Athens News Agency: News in English, 01-10-26

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

CONTENTS

[01] Winter Daylight Savings Time as of Sunday

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Friday

[03] Weather Forecast: Showery on Friday

[01] Winter Daylight Savings Time as of Sunday

Greece reverts to Winter Daylight Savings Time on Sunday, October 29,

when clocks will be turned back one hour.

On Sunday, at 4:00 a.m., clocks should be turned back one hour to 3:00 a.m.

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Friday

Indicative tourist buying rates

U.S. dollar 380.258

German mark 172.829

French franc 051.531

Pound sterling 541.707

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 045.456

Swedish kroner 035.776

Finnish mark 056.852

Spanish peseta 002.032

Portuguese escudo 001.686

Japanese yen (100) 308.538

Swiss franc 228.722

Norwegian kroner 042.524

Cyprus pound 588.565

Canadian dollar 241.581

Australian dollar 192.459

[03] Weather Forecast: Showery on Friday

Showers are forecast in many parts of the mainland on Friday, turning to snow on high ground and storms in the west. Scattered cloud in the rest of the country, with rain likely in the Cyclades, Crete and Dodecanese islands. Winds variable, moderate to very strong, turning gale force in the Aegean. In the north, temperatures will range from 6C to 15C; in the centre from 10C to 18C; and in the rest of the country from 14C to 21C. Light cloud and a little rain in Athens, with temperatures between 12C and 17C. Same in Thessaloniki, with temperatures from 9C to 13C.

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