Caricature:M. Stefanovic

Greek Justice Minister Evangelous Yannopoulos sent a message to his German counterpart Otto Silla describing the NATO bombardment of Yugoslav cities, hospitals and cultural institutions as "war crimes".

This is "s crime against humanity and a crime against the world," Yannopoulos said adding that the attack "is not based on any kind of international norms and is directly in opposition to them."

Yannopoulos set out that it is necessary to call to responsibility the justice ministers of Great Britain, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium and other countries which are obliged to answer individually "whether international laws are in force and what legal norms are the basis for the bombardment of civilians and civilian settlements, state property and cultural values in Yugoslavia."

The Justice Minister invited his German counterpart urgently to come to Athens.