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Poverty threatens 20% of Greek people

16:52 | broj komentara 0 | EMportal, ANA

In numbers it is translated to 832.975 households or 2.186.869 people whose income is not over the poverty line, specifically their annual income is not over 6.480 per person and 13.608 for households comprised of two adults and two dependant children.

Greece: Fuel station owners strike on March 18

16:53 | broj komentara 0 | ANA

The board of the Gasoline Station Owners Federation decided on Monday night to call for a 24-hour closure of gasoline stations next Thursday, March 18.

Papandreou says talks with Obama successful

16:55 17:01 | broj komentara 0 | ANA

The Greek prime minister stressed that he briefed the US president on his and other European leaders's initiative such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarcozy and eurozone president Jean Claude Juncker that aims at confronting profiteers and restoring

Greece in US Visa Waiver Program

16:56 | broj komentara 0 | ANA

U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano on Tuesday announced the designation of Greece as a member of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP)-strengthening passenger information sharing and ensuring strict security standards while streamlining travel for Greek

Central bank says Bulgarian units of Greek banks not exporting liquidity

10:03 | broj komentara 0 | Dnevnik

Bulgarian subsidiaries of Greek banks are definitely not transferring liquidity to their parents, Dimiter Kostov, deputy governor of the Bulgarian central bank, told reporter on Tuesday on the sidelines of a capital market forum.

Croatia: A fifth of households cannot pay back loans and have enough to live on

10:05 | broj komentara 0 | Croatian Times

Eighteen percent of indebted households in Croatia cannot pay back their loans and still have the minimum needed for survival, according to the the Croatian National Bank (HNB).

New strikes and demonstrations announced in Greece

10:08 | broj komentara 0 | EMportal

Reacting to the measures announced by the Greek government, employees are staging new strikes and demonstrations.

Fuel prices go up in Greece

10:10 | broj komentara 0 | ANA

Government crews are carrying out inspections to avert illicit profiteering following repeated and unjustifiable rises in fuel prices in the last days.

FYROM: Reduced excise, customs taxes to increase vehicle import

10:12 | broj komentara 0 | MIA

Lowering of excise and customs taxes will contribute to the increase of import of new and used vehicles in FYRMacedonia, said Customs Administration (CA) director Vanco Kargov.

Turkish businessmen plan to double their investments in Romania

10:13 | broj komentara 0 | Hotnews.ro

Turkish businessmen plan to double their investments in Romania in the next two years to 8 billion euro, President of the Turkish Business Association Omer Susli declared.

Dacia Duster launches in Romania on March 18

10:56 | broj komentara 0 | Hotnews.ro

Dacia will officially launch its SUV Duster on march 18 in the presence of French driver Alain Prost, who drove the competition Duster model at the Andros trophy.

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