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Athens News Agency: News in English, 10-08-11
CONTENTS
[01] Antiquities smugglers; burglars arrested
[02] State budget deficit down
[01] Antiquities smugglers; burglars arrested
ANA-MPA/Two men, aged 26 and 41, were arrested while trying to sell two
stolen icons to a third individual, who managed to flee, police said on
Tuesday.
The icons, dating back to the late 18th century, were stolen from a
Byzantine church in the region of Kouvaras, Aetoloakarnania Prefecture,
in central Greece.
In a separate incident, two Georgian nationals, 33 and 41, were
arrested in the district of Nea Smyrni, Athens accused of committing a
total of 33 break-ins. A large number of stolen goods were found in
their apartment.
[02] State budget deficit down
ANA-MPA/According to the preliminary data available for the state
budget implementation for the first seven months of 2010 (January -
July), on a fiscal basis the deficit amounted to 12,097 million euro,
versus 20,050 million euro during the same period of 2009 and
consequently declined by 39.7%, against a targeted 39.5% annual decline
foreseen in the economic policy programme, the state's General
Accounting Office announced on Tuesday.
The fiscal result of the seven months of 2010 is due to both a
restriction of expenditures and increased revenues, and has been
accomplished before the full attribution of the additional measures
instituted on March and May, 2010, according to the office.
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