Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-03-17

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

CONTENTS

[01] Police officer arrested in fake papers for immigrants scam

[02] British minister sees Cyprus joining EU in two years

[03] Weather Forecast: Scattered cloud, showers on Monday

[04] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

[01] Police officer arrested in fake papers for immigrants scam

A police officer and the owner of a cafe in Athens were arrested in connection with the illegal issue of residence and work permits to immigrants in return for payment, Attica aliens police said on Sunday.

The officer was identified as Emmanouil Kantzos, 38, serving in the inner city suburb of Kypseli; and the cafe owner as Stavroula Paravanti, 47.

In their possession were found documents including authorisation slips, employers' statements, and official declarations by private individuals; three employers' rubber stamps, 50 used social insurance stamps, and 820 euros in cash, police said.

Arrested on Friday, the two were due to appear before a public prosecutor on Saturday.

[02] British minister sees Cyprus joining EU in two years

NICOSIA (ANA) - Cyprus' entry into the European Union is a one-way track and the island republic is likely to become a member of the 15-nation trade bloc in two years, regardless of whether its political problem is resoloved, a British minister said at the weekend.

In an interview to RIK television in Barcelona during a two-day EU summit that ended on Saturday, the Minister of State for European affairs, Peter Hain, said he hoped that entry negotiations would be completed by the end of 2002, allowing membership in two years from now.

[03] Weather Forecast: Scattered cloud, showers on Monday

Scattered cloud and showers are forecast in many parts of the country. The west, Dodecanese islands and eastern Aegean islands will see sunshine. Winds northeasterly, light to very strong, turning gale force in the Aegean. In the north, temperatures will range from 4C to 15C; in the west from 7C to 19C; and in the rest of the country from 7C to 18C. Light cloud in Athens with temperatures between 9C and 16C. Same in Thessaloniki with temperatures from 7C to 14C.

[04] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

Indicative tourist buying rates per euro until Monday

U.S. dollar 0.892

Pound sterling 0.626

Danish kroner 7.492

Swedish kroner 9.206

Japanese yen 115.0

Swiss franc 1.473

Norwegian kroner 7.829

Cyprus pound 0.580

Canadian dollar 1.421

Australian dollar 1.701

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