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Athens News Agency: News in English (PM), 99-07-29
NEWS IN ENGLISH
Athens, Greece, 29/07/1999 (ANA)
MAIN HEADLINES
- Government says no change on Moslem minority
- PM Simitis to Sarajevo on Friday
- Police seek dead horse owner
- Weather
- Foreign Exchange
NEWS IN DETAIL
Government says no change on Moslem minority
The Greek government said on Thursday that its position on the issue of the
Moslem minority of Thrace was "clear, known and unchanged", namely that
such a minority existed and was a religious one. Government spokesman
Dimitris Reppas made the statement when asked by reporters to comment on
remarks by Foreign Minister George Papandreou in an interview with the
monthly magazine "Klik" and speaking today on "Flash" radio. Reppas
stressed that as far as Greece was concerned there could be no question of
the minority in Thrace being designated in any way other than 'Moslem'.
PM Simitis to Sarajevo on Friday
Prime Minister Costas Simitis leaves for Sarajevo early on Friday to attend
the Balkan Stability Pact summit in the Bosnian capital, government
spokesman Dimitris Reppas said. Reppas said the Greek side would attempt to
have the final resolutions include certain views which would contribute to
the resolution of problems which have been created in the region. He noted
that the stability pact had three components: the provision of humanitarian
aid; the provision of economic aid for reconstruction; and the introduction
and conslidation of democratic parliamentary institutions.
Police seek dead horse owner
Thessaloniki police are searching for the owner of a horse involved in a
fatal traffic accident. The horse and the driver of an oncoming car were
both killed in the accident. The incident occurred Wednesday on the
Thessaloniki-Kilkis stretch of the national highway, when an oncoming car
rammed into the horse, which was crossing the highway at the time. The
driver, 35-year-old Vassilis Kamberis, and the horse were both killed on
impact. The horse's owner faces charges of unintentional manslaughter.
However, a Thessaloniki police officer told ANA, it was possible the horse
was one of the hundreds of strays roaming the Macedonia valley.
WEATHER
Fair weather is forecast throughout the country on Thursday with clouds
developing in west, central and north Greece and local rainfall in the
northern Ionian, Macedonia and Ipiros. Winds will be westerly mild to
moderate, with temperatures ranging from 18-3C in the north, 20-36 in the
rest of the mainland and 23-32C at the islands. Fair weather in Athens with
scattered cloud in the afternoon hours, and temperatures between 23C and
36C. In Thessaloniki weather will be fair early in the day with clouds
developing in the afternoon hours and possibility of rainfall or storm.
Temperatures will range from 21C to 33C.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
Wednesday's rates (buying)
U.S. dollar 304.147
Pound sterling 482.568
Japanese yen (100) 262.235
French franc 49.135
German mark 164.790
Italian lira (100) 16.646
Irish Punt 409.238
Belgian franc 7.990
Finnish mark 54.207
Dutch guilder 146.254
Danish kr. 43.301
Austrian sch. 23.422
Spanish peseta 1.937
Swedish kr. 36.593
Norwegian kr. 38.638
Swiss franc 201.654
Port. Escudo 1.608
Can. dollar 200.781
Aus. dollar 195.801
Cyprus pound 558.159
Euro 323.925
(M.P.)
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