Athens News Agency: News in English, 01-10-12

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

CONTENTS

[01] CORRECTION-Weather Forecast: Sunny on Saturday

[02] Tsohatzopoulos calls for a new political agreement within ruling PASOK

[03] CORRECTION-Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

[04] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Monday

[01] CORRECTION-Weather Forecast: Sunny on Saturday

In the first paragraph and in the headline, please read ?Saturday? instead of ?Monday?, as incorrectly stated.

A corrected repetition follows

Sunny in most parts of Greece on Saturday, with local light cloud in the eastern parts of the country. Moderate northerly winds in western Greece, northerly moderate winds in the east turning to gale force in the Aegean. In the north, temperatures will range from 11C to 24C, in the west from 16C to 29C and in the rest of the country from 15C to 27C. Sunny in Athens, some cloud in the north and east of Attica prefecture, with temperatures between 18C and 26C. Sunny in Thessaloniki with temperatures from 15C to 24C.

[02] Tsohatzopoulos calls for a new political agreement within ruling PASOK

Defence Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos responded, during his address on Friday at the ruling PASOK 6th congress' second day, to criticism for his political choices and comments and proposed a new political agreement for overcoming, what he called, the disagreements within the party.

"I have the obligation to make it clear that I will continue to be concerned and that I will listen to the people and that I will criticize, since PASOK and the people need it," Tsohatzopoulos stressed addressing the more than 6,100 electors of the congress.

The defence minister underlined that the disagreements could be overcome with a new political agreement and especially with a new political formula that would attract once again the popular strata of society which traditionally supported PASOK.

He went on to laud the achievements of the government, stressing that the pinnacle of the achievement was Greece's entry to the European Monetary Union (EMU) and adding that in the post EMU entry period there is a necessity for a new model of development for Greece, which would combine economic stability with social policy.

model of economic development.

He lauded the efforts of Interior Minister Vasso Papandreou to reform the state sector and decentralize it, saying that during the "last period, a climate of disassociation to PASOK was formulated. It is a political mistake to underestimate the seriousness of this distancing. If the protest becomes solid and permanent, it could be transformed into refusal and rejection and they could say to us 'gentlemen we were with you and you paid no heed to us. You should have been more careful'," Tsohatzopoulos said.

He closed his remarks saying "we do not want a party of the state, but one of society. Not one of state officials, but one of cadres with an opinion. To achieve this, of course, we should strengthen our political functions. A decentralized PASOK is needed".

[03] CORRECTION-Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

CORRECTION-

Please replace previous transmission of foreign exchange rates.

A corrected repetition follows

Indicative tourist buying rates until Monday

U.S. dollar 373.916

German mark 172.829

French franc 051.531

Pound sterling 541.010

Irish punt 429.202

Belgian franc 008.379

Luxembourg franc 008.379

Dutch guilder 153.389

Italian lira (100) 017.457

Austrian schilling 024.565

Danish kroner 45.502

Swedish kroner 35.345

Finnish mark 056.852

Spanish peseta 002.032

Portuguese escudo 001.686

Japanese yen (100) 308.287

Swiss franc 228.002

Norwegian kroner 042.489

Cyprus pound 588.707

Canadian dollar 239.492

Australian dollar 186.855

[04] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Monday

Sunny in most parts of Greece on Monday, with local light cloud in the eastern parts of the country. Moderate northerly winds in western Greece, northerly moderate winds in the east turning to gale force in the Aegean. In the north, temperatures will range from 11C to 24C, in the west from 16C to 29C and in the rest of the country from 15C to 27C. Sunny in Athens, some cloud in the north and east of Attica prefecture, with temperatures between 18C and 26C. Sunny in Thessaloniki with temperatures from 15C to 24C.

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