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"We came up with a set of questions related to liberal values and tried to figure out whether Turkey is indeed, as some outsiders might perceive, a country devoid of liberalism, or whether liberal and democratic values have in fact taken root in Turkish society," writes Dr.

More than 49,000 books were published in Turkey in 2015, according to International Standard Book Number (ISBN) statistics, the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜ?K) announced on April 19. 

By Roula Salourou

The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announced on Thursday that the country?s unemployment rate in March was marginally lower than a year earlier, but also at the same level as in February 2015, according to the seasonally adjusted figures.

Greek 10-year yields rose 51 basis points on Tuesday to 11.18 percent, having hit a two-month low of 9.84 percent on Monday, while two-year yields were up 160 bps at 21.13 percent.

[Reuters]

By Alexandra Kassimi

Athens International Airport continues to break records one after another, as passenger traffic through the country?s biggest terminal posted a 24.5 percent increase in the month of March to climb to 1.1 million for the first time since 2010.

The number of visitors at Greek museums was up by 15.8 percent in November 2014, while the cultural institutions saw a 25.4 percent increase in their receipts compared to the same month last year, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) revealed on Monday.

By Roula Salourou

The slight but steady decline in the unemployment rate continued in October 2014, when it dropped to 25.8 percent from 26 percent in the previous month and from 27.8 percent a year earlier, the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announced on Thursday.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta says his governments brought the rate of utilization of European funds from 7 percent in May 2012 to 52 percent; the target for 2015 is 75-80 percent of the available structural and cohesion funds, he declared on Thursday.

Photo credit: (c) Cristian NISTOR / AGERPRES PHOTO

More than 50 percent of Romanians think 2,000 lei (nearly 450 euros) is the minimum necessary income for a single person to have a decent living, an opinion poll conducted by the IRES research institute shows.

According to the results of this study communicated to AGERPRES on Saturday, only one in 100 Romanians says they have enough money for all they want.

Greek bonds on Friday extended their first weekly advance since early September.

Greece’s 10-year yield fell eight basis points to 7.33 percent, down 74 basis points this week.

The rate touched 9.10 percent on October 17, the highest since January 17.

Five-year note rates declined 50 basis points on Friday to 6.23 percent.

[Bloomberg]