"What is important however is for those who were blackmailed and are alive, to speak. Because if they do not dare to speak this abscess will never be broken", stressed Mr. Petsos.

Giorgos Petsos and Michalis Peratikos were present at the memorial service for the terrorist victims, held at the church of the Trinity in Piraeus.

Besides, Marianna Latsis' testimony to the DA, is expected to be important to the progress of the investigations in the blackmails case.

According to information, the notes of N17 victim Dimitris Aggelopoulos mentioned a telephone communication of his with Giannis Latsis, who told him that he was being blackmailed as well. This fact led Gianna Aggelopoulou to take the initiative and discu ss the issue this summer with Marianna Latsi.

Psomiadis and AEK coach Mr. Bajevic yesterday, while Mr. Psomiadis did not attend the AEK-Panionios game.

is possible for Denktash to be overturned before the final date, while Alvaro De Soto did not rule out the lifting of international intervention if no solution is found by then.

Officials of the Ministry of Public Order said that "after painstaking investigations, today, the police authorities are in the position to make the next major step in the terrorism case". Regarding the ELA terrorist organization, they noted that "the fi rst arrests may be carried out within the current week". They did not specify on the number of arrests, but they underlined that "there will be more than one but less than ten".

As they noted, there is sufficient information to lead the suspects to the DA and they made mention of locating the ELA's ringleaders, who are: The "theorist" who picked up where Kassimis, the alleged founder of ELA, left off and was in charge of the pol itical front, the "operation organizer" who played the role Dimitris Koufontinas had in N17, i.e. organizing and participating in operations, and the "bourgeois", a person above suspicion with a good social and professional position.

Officials of the anti terrorism service assured Mr. Chrysochoidis that these three, as well as one woman, "are well tied up".

The above was stressed by Special Consultant on the Cyprus issue Alvaro De Soto, in an interview to the "Ta Nea" newspaper, and he noted that in such a case "darkness and uncertainty" will reign. He believes that the revised Annan proposal is a wholly ba lanced approach to the issue and he has been given the impression that it is time for a decision to be made on the Cyprus issue. Based on the atmosphere prevailing in both Cypriot communities, he underlined that popular demand for a solution of the Cyprus

issue must be heard.

in the EU, as is evident both from Head of EU Foreign Policy Xavier Solana, as well as from German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer.

The bombs were located by the Landmine Clearing Battalion carrying out operations in the area so that it is safe for the 2004 Olympics.

The bombs were located at a depth of approximately 1.8 meters and will be disarmed by bomb technicians and then taken to the Avlona shooting range to be destroyed.

According to "Flash" radio, the Holy Synod will dispense 9 million of the figure above to its central financial service for the construction of new buildings or the maintenance of existing ones, 890,000 to public relations and events, and just 45,000 to charity.

The basic sources of income of the Church are rents, which pay it more than 9 million euro, and dividends providing more than 2.5 million euro.

Specifically, the Minister of Development will address the International Conference on Industrial Policy in the Enlarged Europe organized tomorrow by the European Commission.

On Wednesday, January 22, Mr. Tsochatzopoulos will visit the European Parliament to present and discuss the priorities of the Ministry of Development within the framework of the Greek EU Presidency with the members of the Euro-Parliament Committees on In dustry, Energy, and Technology. He will also discuss them with the Legal Affairs and Internal Market Committee.

Also, the presence of foreign investors in the Greek economy is strengthened through investments in the Greek stock market and the Hellenic Petroleum and Skaramanga Shipyards privatization in progress.

Based on the OECD latest figures for the period 1992-2001, Greece has attracted just 0.2% of the world investments which is indicative of the structural problem in the Greek economy during the 90s; a tendency that was not reversed even in the "golden per iod" of 1999-2001.

Mr. Barnier is expected to raise the major issue of community funding within the framework of the 2nd community support framework that will have to be closed by March 31.

In case the necessary documents are not collected by Athens before the above mentioned deadline, the European Commission will be unable to approve the last funding. It will be unable to release a big part of the still undistributed 1.5 billion euros and Greece will run a serious risk of losing the community funds in question.

The above were stated by Greek government spokesman Christos Protopapas responding to a relevant question by reporters. Mr. Protopapas added that the responsible prosecutor received the documents that were handed over by members of the Angelopoulou famil y almost simultaneously with the government.

Of the stocks trading today, 57 recorded gains and 246 had losses, while the value of 78 stocks remained unchanged.

Program submitted by Sweden.

The revised program submitted by Greece will be approved in the meeting without difficulty. However, the "15" will repeat the criticism and remarks made by the European Commission mainly concerning public debt.

The "15" are expected to stress that the growth rate of the Greek economy is regarded as feasible and in agreement with the recent EU predictions. At the same time, they will call on the Greek government to adopt structural changes and new, radical refor ms in the retirement system and employment.

Meanwhile, the Eurogroup Council meets this evening and the interest of the 12 Finance Ministers of the Euro-zone is expected to focus on the international situation and the effects of the strengthening of the euro, the oil price hikes and the imminent i nvasion of Iraq on the Euro-zone economy.

He stated that Greece wants to have as a neighbor a country that functions based on the European standards, respects human rights and operates like a European state.

Mr. Protopapas said that Greece has an interest in boosting Turkey's European orientation. He added that it remains to be seen whether Turkey will exploit the opportunities given to it by the European Union.

Mr. Verheugen mentions that the Greeks, Armenians and Jews in Turkey face problems concerning their right to own property, while in many instances property has been confiscated or is at risk of being confiscated.

Referring to the reforms announced recently by Turkey, Mr. Verheugen stated that they do not cover all the problems faced by religious minorities regarding property rights, while there are difficulties in registering property like in the case of the isla nds of Imvros and Tenedos.

In his question, Mr. Xarhakos had raised the issue of the expulsion of the Greek residents of Imvros and Tenedos in violation of the Treaty of Laussane regulating the Greek-Turkish relations since 1923. He also added that the Greek population of Imvros h as been reduced from 9.400 people to just 200.

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