formal dinner in his honor at the White Ho use and afterwards, he will meet with reporters.

On Friday, May 21, the Greek Prime Minister will address the Council on Foreign Relations.

Of the stocks trading today, 76 had gains and 205 had losses, while the value of 102 stocks remained unchanged.

city of Athens, the host of the 2004 Olympic Games.

The ancient builders of the ship used timber from the Aegean island of Samos to build it and probably they also came from Samos. The ship was sunk in 370BC near the coasts of Kerinia in Cyprus. Andreas Kariolou, a diver from Kerinia, found the ship at th e bottom of the sea and the operation for its recovery got underway in 1967 by two US universities, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Texas.

It was reassembled and now is being kept in Kerinia under the protection of UNICEF. It has a great archaeological and shipbuilding value because it is the only ancient ship that was found and recovered with its cargo intact, namely 404 amphoras from the islands of Rhodes and Samos and from the city of Korinth in central Greece.

In 1984, the Greek institute for the protection of naval heritage in Greece in cooperation with the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Texas attempted to build a replica of the ancient ship to be able to study the ancient shipbuilding art a nd shipping. And this way, the ship "Kerinia II" was built.

"Kerinia II" has traveled around the world and because of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus and the expulsion of the people of Kerinia from their city, the ship became a live ambassador making the world aware of the problems of Cyprus and especially, the Tu rkish occupied Keniria.