In Brief
US TRIP
FM to meet Condoleezza Rice today, Kofi Annan tomorrow Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis is today due to meet with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington. Molyviatis, who was due in the US capital yesterday, is expected to discuss bilateral ties, Cyprus, the Balkans and the Middle East with Rice and other top officials. Tomorrow, he is to fly to New York to meet with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Meanwhile, it was announced that Public Order Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis is to visit the USA in the first half of April. SUMMER TIME Clocks forward one hour on Sunday Clocks will go forward one hour – from 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. – on Sunday, as official summer time begins, the Transport and Communications Ministry said yesterday. Judicial upheaval The head of the Supreme Court, Giorgos Kapos, yesterday indicted middle-ranking judge Anna Korovesi on disciplinary charges, in connection with the investigation into an alleged trial-fixing ring involving judges, lawyers and churchmen, that could lead to her dismissal. Meanwhile, the Union of Judges and Prosecutors called a general assembly for April 9 ahead of the planned mass transfers of judicial officials. Such a shake-up would tarnish judicial officials in the eyes of citizens who would, wrongly, link them to the trial-fixing scandal, the union maintained. Church scandal The Holy Synod yesterday decided to print leaflets to inform its flock of the measures it has taken to tackle the Church corruption scandal. Also yesterday, the local council of Kalymnos called for the dismissal of local Bishop Nektarios, citing his alleged links to convicted drug smuggler Apostolos Vavilis and trial-fixing suspect Archimandrite Iakovos Yiossakis. Meanwhile, a private Albanian television channel reportedly broadcast footage of what it said was a Greek Orthodox priest having sex with Albanian boys. Turkish violations A total of 32 Turkish jets yesterday violated Greek air space in the northern and central Aegean five times before being chased off by Greek fighter aircraft, military sources said. Coach strike Employees of Greece’s Intercity Road Transport Companies (KTEL) protest at the Kiffisou Avenue KTEL depot during yesterday’s 24-hour strike. Intercity coaches should be operating normally today. Free museums Entry to most state-run museums and archaeological sites across the country will be free tomorrow to coincide with Independence Day celebrations. The museums will be open from 8.30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The archaeological museums and sites at Corinth, Delos, Mystras and Delphi, however, will be closed. Camera vandals Two unidentified vandals set fire to two road surveillance cameras in the Athenian district of Kolonos early yesterday afternoon, causing serious damage. Rotten fish Prefectural officials in Thessaloniki yesterday seized 30 tons of rotten cod from Norway following a raid on warehouses belonging to a major food supplier.
