Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-10-18

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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[01] Japanese news agency KYODO opens up Athens bureau

[02] Weather Forecast: Hot and humid on Friday

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Friday

[01] Japanese news agency KYODO opens up Athens bureau

KYODO of Japan, one of the biggest news agencies in Asia, has opened up an Athens Bureau for fuller coverage of the 2004 Olympic Games and other Greek news.

The KYODO bureau is located at 35 Makedonias street in the suburb of Halandri, tel. no. 010-6896994/5, fax 010-6896994, and its e-mail address is kyodoath@otenet.gr

The Athens Bureau chief is Hirofumi Miki.

[02] Weather Forecast: Hot and humid on Friday

Hot, humid weather is forecast in all parts of the country, with scattered cloud and early morning mist on the mainland and over the Ionian. Brief showers are likely in the west and north. Winds variable, moderate. In the north, temperatures will range from 09C to 26C; on the rest of the mainland and Ionian from 11C to 28C; and in the Aegean islands from 14C to 27C. Temperatures in Athens between 16C and 27C; and in Thessaloniki from 14C to 25C.

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Friday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 0.984

Pound sterling 0.631

Danish kroner 7.490

Swedish kroner 9.167

Japanese yen 122.3

Swiss franc 1.478

Norwegian kroner 7.471

Cyprus pound 0.576

Canadian dollar 1.551

Australian dollar 1.788

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