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As arrivals rise, Cyprus intercepts boat with 101 on board
Cyprus intercepted a vessel carrying 101 Syrians off its coast on Tuesday, police said, one of the largest arrivals of refugees from the neighboring country in recent months.
The Syrians were loaded at sea onto a coastguard vessel and from there led to a harbour in the south-east of the island.
Erdogan says talks between Turkish, Russian, Libyan delegations going well
Talks between Libya's warring parties in Moscow, supported by Turkish and Russian officials, are going positively, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, adding that Ankara was working to ensure the truce became permanent.
Greek EU-harmonized inflation picks up to 1.1 percent in December
Greece's annual EU-harmonised inflation rate accelerated in December, statistics service ELSTAT data showed on Monday.
The reading was 1.1 percent from 0.5 percent in November. The data also showed that headline consumer price inflation picked up to 0.8 percent from 0.2 percent in the previous month.
Industrial output falls 8.1 pct year-on-year in November
Greek industrial output fell 8.1 percent in November compared to the same month last year, after an upwardly revised 0.1 percent rise in October, data from statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.
Looking at index components, manufacturing production dropped 4.9 percent from the same month in 2018, while electricity production dropped 20.1 percent.
October unemployment drops to 16.6 pct, lowest since April 2011
Greece's jobless rate eased to 16.6 percent in October from a downwardly revised 16.8 percent in the previous month, data from the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.
It was the lowest jobless rate since April 2011.
Seasonally adjusted data showed the number of unemployed at 780,913 people, with those aged up to 24 bearing the brunt of being out of work.
Juneyao Airlines coming to Greece
China's Juneyao Airlines plans to set up branches in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Malaysia and Greece, the company said in a filing on Wednesday, as it ventures to Europe and Southeast Asia in a global expansion drive.
Due to foreign ownership rules, Juneyao will need to find local partners in each of the countries.
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TurkStream gas pipeline launched
The presidents of Turkey and Russia on Wednesday formally launched the TurkStream pipeline which will carry Russian natural gas to southern Europe through Turkey, part of Moscow's efforts to reduce shipments via Ukraine.
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UK PM Johnson welcomes Cyprus court ruling to release British teen
Prime Minister Boris Johnson welcomed the decision by a court in Cyprus to hand a suspended sentence to a British teenager accused of faking a gang rape allegation, allowing the 19-year-old to return home, his spokesman said.
The spokesman also said Britain would work with Cyprus and other countries to ensure that such a case could not happen again. [Reuters]
Greek bank deposits drop slightly in November
Greek private sector bank deposits fell slightly in November after a rise in the previous month, central bank data showed on Friday.
Businesses and household deposits dropped to 139.57 billion euros ($155.34 billion) from 139.69 billion in October, Bank of Greece data showed.
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Israel's Netanyahu to cut short trip to Greece after Soleimani strike
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to cut short his trip to Greece following the assassination of Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran's Quds Force, said an official in Netanyahu's office.