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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-08-01Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Greek PMI fell to 48.7 points in JulyGreece's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) shrank to 48.7 points in July from 50.4 in June despite a rapid increase in workforce in Greek manufacturers' factories (the fastest rate in the last nine years), as production fell again due to a significant decline in incoming new orders and a decline in supply inventories, Markit said on Monday.The seasonally-adjusted PMI index showed that Greek manufacturers were hit by a decline in production volume in July, the fifth decline in the last seven months, reflecting weaker demand as new incoming orders fell for the 23rd successive month. New export orders, however, grew reflecting increased demand from France, Lebanon and Bulgaria. Despite a shrinking production Greek manufacturers continued raising their workforce numbers in July, at the highest rate recorded in the last nine months. Pending works continued falling, while purchasing activity fell for the third successive month. Average delivery times continued rising for the 20th successive month, hit by strike mobilization in Greek ports. Inflow costs rose further in July for the fourth month in a row, while outflow prices fell. [02] Boat with refugees and migrants located off the coasts of LesvosA dinghy with 34 refugees and migrants was located off the northern coasts of Lesvos on Monday.The rescued were sent to Mytilene port and afterwards will be transferred to Moria hotspot. Refugees and migrants arrivals posted a significant increase from July 15, day of the failed coup in Turkey, however, in the last three days no arrivals were recorded on the island of Lesvos. A total of 7,192 identified migrants and refugees were on the northern Greek islands on Monday. [03] Kos mayor expresses concern over migration issueThe mayor of Kos island Giorgos Kyritsis in a letter to Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and to all the political party leaders expressed his concern over the danger the EU-Turkey agreement on migrants and refugees to become inactive.Kos mayor in his letter noted that Kos has done a huge effort to counterbalance the negative repercussions by the uncontrolled migration flows on the island's tourism and managed to reduce the losses. "Our islands that are now the most sensitive national area can't be turned into warehouses of souls, as some want". [04] Search for missing Russian tourist continues on MondayRhodes coast guard search to locate a Russian tourist that was reported missing on Sunday continues on Monday.The 39-year-old tourist have went diving in the at the west side of Rhodes. The man's disappearance since Sunday afternoon was reported by his wife but the search has not yet turned up anything. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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