Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-08-23

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

CONTENTS

[01] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Sunday

[02] PM Simitis tours Ancient Olympia

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

[04] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Saturday

[01] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Sunday

Sunny weather is forecast in all parts of the country on Sunday, with scattered cloud on the mainland in the afternoon and sporadic showers mainly in central and northern Greece. Winds northerly, northeasterly, light to strong. Temperatures in the north will range from 19C to 35C; in western Greece from 22C to 37C; and in the Aegean islands from 23C to 34C. Temperatures in Athens between 25C and 36C; and in Thessaloniki from 23C to 34C.

[02] PM Simitis tours Ancient Olympia

Prime Minister Costas Simitis on Saturday morning visited at Ancient Olympia the under renovation Old Museum which following its restoration will be transformed into an Olympic Games museum.

Furthermore, Simitis also visited the under reconstruction and retransformation of the New Archaeological Museum.

The prime minister also visited the work site where construction is underway of the regional Ancient Olympia motorway which is a section of the national Pyrgos-Olympia-Vytina-Tripoli highway.

Simitis was accompanied by Culture Ministry General Secretary Lina Mendoni and Olympic Games General Secretary Kostas Kartalis.

The Action Programme for Ancient Olympia does not conclude with the promotion of the ancient sites, but also aims at the total reform of the city with interventions in the sectors of culture, sports, infrasructure, health and environmental training.

Simitis, following his tour of the old museum, the new ancient museum amd the regional Ancient Olympia motorway, told reporters:''The Olympic Games will be held in Athens in one year's time and Olympia will be at the epicentre of world interest. These 2004 Olympic Games have a particularity which Olympic Games usually do not possess. They are Games which show the history of the Olympic Games. They also show that Greece's relations with the Games are connected with the history of humanity and this is shown particularly in Olympia.''

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.098

Pound sterling 0.697

Danish kroner 7.492

Swedish kroner 9.282

Japanese yen 129.4

Swiss franc 1.554

Norwegian kroner 8.352

Cyprus pound 0.589

Canadian dollar 1.549

Australian dollar 1.689

[04] Weather Forecast: Sunny on Saturday

Sunny weather is forecast in all parts of the country on Saturday, with scattered cloud in central and northern mainland Greece only in the afternoon. Winds northerly, light to strong, turning very strong in the Aegean. Temperatures in the north will range from 18C to 34C; in western Greece from 20C to 36C; and in the Aegean islands from 23C to 33C. Temperatures in Athens between 25C and 35C; and in Thessaloniki from 23C to 33C.

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