A strong Fire Department force participated in the fire fighting efforts, assisted by four fire fighting aircraft and three helicopters, as well as volunteers and local residents.

Samos' Prefect Manolis Karlas stated that the fire was the work of arsonists.

a so-called "3rd world meeting of refugees from the Aegean Macedonia" will take place in prefectures in the northwestern part of Macedonia, northern Greece.

"They are contemptible separatists, who appear to act undisturbed not only outside Greece but inside Greece as well, under the tolerance or even the assistance of government members", points out Mr. Haitidis, adding that "their primary goal is the recogn ition of a "Macedonian Ethnic Minority in Greece", while their ultimate goal is self-rule namely, the detachment of Greek territory".

The New Democracy Parliament Deputy characterizes as unacceptable "the Greek government decision to allow individuals from FYROM to enter Greece for so-called, humanitarian reasons". He stresses that the individuals in question "have been found guilty in

regular courts of law of being enemy collaborators and criminals and are being characterized by strong anti-Greek activity abroad".

It is also stressed that the provocation becomes even more intense due to the presence of an official FYROM delegation in the conference and because of the fact that those attending it will also attend a religious liturgy in Aridea held by the self-procl aimed bishop Tsarknias in an illegal church in spite of the fact that it was banned by the responsible authorities.

Mr. Haitidis asks the government ministers why the conference was allowed to take place on Greek territory; in what way individuals holding "Macedonia" passports will be stopped from entering Greece; and on what grounds a religious liturgy will be allowe d to take place by a bishop of a non-existent Church.

Also, he asks the government why "it does not show any interest in the over 200.000 indigenous Greeks in FYROM who are persecuted if they dare to declare their origin". He, finally, requests that the Greek-FYROM agreement on the conference in question be

presented.

The most expensive city in the world is Oslo, while the top places on the list are occupied by Hong-Kong, Tokyo, New York, Zurich and Copenhagen.

Regarding wages, Athens is last but one among the European cities. In most European cities wages are between 35 and 65 euros per hour, while in Athens wages are at 22 euros per hour.

The Greek Tourist Organization, EOT, condemned the unprecedented incidents and through a statement it has issued it pointed out that the destruction of the Greek tourist product and the Greek culture will not be tolerated.

A letter of apology was also sent to the EOT President by the British embassy in Athens.

Mr. Damanakis called on all institutes and the Church of Crete as well as the institutes of Cretans living abroad to cooperate for the creation of the center that will serve the needs of local residents as well as the needs of the Cretans living in diffe rent parts of the world.

He also suggested that the conference taking place at Kolibari should become an institution and called for the creation of a registry of Cretans living abroad.

Of the stocks trading today, the overwhelming majority of 273 recorded gains and 51 had losses, while the value of 57 stocks remained unchanged.

Mr. Papadopoulos will return to Cyprus before departing for New York where he will address the UN General Assembly. gains and 51 had losses, while the value of 57 stocks remained unchanged.

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