Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-07-09

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

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[01] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Wednesday

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Wednesday

[03] Visiting Cypriot FM affirms close cooperation between Athens and

[01] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Wednesday

Hot, sunny weather is forecast in all parts of the country. Winds northerly, moderate to strong. In the north, temperatures will range from 17C to 31C; on the rest of the mainland from 20C to 33C; and in the islands from 22C to 30C. Temperatures in Athens will range between 24C and 32C; and in Thessaloniki from 23C to 30C.

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Wednesday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.141

Pound sterling 0.696

Danish kroner 7.495

Swedish kroner 9.230

Japanese yen 134.8

Swiss franc 1.564

Norwegian kroner 8.352

Cyprus pound 0.591

Canadian dollar 1.549

Australian dollar 1.708

[03] Visiting Cypriot FM affirms close cooperation between Athens and Nicosia

Visiting Cypriot Foreign Minister George Iacovou on Tuesday affirmed there was close cooperation between Athens and Nicosia within the framework of European Council conclusions and said that measures taken for improving the living standards of the Turkish-Cypriots would be implemented at an appropriate time.

Iacovou was coming out of a meeting with Greek Alternate Foreign Minister Tassos Yiannitis, where the two men discussed all the aspects of the Cyprus problem with special focus on individual and international claims regarding the property rights of displaced Greek Cypriot owners, who lost their properties as a result of intercommunal strife or military action between 1963 and 1974 and the continuing division of the island since that time.

On his part, Yiannitsis confirmed the close cooperation between the two sides and said that with regard to the properties issue, special consideration was given to the rulings passed by the European Court of Human Rights.

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