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Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-01-21Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] PM Simitis to visit Bulgaria on Tuesday21/01/2002 13:23:54Prime minister Costas Simitis will visit Bulgaria on Tuesday, for talks with the newly-elected president and his Bulgarian counterpart on Balkan developments and boosting bilateral and regional ties. [02] Deputy FM for int'l developmental cooperation Zafiropoulos resigns21/01/2002 13:22:47Deputy foreign minister Ioannis Zafiropoulos, responsible for international developmental cooperation issues, has submitted his resignation from the post, but no reasons were immediately cited. [03] Digital Minoan ship soon to set sail in cyberspace21/01/2002 11:19:48A digital Minoan ship will soon be sailing in cyberspace, under an Experimental Marine Archaeology programme and thanks to digital technology. The digital replica of this unique example of ancient island shipbuilding was presented Sunday at the War Museum in Athens by the scientific research team conducting the programme "Reconstructing the Minoan Ship", in cooperation with the Maritime Museum of Crete. The scale model is nearly completed, and the next step will be to create a full-scale replica ship. [04] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday21/01/2002 10:58:17Indicative tourist buying rates per euro U.S. dollar 0.888 Pound sterling 0.619 Danish kroner 7.490 Swedish kroner 9.319 Japanese yen 118.02 Swiss franc 1.481 Norwegian kroner 7.973 Cyprus pound 0.581 Canadian dollar 1.433 Australian dollar 1.726 [05] Weather Forecast: Fine weather, with local cloud, on Monday21/01/2002 10:58:09Fine weather is forecast throughout the country on Monday, with local cloud in Thrace and the islands of the eastern Aegean. Variable north-northwesterly winds, turning to strong locally in the Aegean, and temperatures ranginf from -3 to 9 C in the north, -1 to 15 C in the rest of the mainland, and 3-14 C on the islands. Athens will be sunny, with temperatrues of 6-13 C. The same in Thessaloniki, with temperatures of 0-8 C, and limited visibility early in the morning. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |