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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-10-17
CONTENTS
[01] DIMAR leader Kouvelis to testify on MPs' bribery allegations case
[02] Golden Dawn trial case expected to open early in 2015
[03] Greek inflation second lowest in the EU in Sept
[01] DIMAR leader Kouvelis to testify on MPs' bribery allegations case
Democratic Left (DIMAR) leader Fotis Kouvelis on Friday will testify
to Appeals Prosecutor Panagiotis Panagiotopoulos, who is investigating
into MPs' bribery allegations in order to ensure the election of the
new President of the Republic.
The former leader of Synaspismos party Nikos Konstantopoulos has been
summoned to testify on Monday.
[02] Golden Dawn trial case expected to open early in 2015
ANA/MPA---A Judicial Appeals Council is expected to issue a decision
roughly a month from now on which of the 85 defendants in the
extreme-right Golden Dawn (Chryssi Avgi) party will be tried before a
Criminal Court, it was announced on Thursday.
Golden Dawn deputies, including its leader, are being charged with
participating in a criminal organisation, in an unprecedented trial in
the country's history where a parliamentary group is facing prosecution.
The trial will most likely start in early 2015, while a number of options
are being considered as regards to where the actual trial will take place.
[03] Greek inflation second lowest in the EU in Sept
BRUSSELS (ANA-MPA/V.Demiris) - Greek inflation rate remained in negative
territory (-1.1 pct) in September, recording the second lowest inflation
rate in the European Union after Bulgaria (-1.4 pct), Eurostat said
on Thursday.
In a report, the EU executive's statistics office said that the inflation
rate in the Eurozone eased to 0.3 pct in September from 0.4 pct in August
-the lowest rate since October 2009. In the EU, the inflation rate fell
to 0.4 pct in September from 0.5 pct in August -the lowest rate since
September 2009.
Hungary (-0.5 pct), Spain (-0.3 pct), Poland (-0.2 pct), Italy, Slovenia
and Slovakia (-0.1 pct each) also recorded negative inflation rates,
while Romania (1.8 pct), Finland (1.5 pct) and Austria (1.4 pct) recorded
the highest inflation rates.
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