Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-10-06

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

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[01] Foreign ministry organises conference on European citizens

[02] Greece elected ECOSOC member over 2003-2004 period

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

[01] Foreign ministry organises conference on European citizens

A two-day conference on ''European citizens of the world'' was held in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, at the initiative of the Greek foreign ministry and had a preparatory character with the purpose of shaping basic elements of a European Union policy on overseas Europeans.

Speaking at a press conference at the end of the conference, Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Mangriotis said a wide spectrum of issues was discussed such as social, economic, tax, educational and cultural concerning overseas Europeans.

Just as Greeks living abroad do, other Europeans living abroad are facing problems regarding the preservation of their cultural heritage, language, music and national identity.

[02] Greece elected ECOSOC member over 2003-2004 period

NEW YORK (ANA - M. Georgiadou) - Greece has been elected a member of the UN's Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for the 2003-2004 two-year period.

In elections held on October 3 to elect 18 new members, Greece achieved the third best result out of all groups of candidate countries, receiving 177 votes out of a total of 181.

In the classification of candidate countries of the West European Group, Germany received 179 votes, Greece 177, France 173, Ireland 164 and Portugal 163.

As of January 1, 2003, 54 UN member-states will be included in ECOSOC's composition.

[03] Foreign Exchange Rates - Monday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 0.994

Pound sterling 0.634

Danish kroner 7.487

Swedish kroner 9.163

Japanese yen 122.0

Swiss franc 1.473

Norwegian kroner 7.362

Cyprus pound 0.577

Canadian dollar 1.579

Australian dollar 1.816

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