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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-06-16Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Former Golden Dawn MP Alexopoulos testifies to examining magistratesANA/MPA---Former Golden Dawn and now independent MP Chrysovalantis Alexopoulos on Monday testifies to the examining magistrates investigating the Golden Dawn case.Alexopoulos is facing charges of participating and leading a criminal organisation after the lifting of his parliamentary immunity. Golden Dawn MP Eleni Zaroulia will appear before the examining magistrates on Tuesday. Zaroulia is the wife of Golden Dawn secretary general Nikos Mihaloliakos who is held in custody pending trial. [02] Greek inflation rate falls to -2.1 pct in MayANA/MPA---Greece moved deeper into deflation in May, with the consumer price index falling by 2.1 pct in the month compared with the same period last year, Eurostat said on Monday.The EU executive's statistics service, in a report released here, said that Bulgaria (-1.8 pct), Portugal (-0.3 pct) and Cyprus (-0.1 pct) recorded negative inflation rates, while Austria (1.5 pct), Luxembourg (1.4 pct) and Romania (1.3 pct) recorded the highest inflation rates in the EU. In the Eurozone, the inflation rate eased to 0.5 pct in May from 0.7 pct in April, down from 1.4 pct a year earlier. In the EU, the inflation rate eased to 0.6 pct from 0.8 pct, down from 1.6 pct in May last year. The inflation rate fell in 16 member states, it was unchanged in four and rose in seven member states. There were no figures for the UK. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |