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The rate of increase in inflation slowed further to 4.6% in March this year, from 6.1% in February as a result of lower energy prices, and compared to an increase of 8.9% in March 2022, according to Greek Statistics Authority ELSTAT on The 4.6% increase of the Overall CPI in …

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Two pilots are missing after a two-seat F-4 Phantom fighter jet of the Greek Air Force crashed into the sea during a training flight on Monday morning. A big Search and Rescue operation is underway to locate the pilots as well as the fighter jet. A statement from the Hellenic …

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Inflation in Greece dropped to 7.2% in December 2022, Greece’s Statistics Authority ELSTAT announced on Thursday. According to the report, the Consumer Price Indexi in December 2022 compared with December 2021, increased by 7.2%. In December 2021, the annual rate of change of the CPI was 5.1%. The CPI in …

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Deposits placed by the private sector decreased by 591 million euros in November 2022, compared with a decrease of 550 million in the previous month and the annual growth rate decreased to 4.5% from 5.9% in the previous month, the Bank of Greece said on Thursday. The central bank, in …

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Passenger traffic in Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” fell 60.4 percent in August, compared with the same period last year, totaling 1.2 million passengers, due to the impact of the coronavirus on travelling, the airport reportedly said in a report on Thursday. According to statistics released by Athens International Airport …

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It was not the gale winds raging overnight that brought down the controversial statue of Phylax in Palaio Faliro, south suburb of Athens. It was a group of fanatics wearing hoods who arrived in the middle of the night to get rid of the statue that has been claimed to …

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A military helicopter UH-1 with five people on board has gone missing in central Greece. the incident has set on alert the Greek Armed Forces, a huge search operation has been launched with the participation of the Army, the Air Force and the fire brigades. According to a statement issued …

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An Apache helicopter went down in Chalkidiki in Northern Greece during the military exercise SARISA – 2016. The helicopter fell into the sea in the gulf of Orfanos, just ten meters from the coast in Asprovalta. According to Greek General Staff, the two pilots were safe and transferred to the …

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The Greek authorities will try everything to get back to the banks what depositors withdrew before the capital controls were imposed on June 29th 2015. The financial ministry and its high-ranking state officials and interim government ministers are determined and will try everything to get the money back to the …

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What? I don’t believe it! Rea-lly? Germany made a 100 billion euro profit on Greek crisis? No, kidding? HA! And yes, so it is! A study conducted by a German Economic Institute has shown that every time investors got bad news about Greece, they rushed to Germany’s ‘safe haven’ with …

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I suppose Prime Minister Antonis Samaras had a noble cause when he arranged that his speech to the parliamentary group of Nea Dimokratia should be live on television. The plan backfired. The PM mainly and fiercely attacked left-wing SYRIZA “for bringing back Grexit fears”and had stock marketers sell off even …

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March central government net revenues declined by 25% yoy* partly as a result of the payment of previous months΄ tax refunds. VAT revenues reportedly declined by 15% yoy. In the period Jan-March, net revenues reportedly declined by 12% yoy. In the 3 month period, the revenue shortfall versus budget is …

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While Syria and Turkey are involved in a war of words over the downed Turkish Phantom F-4 by Syrian military, Greeks show in a video how a radar locked Turkish F-4 looks like. It is almost a daily practice for the Greek artillery that its radars lock Turkish fighter jets as they illegally …

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