Greece logs solid economic growth in 2017

Debt-stricken Greece has confirmed its economy expanded last year despite a dip in the country's outbound shipments. The statistics office said growth was attributable to a surge in corporate investment.

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Symposium includes discussion about horses on Greek coins

Horses have a prominent place on ancient Greek coins, like this circa 333 to 331 B.C. gold stater of Calabria. A lecture on April 7 discusses the wide range of horses on ancient coins. Images courtesy of Classical Numismatic Group. The human fascination ...

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Greece's Energean Raises $1.27 Billion for Israeli Gas Fields

Energean Oil & Gas Plc, Greece’s only energy explorer and producer, said it signed a financing agreement with Morgan Stanley and other banks for $1.27 billion to finance development of two natural gas fields off the coast of Israel. Natixis SA, Bank ...

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Greek GDP grows 1.4 percent in 2017: statistics agency

ATHENS, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Greek economy grew by 1.4 percent in 2017 compared to the previous year, totaling 187.1 billion euros (230.4 billion U.S. dollars) from 184.6 billion euros in 2016, the Greek Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announced on Monday in ...

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Greece's economy grows for 4th straight quarter

ATHENS--Greece's economy expanded for a fourth straight quarter in the last three months of 2017, but at a slower pace, according to figures published Monday. Gross domestic product increased by 0.1% in the October-to-December period, compared with an ...

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Confused commuters: Athens Metro barriers closed but temporarily opened on next day

The barriers of the Athens Metro at station closed as of Sunday, March 4th, but remained partially open as of the next day. A complicated system of barriers going on and off  and lacks of adequate campaign to inform commuters about the changes have created for one more time an incredible confusion. At Syntagma … The post Confused commuters: Athens Metro barriers closed but temporarily opened on next day appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.

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Turkish court rejects request from Greek soldiers to be released: media

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court on Monday rejected a request for the release of two Greek soldiers who were detained after crossing the border into Turkey in bad weather, private broadcaster CNN Turk and other local media said. A lawyer for the ...

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