During his three days in Athens, the Cypriot Prime President will meet with the Greek President of the Republic Costis Stefanopoulos, Prime Minister Costas Simitis, Head of the Opposition Costas Karamanlis, President of the Coalition of the Left Nikos Co nstantopoulos and KKE representative Orestis Kolozof.

Mr. Papadopoulos will also sign the declaration of Distinguished Personalities for the support of the Olympic Truce, in the Presence of the Greek President of the Republic, and this afternoon he will lay a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier in

Syntagma Square.

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for Womens' Rights and Equal Opportunities of the European Parliament Anna Karamanou . According to the Greek support center, 7,500 women asked for help in person at the office and another 15,000 telephoned for help.

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The two Presidents discussed issues concerning the coordination of Greek and Cypriot actions in view of Cyprus' accession to the EU, as well as developments in Cyprus and the elections in the occupied territories.

In the statements made after the meeting, the President of the Cypriot Republic stressed that he is ready to participate in negotiations to find a solution to the Cyprus issue in the framework of the plan proposed by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. The initiative for the recommencing of negotiations belongs to the UN Secretary General, he added.

Mr. Stefanopoulos noted that the Annan proposal has been accepted as a basis of cooperation by the Cypriot and Greek sides, and he observed that changes must be made to issues concerning immigrants and settlers for adjustment to communal acquis.

Mr. Papadopoulos also signed the Declaration for the Olympic Truce.

Mr. Antonakopoulos will meet with the Chief of Army Staff of Slovenia, Lieutenant General Ladislav Lipic, and the country's Minister of Defense, Anton Grizold. It should noted that in November 2002, in the Prague Meeting, received an official invitation to join NATO.

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The conference will attend representatives of mass media from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Croatia, Moldavia, FYROM, Romania, Serbia, and Turkey.

In the conference will also participate the Athens News Agency General Director, directors of Greek newspapers and television stations, and heads of mass media scientific institutes from Sarajevo, Skopje and Pristina, while Boston's MIT Media Lab new tec hnology research institute will present the latest technological breakthroughs in the mass media sector.

The conference will be formally opened by Minister of Press and government spokesman Christos Protopapas and Minister of Macedonia-Thrace Haris Kastanidis.

Mr. Protopapas stated that the Greek authorities are perfectly capable of meeting the demands of this very significant task and clarified that the NATO forces will not be involved in the security system and its implementation. He stated that Greece is a NATO member, cooperates with NATO and exchanges information and views on certain issues.

The above were stated in a press conference by Iranian film director Jafar Panaji, within the framework of Thessaloniki's 44th Film Festival.

Mr. Panaji participates in the film festival with his new film "Crimson Gold", which was banned in his country.

He stated that the social problems faced by a country have political dimensions and therefore, films promoting social problems are disliked by regimes like Iran's. He also said that he tries to show the problems in his country and not promote methods for

their solution.

After the meeting, Mr. Papantoniou reiterated the Greek position, which is in agreement with the position of Germany and France regarding the need to secure autonomous EU action.

On the same issue, Mr. Papandreou stated that the issue of the EU relations with NATO was also discussed with US Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Regarding the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, Mr. Papantoniou stated that no NATO forces will participate in the security of the games, adding that there will be cooperation with foreign agencies for the exchange of information to face any possible threat.

On his part, Foreign Minister Giorgos Papandreou assured that Greece has taken all necessary measures and expressed the belief that the Athens Olympic Games will be safe.