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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-11-29
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[01] New Polish EU presidency backs Greek reform efforts
[02] PPI up 8.1 pct in Oct.
[01] New Polish EU presidency backs Greek reform efforts
AMNA / The Polish EU presidency supports the reform efforts of the
new Greek government, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said
on Tuesday, after a meeting with Greek FM Stavros Dimas in Berlin,
adding that Greece is on the right course. amna
Sikorski said he and Dimas held an extensive and very constructive
discussion, adding that the talks focused on the crisis and reform
efforts.
The Polish EU president supports the reform efforts of the new Greek
government, he said, adding that Greece needs those reforms and is on
the right track. www.amna.gr
Caption: Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas (L-R), German Foreign
Minister Guido Westerwelle and the Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw
Sikorski pose prior to the First Forum on Foreign Policy in Berlin,
Germany, 29 November 2011. During the meeting core issues of German and
European foreign policy in a new world order will be discussed. The
occasion for the Berlin Forum on Foreign Policy, which is organised
jointly by the Koerber Foundation and the German Foreign Office. Photo:
JOERG CARSTENSEN AMNA/ EPA/JOERG CARSTENSEN
[02] PPI up 8.1 pct in Oct.
AMNA / Greece’s Producer’s Price Index (a composite index measuring
both the domestic and external markets) grew 8.1 pct in October 2011
compared with the same month in 2010, after an increase of 5.0%
recorded in October 2010, Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)
said on Tuesday. www.amna.gr
The statistics service, in a report, said the producer’s price index
was stable in October from September, after an increase of 0.1 pct
recorded in the corresponding period last year. The average index in the
12-month period from November 2010 to October 2011 was up 7.8 pct, after
an increase of 6.0 pct recorded in the previous 12-month period. AMNA
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