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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 executive�s 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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