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Greek industrial output falls 1.2 percent y/y in January
Greek industrial output fell 1.2 percent in January compared to the same month last year, after a downwardly revised 4.2 percent decline in December, data from statistics service ELSTAT showed on Tuesday.
Looking at index components, manufacturing production rose 3.9 percent from the same month in 2019, with water output down 0.4 percent.
Turkey says 2016 migrant deal with EU needs to be updated
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday that a 2016 agreement between Turkey and the European Union needs to be updated, taking into account developments in Syria, and that Ankara was ready to work constructively on the issue.
Italian and Greek bond yields soar
Italian bond yields soared on Monday while safe-haven German debt yields hit new record lows and eurozone inflation expectations tumbled to unprecedented levels as a crash in oil prices amplified recession fears spurred by coronavirus.
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EU executive tells Turkey to take migrants back from Greek border
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said ahead of talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Turkey must move refugees and migrants away from the Greek border.
"Finding a solution to this situation will require relieving the pressure that is put on the border," von der Leyen told a news conference on Monday.
Erdogan tells Merkel Turkey-EU migration regulations not working, need revision
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday that migration regulations between Turkey and the European Union were not working and needed to be revised, the Turkish presidency said.
EU rejects Turkey's use of migrants for 'political purposes,' foreign ministers say
Turkey's decision to open its border with Greece to migrants, ignoring its 2016 migration deal with the European Union, is not acceptable and any such political pressure will be rejected, EU foreign ministers said on Friday.
EU considering more money for migrants in Turkey but won't be threatened, EU's Borrell says
European Union governments will consider on Friday whether to provide more money for migrants in Turkey, but will not accept that refugees are used as a bargaining tool, the EU's top diplomat said.
"We are going to discuss it," Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, told reporters in the Croatian capital before chairing a meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Japan Olympics chief: torch handover in Olympia to be held without children
The Olympic torch handover ceremony in Greece on March 19 will be held without children due to the novel coronavirus, as will the arrival ceremony in Japan on March 20, Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee president Yoshiro Mori said on Friday.
December unemployment drops to 16.3 pct, lowest since March 2011
Greece's jobless rate eased to 16.3 percent in December from 16.5 percent in the previous month, data from the country's statistics service ELSTAT showed on Thursday.
It was the lowest jobless rate since March 2011.
Seasonally adjusted data showed the number of unemployed at 758,886 people, with those aged up to 24 bearing the brunt of being out of work.
EU foreign policy chief tells Turkey border developments unacceptable
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said he told Turkey on Wednesday that the situation at the border with Greece was unacceptable and Turkey should not encourage further movement of migrants towards the border with EU states.
Speaking after talks with President Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, he described their meeting as long and profitable.