Over 2,000 pensioners took to the streets of Athens on Thursday protesting pension cuts and changes to social security. It's the second public rally this ...
 |
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.rt.com |
How the world sees Greece
Friday, November 27, 2015
Fitch warns Osborne lacks flexibility; trade gap hits UK growth
Rolling coverage of the day’s economic and financial events, including a new health check on the UK economy * UK growth confirmed at just 0.5% * Trade makes record-breaking dent in growth 2.21pm GMT Time for a quick recap. NEW DATA HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE UK’S RECOVERY SLOWED IN THE LAST QUARTER. GDP rose by 0.5% in the July-September period; down on the 0.7% growth recorded in April-June. Related: Weakening UK trade puts the brakes on GDP growth Greek economy contracts 0.9% in third quarter. Important to remember it was growing at fastest pace in euro area a year ago Horrific scenes on the High Street as #BlackFriday consumer chaos reaches Perth pic.twitter.com/pUbFWZD1Pu Related: Black Friday: latest news and the best deals as sales get off to calm start - live 2.06pm GMT In other news...Hervé Falciani, who blew the whistle on the funds sitting in Swiss bank accounts, has just been convicted of economic espionage charges, according to reports. The former IT worker been sentenced to five years in prison, Bloomberg says. *FALCIANI FOUND GUILTY BY SWISS COURT IN HSBC DATA THEFT CASE / 5 YEARS Continue reading...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.theguardian.com |
The Latest: EU official says take migrants direct from camps
The Latest: GREECE sees rebound in migrant crossings. November 27, 2015 Updated: November 27, 2015 8:11am. An Iranian migrant and his son sit ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.houstonchronicle.com |
Mediterranean Migrants: Latest Developments (IOM
(Source: IOM - International Organization for Migration) Greece - Based on data gathered by the Hellenic Police and IOM field staff, IOM estimates that over 110,000 migrants and refugees have now arrived in Greece by sea since the beginning of November. The sharp decrease in the number of arrivals witnessed last weekend - only 155 crossed on November 22 and 336 on November 23 - has now reversed and numbers have again picked up. On 24 November some 3,516 people crossed and on 25 November 5,140. IOM Greece's Early Warning Information Sharing System, which tracks migrant flows in collaboration with IOM in the Western Balkans, estimates during November some 105,000 people have left Greece for...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT article.wn.com |
The Latest: Greece sees rebound in migrant crossings
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The latest on the mass movement of asylum-seekers and others seeking refuge in Europe. All times local:
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT uk.news.yahoo.com |
EconomyGreek GDP: Worse than thought
Earlier this month, the country's stats office said that seasonally-adjusted gross domestic product had shrunk by 0.5 per cent in the third quarter from ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT subscribe.ft.com |
GREEK Need for Debt Relief Eases Amid Lower Rates, Estonia Says
Greece's need for debt relief has receded as conditions have stabilized and interest rates have come down, a senior Estonian finance ministry official ...
|
| READ THE ORIGINAL POST AT www.bloomberg.com |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)