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Athens News Agency: News in English, 01-07-30Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] All 115 fires that broke out over past 24-hours contained by Monday30/07/2001 10:48:53A total 115 fires, of which 71 in forest and farm land, which broke out throughout the country over the past 24 hours had all been contained by Monday morning, the Fire Brigade said. [02] Foreign Exchange Rates: Monday30/07/2001 10:36:46Indicative buying rates for Monday U.S. dollar 385.507 German mark 172.829 French franc 051.531 Pound sterling 550.440 Irish punt 429.202 Belgian franc 008.379 Luxembourg franc 008.379 Dutch guilder 153.389 Italian lira (100) 017.457 Austrian schilling 024.565 Danish kroner 45.400 Swedish kroner 36.415 Finnish mark 056.852 Spanish peseta 002.032 Portuguese escudo 001.686 Japanese yen (100) 311.102 Swiss franc 224.133 Norwegian kroner 042.337 Cyprus pound 588.840 Canadian dollar 251.773 Australian dollar 195.126 [03] Weather-Sunshine forecast throughout the country Monday30/07/2001 10:36:33The weather will be sunny throughout Greece on Monday, turning to local cloud in the north in the afternoon with chances of isolated showers in the mountainous regions. Strong northerly winds expected locally in the Aegean. Athens will be sunny, turning to local cloud in the afternoon in the north of the Attica prefecture, with temperatures ranging from 24 to 36 C. The same in Thessaloniki, with possibility of local storms in the mountainous regions and temperatures 25-34 C. [04] PM outlines government's main targets at party rally in Paros29/07/2001 23:33:28Prime Minister Costas Simitis, addressing a ruling PASOK party rally at Paroikia on the island of Paros on Sunday evening, said the government wants to build a steadfast and strong Greece in Europe in the decades to come, a Greece which will not return to the past, but which will win the present and conquer the future. "Greece in 2004 will have nothing to do with Greece in 1994, but it will also differ a great deal from 2000 Greece. Because the Greek people have given the go-ahead for change and Greece's modernisation," he said. Simitis also referred to the government's targets which concern the country's development. "The policy of PASOK is the guarantee that Greece shall not miss the European train of growth but, on the contrary, it will travel in a privileged position," he said. He further stressed that building a new social state is a target for PASOK. "The dilemma 'economic growth or a social state' is a false dilemma. We do not accept it. It is the economy that shall pay for the social state and it is the social state which will strengthen social cohesion and in this way it will safeguard economic growth," he said. At the end of his address, Simitis referred to PASOK's October congress, saying that it will preoccupy itself with the country's future and prospects. Earlier in the day, Simitis visited the Panagia Ekatontapyliani church on the island where he was given a guided tour by the Metropolitan of Paronaxia Amvrosios. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |