Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-07-04

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

CONTENTS

[01] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Thursday

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Thursday

[03] Large-scale police operation uncovers ''Nov. 17'' hideout in Athens

[04] Greek premier and Ukrainian president discuss EU-Ukraine ties

[01] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Thursday

Sunny throughout Greece on Thursday with a chance of scattered cloud later in the day in the central and northern parts of the country. Northerly winds, moderate to strong on the Aegean. Temperatures between 20C to 36C on the mainland, 23C to 33C on the islands.

Sunny in Athens with temperatures ranging between 23C to 36C. The same for Thessaloniki, 20C to 34C.

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Thursday

Indicative tourist buying rates per euro until Thursday

U.S. dollar 0.985

Pound sterling 0.647

Danish kroner 7.477

Swedish kroner 9.202

Japanese yen 118.3

Swiss franc 1.473

Norwegian kroner 7.400

Cyprus pound 0.584

Canadian dollar 1.506

Australian dollar 1.766

[03] Large-scale police operation uncovers ''Nov. 17'' hideout in Athens

Police launched a large-scale operation on Wednesday, locating a ''November 17'' terrorist organisation hideout in the Athens Patisia neighborhood, discovering weapons, rockets of all types, printed material and a computer.

Among the arms were military rockets of several types and firearms, while tests will be conducted on the computer to assess whether it was the one used to write the shadowy murderous terrorist organization's latest proclamations.

Initially, police evacuated the apartment complex and then entered the basement apartment, where the weaponry was discovered, with police bomb disposal experts entering first in the event that the apartment was booby-trapped.

[04] Greek premier and Ukrainian president discuss EU-Ukraine ties

KIEV (ANA - H. Poulidou) Relations between the countries of Eastern Europe and the European Union needed to be stable, Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis stressed here on Wednesday, the second day of his official visit to the Ukraine.

Speaking after a meeting with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, Simitis said that the Greek government was in favour of policies that encouraged the participation of these countries in European processes, while Athens wanted all European countries to join the EU in the long term, for both economic and security reasons.

The Greek premier, who heads an informal 'eurozone' presidency since non-eurozone-member Denmark took over the EU presidency on July 1, stressed that this was far from being an immediate prospect, however.

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