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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-07-07
CONTENTS
[01] ANA-MPA services disrupted due to strike
[02] Economy shrinks 2.5Q in Q1
[01] ANA-MPA services disrupted due to strike
ANA-MPA services will be disrupted between 6 a.m. (04:00 GMT) Thursday,
July 8 to 6 a.m. Friday, July 9 due to a 24-hour media strike in the
country called by the Athens Journalists' Union (ESIEA).
[02] Economy shrinks 2.5Q in Q1
BRUSSELS (ANA-MPA / V. Demiris) -- The Greek economy shrank by 1.0 pct
in the first quarter of 2010, compared with the fourth quarter of 2009,
Eurostat said on Wednesday. The EU executiveâs statistics agency, in
its second estimates on GDP in the Eurozone and the EU-27, said Gross
Domestic Product grew 0.2 pct in the Eurozone on a quarterly basis in
the first quarter of 2010. On an annual basis, the Greek economy shrank
by 2.5 pct in the January-March period, while in the Eurozone GDP grew
by 0.6 pct and in EU-27 GDP grew by 0.5 pct. (ANA-MPA)
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