Athens News Agency: News in English, 04-03-12

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

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[01] SYN leader pays condolence call on Spanish Embassy

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates: Friday

[03] Weather Forecast: Cloud, rain on Friday

[01] SYN leader pays condolence call on Spanish Embassy

Coalition of the Left and Progress (SYN) leader Nikos Constantopoulos, heading a three-member party delegation, on Friday paid a visit to the Spanish Embassy in Athens to express condolences on behalf of SYN over Thursday's multiple-bomb attack in Madrid that killed at least 190 people and injured more than 1,400.

"We expressed our solidarity with the Spanish people and government over this terrifying and painful attack, which cost the lives of hundreds of unarmed, innocent victims," Constantopoulos said after the visit.

"Such strikes create generalised destabilisation, harm democracy and have no justification, no alibi. It is blind violence against innocement people, working people, over which we express our abhorrence and grief," the SYN leader continued.

"The peoples must fight with solidarity for a Europe of democracy, stability and solidarity," Constantopoulos said, so that such will not shed the blood of more peoples, disrupt our era and be used to amputate democracy and stability.

[02] Foreign Exchange Rates: Friday

Reference buying rates per euro released by the European Central Bank

U.S. dollar 1.235

Pound sterling 0.684

Danish kroner 7.511

Swedish kroner 9.280

Japanese yen 136.6

Swiss franc 1.579

Norwegian kroner 8.652

Cyprus pound 0.590

Canadian dollar 1.634

Australian dollar 1.676

[03] Weather Forecast: Cloud, rain on Friday

Cloud and rain are forecast in all parts of the country, turning to storms in the west and south. Light snowfall on high ground on the mainland. The weather will improve from the northwest, starting late afternoon. Winds variable, moderate to strong. Temperatures in Athens 7C to 13C and in Thessaloniki from 4C to 9C.

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