Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-01-21

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

CONTENTS

[01] PM Simitis to visit Bulgaria on Tuesday

[02] Deputy FM for int'l developmental cooperation Zafiropoulos resigns

[03] Digital Minoan ship soon to set sail in cyberspace

[04] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

[05] Weather Forecast: Fine weather, with local cloud, on Monday

[01] PM Simitis to visit Bulgaria on Tuesday

Prime minister Costas Simitis will visit Bulgaria on Tuesday, for talks with the newly-elected president and his Bulgarian counterpart on Balkan developments and boosting bilateral and regional ties.

[02] Deputy FM for int'l developmental cooperation Zafiropoulos resigns

Deputy foreign minister Ioannis Zafiropoulos, responsible for international developmental cooperation issues, has submitted his resignation from the post, but no reasons were immediately cited.

[03] Digital Minoan ship soon to set sail in cyberspace

A digital Minoan ship will soon be sailing in cyberspace, under an Experimental Marine Archaeology programme and thanks to digital technology.

The digital replica of this unique example of ancient island shipbuilding was presented Sunday at the War Museum in Athens by the scientific research team conducting the programme "Reconstructing the Minoan Ship", in cooperation with the Maritime Museum of Crete.

The scale model is nearly completed, and the next step will be to create a full-scale replica ship.

[04] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

Indicative tourist buying rates per euro

U.S. dollar 0.888

Pound sterling 0.619

Danish kroner 7.490

Swedish kroner 9.319

Japanese yen 118.02

Swiss franc 1.481

Norwegian kroner 7.973

Cyprus pound 0.581

Canadian dollar 1.433

Australian dollar 1.726

[05] Weather Forecast: Fine weather, with local cloud, on Monday

Fine weather is forecast throughout the country on Monday, with local cloud in Thrace and the islands of the eastern Aegean. Variable north-northwesterly winds, turning to strong locally in the Aegean, and temperatures ranginf from -3 to 9 C in the north, -1 to 15 C in the rest of the mainland, and 3-14 C on the islands. Athens will be sunny, with temperatrues of 6-13 C. The same in Thessaloniki, with temperatures of 0-8 C, and limited visibility early in the morning.

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