Athens News Agency: News in English, 03-09-20

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

CONTENTS

[01] Greek medical centre launched in Ukraine

[02] Bill on easing creation of small firms due for parliament

[03] Weather Forecast: Warm and sunny on Sunday

[04] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

[01] Greek medical centre launched in Ukraine

KIEV (ANA/S.Aravopoulou) -A Greek medical centre in Ukraine was inaugurated on Saturday by Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Magriotis.

The Hellenic Diagnostic Medical Centre will provide free medical care for both Greek and non-Greek inhabitants of the country.

''This is not a day for words and pledges. Work has been accomplished,'' Magriotis told an inauguration ceremony attended by the leader of the main opposition New Democracy party, Costas Karamanlis.

Magriotis congratulated the president of the Council of Hellenes Abroad, Andrew Athens, on the project; and conveyed messages from Prime Minister Costas Simitis and Foreign Minister George Papandreou welcoming its implementation.

The deputy minister also announced that the centre was twinned with Thessaloniki's Ippokratio Hospital.

The new medical centre is the Council's largest due to a donation by Antonis Drouzos, president of the Friends of the Council of Hellenes Abroad. Medical equipment was funded by Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

Magriotis added that the foreign ministry had this year launched a new programme of supporting health centres abroad, along with furtherance of the Greek language, Greek culture and small-scale ethnic Greek businesses.

[02] Bill on easing creation of small firms due for parliament

Development Minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos said on Saturday that a government bill on reducing the time and money needed to set up small and medium sized enterprises would shortly be sent to parliament.

''Our aim is to reduce the time needed to set up these companies to 10 days, and to lower the cost to 10 percent of the current figure,'' the minister said.

He was addressing a conference in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on investment incentives for small and medium sized firms in an expanding Europe.

[03] Weather Forecast: Warm and sunny on Sunday

All parts of the country will be warm and sunny with some scattered cloud appearing in the east, Cyclades islands and northern Crete. Winds north-northeasterly, light to strong, turning very strong in parts of the Aegean. In the north, temperatures will range from 13C to 28C; on the rest of the mainland and in the Ionian from 15C to 30C; and in the Aegean islands from 19C to 26C. Temperatures in Athens between 18C and 29C; and in Thessaloniki from 16C to 28C.

[04] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.140

Pound sterling 0.700

Danish kroner 7.487

Swedish kroner 9.109

Japanese yen 130.9

Swiss franc 1.572

Norwegian kroner 8.222

Cyprus pound 0.588

Canadian dollar 1.546

Australian dollar 1.703

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