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Friday, May 9, 2014

Greek deflation pace steady at 1.3 pct y/y in April

Greek consumer prices fell 1.3 percent in April, with the annual pace of deflation unchanged from the previous month, data from the country's statistics service showed on Friday. The figure exceeded a ...

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Greek industrial output drops 3.1 pct y/y in March

Greek industrial output fell 3.1 percent year-on-year in March, from an upwardly revised expansion of 3.1 percent in the previous month, statistics service (ELSTAT) said on Friday. The decline is primarily due to a decrease of 8.3 percent in electricity production, which often depends on household heating use. Greek industry has been in decline for six consecutive years in 2008-2013, contracting ...

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Refugees From Syria Get Polio Vaccines in Greece

Health authorities in Greece are on high alert due to the increased risk of polio infection from refugees from the East who

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Racism and Enabling: The Donald Sterling Fiasco and the NBA

There's much behind the national uproar over Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s remarks to “V. Stiviano,” a woman whose name and life remain enigmatic.

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Greece's Eurovision entry sung on a trampoline

Eurovision - it's also one of the most watched music shows on earth... it's also one of the most bizzare. Check out Greece's entry - Freaky Fortune - who are performing their track 'Rise Up' while bouncing on a trampoline! The final takes place tomorrow ...

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Scuppered education

No one should be surprised by the successive reports showing Greece ranking at the bottom of international charts rating education standards after a push to introduce reforms at the country’s universities and technical colleges was allowed to founder beca... ...

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Ministry tells Greek banks to lay off social dividend

More than 200,000 beneficiaries received a share of Greece's much-touted primary surplus on Friday, according to the Finance Ministry which rapped banks for seizing the sum from account-holders with debts in certain cases. A total of 205,912 households, w... ...

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