Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-04-11

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

CONTENTS

[01] Weather Forecast: Showers on Friday

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Friday

[03] ATHOC, IOC: Excellent cooperation by all sides, every project feasible

[01] Weather Forecast: Showers on Friday

Showers are forecast in all parts of the country, easing off from the west in the afternoon. Winds south-southeasterly, moderate to strong. In the north, temperatures will range from -2C to 12C; in the Ionian and on the rest of the mainland from 0C to 19C; and in the Aegean islands from 11C to 18C. Temperatures in Athens between 5C and 17C; and in Thessaloniki from 5C to 14C.

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Friday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.089

Pound sterling 0.695

Danish kroner 7.485

Swedish kroner 9.219

Japanese yen 130.2

Swiss franc 1.506

Norwegian kroner 7.949

Cyprus pound 0.590

Canadian dollar 1.594

Australian dollar 1.798

[03] ATHOC, IOC: Excellent cooperation by all sides, every project feasible

Athens organisers (ATHOC) and the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) top executive overseeing the 2004 Games presented a more-or-less bright picture in terms of progress and a united front here on Thursday, stressing that cooperation amongst all sides is excellent and that every project is feasible, even amid pressing deadlines.

The 10th visit here by the high-ranking IOC Coordination Commission -- again headed by its Swiss chairman, Denis Oswald -- comes at a crucial time for the closely watched 2004 Olympics, as the first round of ?test events? are only a few months away (August).

''Everything that is expected to happen is feasible within the next 500 days ... but there are a number of projects under time pressure,? Oswald said in reference to a handful of nagging delays at certain venues.

As in previous visits, Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis received the IOC delegation prior to the press conference.

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