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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-10-08
CONTENTS
[01] Opinion poll gives SYRIZA 3.7 pct lead over New Democracy
[02] Greek exports down 5.9 pct in August
[01] Opinion poll gives SYRIZA 3.7 pct lead over New Democracy
ANA-MPA -- Main opposition SYRIZA was given a 3.7 point lead over ruling
coalition leader New Democracy in an e-Voice opinion poll published by
the Sunday newspaper "Typos tis Kyriakis".
Specifically, in answer to the question "Which party would you vote for
if elections were held on Sunday?", SYRIZA took the lead with 21.2 pct
and ND came second with 17.5 pct. Support for the remaining parties was
as follows: Golden Dawn - 5.3 pct, Potami - 4.6 pct, Communist Party
of Greece (KKE) - 4.4 pct, PASOK - 3.9 pct. A further 8.3 pct supported
'other parties'.
The poll showed that all parties had very low voter support, however,
with another 16.7 pct of respondents saying they were undecided and 12.2
pct replying that they would not vote at all.
In reply to whether the country should hold early elections, voters
appeared to almost evenly divided, with 46.2 pct replying 'no' and 45
pct replying 'yes'.
Asked which inspired the most confidence as prime minister, current
premier Antonis Samaras took the lead with 35.7 pct, with SYRIZA leader
Alexis Tsipras receiving 31.9 pct.
[02] Greek exports down 5.9 pct in August
ANA/MPA---Greek exports and imports fell in August, Hellenic Statistical
Authority said on Wednesday. In a report on the country's merchandise
trade, the statistics service said that the value of import-arrivals in
the country totaled 3.283 billion euros in August, from 3.927 billion in
August 2013, for a decline of 16.4 pct (excluding oil products the value
of imports fell by 13 pct). The value of export-deliveries totaled 2.053
billion euros, from 2.181 billion euros in August 2013, for a decline
of 5.9 pct (excluding oil products the value of exports fell 6.1 pct).
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