Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-06-26

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

CONTENTS

[01] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Wednesday

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Wednesday

[03] IATA: Athens int'l airport 2nd in Europe, 3rd in world in passenger

[04] Greek, Turkish FMs discuss bilateral, EU affairs in Istanbul

[01] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Wednesday

Sunshine is forecast in most parts of the country. Winds north-northeasterly, light to strong, turning very strong in the Aegean. In the west and north, temperatures will range from 18C to 31C; in the Ionian and the rest of the mainland from 21C to 35C; and in the Aegean islands from 23C to 31C. Sunny in Athens, with temperatures between 23C and 35C. Scattered cloud in Thessaloniki, with temperatures from 20C to 31C.

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Wednesday

Indicative tourist buying rates per euro until Wednesday

U.S. dollar 0.979

Pound sterling 0.651

Danish kroner 7.487

Swedish kroner 9.096

Japanese yen 119.1

Swiss franc 1.480

Norwegian kroner 7.403

Cyprus pound 0.584

Canadian dollar 1.489

Australian dollar 1.716

[03] IATA: Athens int'l airport 2nd in Europe, 3rd in world in passenger satisfaction

Just little more than a year after its opening, Athens' Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport has been ranked by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) among the top airports in the world, and holds the distinction of holding second place in Europe and third place in the world with respect to passenger satisfaction.

According to an IATA independent survey for 2001, the Athens airport ranked second in Europe, behind Helsinki's Vantaa airport, and third worldwide (Dubai airport ranked first) in the basic category ''Overall Passenger Satisfaction'' in the category of airports serving up to 15 million passengers per year.

It is noted that IATA's independent survey comprises the basic tool for measuring the level of airport passenger satisfaction worldwide.

[04] Greek, Turkish FMs discuss bilateral, EU affairs in Istanbul

ISTANBUL (ANA - N. Melisova) - Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou on Tuesday met with his Turkish counterpart Ismail Cem here and discussed the Euroforce issue, the Cyprus issue, the European course of Turkey and illegal immigration.

The two men, who met on the sidelines of a summit meeting here of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) pact member-states, called their meeting fruitful and Papandreou stressed that when Greece undertakes the presidency of the European Union on foreign policy and defense issues in July - in the event that the issue of the Euroforce is not resolved by the Spanish presidency - it will move on based on the specific positions that were formulated within the Union.

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