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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-07-14

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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  • [01] Joblessness eases to 7.7% in Apr
  • [02] Ôrain crash near Lamia, 5 injured

    • [01] Joblessness eases to 7.7% in Apr

    Greek unemployment fell to 7.7 percent in April, from 8.4 pct in April 2007 and 9.0 pct in March 2008, the National Statistics Service said on Monday.

    The statistics service said the number employed people totaled 4,572,840 in April, while the number of unemployed people totaled 380,775 and the number of financially non-active population totaled 4,273,989.

    The number unemployed people is steadily falling since 2004, the statistics service said. The unemployment rate among men was 4.8 pct in April and 11.8 pct among women. Unemployment in the age group between 15-24 years old was 20.4 pct in April and 11.4 pct in the age group 25-34.

    The Ionian islands recorded the highest unemployment rate amongst Greek regions in April (17.1 pct), while northern Aegean (3.4 pct) the lowest unemployment rate.

    Caption: A worker at a shoe manufacturer in Athens, Monday 14 July, 2008. ANA-MPA / M. KIAOU.

    [02] Ôrain crash near Lamia, 5 injured

    A Hellenic Railways (OSE) engineer was seriously injured and at least four passengers were slightly in a collision in the early morning hours on Monday between a train headed from Thessaloniki to Athens and an empty train car on the same track that had become disengaged from a preceding commercial train. The collision occurred outside the Bralos station in mountainous central Greece, near the city of Lamia.

    According to eyewitnesses, four passengers were injured in the crash that occurred at 4 a.m., while it took 90 minutes for emergency crews to free the driver from the locomotive.

    Hundreds of passengers on board the train were placed on OSE buses for the remainder of the trip to Athens.

    According to initial reports, the train engineer is in critical condition. In a related development, the two engineers aboard the preceding cargo train have been detained at the Fthiotida prefecture police headquarters for questioning.

    Caption: ANA-MPA file photo of a train collision in central Athens.

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