Greek Olympic bid under scrutiny

Senior Olympic officials are in Athens to decide whether Greece has made enough progress to retain the 2004 summer games.

The visit marks the end of a hundred-day deadline to get preparations for the games back on course.

The BBC Athens correspondent says it's regarded as the final examination following a warning that preparations were dangerously behind schedule.

The main criticisms concerned accommodation, the construction of venues, security and traffic arrangements, and the games infrastructure.

Our correspondent says the success of the Olympics has become the Greek government's top priority and the potential national humiliation of losing the games appears to have receeded.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service