Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-02-18

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

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[01] Weather Forecast: Rain, sleet on Tuesday

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Tuesday

[03] PM says EU should contribute to Iraq's compliance with UN's resolution

[01] Weather Forecast: Rain, sleet on Tuesday

Cloud and rain are forecast in all parts of the country, with storms in the Cyclades, Dodecanese and Crete, and snow in the centre and north. Winds variable, strong to gale force. In the north, temperatures will range from -4 to 3C; on the rest of the mainland from -2C to 8C; and in the islands from 3C to 10C. Temperatures in Athens between 3C and 8C; and in Thessaloniki from 0C to 3C. Rain or sleet will fall in the capital, with snow on surrounding mountains.

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates - Tuesday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.080

Pound sterling 0.675

Danish kroner 7.491

Swedish kroner 9.177

Japanese yen 129.8

Swiss franc 1.484

Norwegian kroner 7.575

Cyprus pound 0.585

Canadian dollar 1.644

Australian dollar 1.832

[03] PM says EU should contribute to Iraq's compliance with UN's resolution

BRUSSELS (ANA - Y. Zitouniati) - Prime Minister and European Union Council President Costas Simitis, in his opening address at the EU's special summit here on Monday, said the EU should contribute to Iraq's compliance with the UN's resolution and to the prevention of war.

''The EU's responsibility is that we contribute, pressure and secure a double target: Iraq's compliance with the UN's resolution and the prevention of war. What does this mean for our next step? So that there will be no war we must obtain the certainty, in a very short period of time, that Iraq cannot use weapons of mass destruction, neither now nor in the future,'' he said.

Referring to the Iraq crisis, as it currently stands, Simitis mentioned the UN Security Council's resolution 1441 which provides the opportunity for Iraq to be disarmed in a peaceful way and placed responsibility on Baghdad if it fails to utilise it.

''There is common ground in our discussion. Let us try to enlarge it. Let us try, believing that we are not chasing a mirage but something feasible. We should pursue what is feasible. We should prove to our peoples that together we can consolidate security and peace step-by-step,'' he told his European partners.

Simitis warned that the risk of new dividing lines being shaped in Europe, which has developed so far on common values and principles, should be prevented and not underestimated.

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