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Athens News Agency: News in English, 11-04-01Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Police find proclamation from FAI in prison parcel bomb(ANA-MPA) -- Police on Friday announced that a proclamation was included in the letter bomb sent to Korydallos prison in greater Athens and neutralised by bomb disposal experts on Thursday.They announced that the manila envelope containing the bomb also contained a small roll of paper wrapped in insulating tape, which proved to be a proclamation claiming responsibility for the attack signed by the Italian organisation "Informal Anarchist Federation - International Network". The proclamation was written in Italian and stated that the letter bomb was sent as a "show solidarity" with the jailed members of the Greek terror group "Conspiracy of Cells of Fire" and imprisoned 'comrades' in Chile, Switzerland and Germany. More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form  [02] Chambers voice opposition to ceiling in cash transactions(ANA-MPA) -- To view the article please call the ANA-MPA's subscription department 2106400560.More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form  [03] Greek PMI recovers in March(ÁÍÁ-ÌPA) - Greece's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) recovered in March to 45.4 points from 42.8 points in February and January 2011, to its highest level since January 2010. To view the entire article call the ANA-MPA's subscription department at 2106400560.More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form  [04] Strong quake felt throughout southern Aegean(ANA-MPA) -- A youth views the damage from an earthquake that struck in the southern Aegean on Friday, April 1, 2011. The earthquake measured 6.2 on the Richter Scale and was recorded just after 4:30 p.m. (14:30 GMT) northeast of the large island of Crete, with the epicentre located in a sea region between Crete and the island of Karpathos. The quake was felt throughout Crete and many of the other islands, reports state. ANA-MPA / S. RAPANISMore details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form  [05] General gov't deficit figures(ANA-MPA) -- The general government deficit totaled 3.061 billion euros in January, the finance ministry said on Friday. In a report, the ministry said the central governmentâs deficit totaled 3,286 billion euros, while legal entities reported a surplus of 174 million euros, municipal authorities a surplus of 77 million euros and pension funds a deficit of 26 million euros in the first month of 2011. (ANA-MPA)More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form  [06] Life expectancy figures unveiledBRUSSELS (ANA-MPA/M. Aroni) - The life expectancy of Greeks, according to demographic data for 2009 publicised by Eurostat on Friday, is slightly above the European average.According to the same data, the Greek women's fertility rate, despite increasing over the past six years (1.52 children on average) remains below the corresponding European rate (1.60 children). As regards life expectancy in Greece, women live on average 82.7 years, while men 77.8 years, according to Eurostat's data. The corresponding figures for the EU of the 27 is 82.4 years for women and 77.8 years for men. Lastly, according to Eurostat's data, in 2010 foreigners in Greece represented 8.4 percent of the country's total population (about 954,800). Seven percent of foreigners come from EU member-states and 1.4 percent from third countries. (ANA-MPA) More details on the subscriber's page of ANA-MPA | Subscription request form Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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