The main target for 2005 is the creation of a climate of confidence and stability, stated Mr. Alogoskoufis, reiterating that the goal is the balanced development of all regions and all economy sectors.

The government failed in the sector of the economy, stated opposition party of PASOK leader Giorgos Papandreou addressing his party's newly elected Parliament deputies.

Supreme Court Prosecutor Mr. Linos called for the speeding up of the investigation procedures on the conditions under which the bloody accident took place, while Justice Minister Mr. Papaligouras confirmed that light will be shed on the case and all resp onsible will be punished.

Meanwhile, the whole country is in mourning and schools across Greece remained closed today in memory of the 7 schoolchildren killed in the accident.

In spite of the increased security measures implemented at Athens' "Eleftherios Venizelos" International Airport and even though the US authorities had accepted the plane's entry to the US airspace, the OA management decided to land it at the closest des tination, announced the airline.

Greek officials have said the incident is an "absolute carbon copy" of an incident on Sunday. Then, Olympic Airlines Flight 411 landed at Stansted in the UK after a bomb alert. That plane with 301 passengers and crew was also en route from Athens to New York when a Greek newspaper took anonymous phone calls saying there was a bomb on board. The aircraft resumed its flight to New York on Monday.

Due to the tragic road accident that claimed the lives of high school students, who were traveling to Athens to attend the Paralympic Games, the Closing Ceremony only entailed the protocol segments required for the completion of the Games. Flags were flo wn at half-mast in the stadium and a minute's silence was observed before the ceremony began.

The 12th Paralympic Games were officially closed and the International Paralympic Committee flag was handed over to the 2008 hosts, Beijing.

International Paralympic Committee President Phil Craven dedicated the 11-day event to the seven children who died en route to watch the Games and stated that Greece showed the world that sports and life can coexist in a friendly and peaceful harmony. He

also thanked the "Athens 2004" Organizing Committee for the excellent way the games were organized and all the Greek people for the hospitality.

The Paralympics opened on 17 September, just 19 days after the end of the Olympics. Nearly 4,000 elite disabled athletes from 140 countries competed in 19 sports to make Athens the biggest Paralympic Games ever.

The Greek team was able to win a total of 20 medals (3 gold, 13 silver, 4 bronze) putting Greece at the 34th place based on the number of medals won.

No one has asked for elections, stated Mr. Antonaros, while shortly afterwards the Minister of Labor called on the opposition party of PASOK president Giorgos Papandreou to ask for early elections if he thinks that the government hurts the country.

The leader of PASOK launched a strong attack against the government, while party officials stated that their party is ready if the government chooses to hold elections.

New Democracy parliamentary spokesman Viron Polidoras made the statement today.

Both Mr. Tsochatzopoulos and Mr. Papantoniou accused New Democracy of attempting to create a new 1989 and predicted that the effort will have no results.

In view of the twinning ceremony to take place early next year, Mr. Leal will have a number of meetings with the Mayor of Thessaloniki.

Eusebio Leal Spengler played a leading role in the construction of the first Christian Orthodox church in Cuba, the church of St. Nikolaos. He announced that the Cuban government will offer another building in November situated close to the church to hou se the offices, priests and bishops of the Christian Orthodox church in Cuba.

Also, at the initiative of Fidel Castro a proposal was made to the Ecumenical Patriarchate according to which, another building will be offered to house the Theology School of Havana which is about to be founded.

Mr. Leal stated that he feels Greek himself in the land with a great civilization and spoke with warm words about the "Macedonian land" whose name loves and respects.

Of the stocks trading today, 158 had gains and 96 had losses, while the value of 149 stocks remained unchanged.

Mr. Voulgarakis made the statement after the meeting of the Olympic Advisory Team held at the Ministry of Public Order to assess the security measures implemented during the games.

In the meeting participated representatives of the 7 countries in the Olympic Advisory Team (United States, Britain, Australia, Germany, France, Spain and Israel) as well as Greek government officials, representatives of the Athens 2004 Olympic games and

senior police officers.