:News Archive
31. August 2009.
Turkey: Poverty lines up in August
10:29 
10:30 |
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| ANSAmed
The monthly salary necessary in Turkey to adequately feed a family of four, referred to as the hunger line, has increased by 0.4% to TL 741 (about 350 euro) in August from TL 738 in the preceding month.
European economic confidence improves
06:50 |
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| EMportal
European business and consumer confidence firmed in August for a fifth month running, an EU survey showed Friday, adding to a recent string of encouraging news for Europe's struggling economies.
Bulgaria gets EUR 517 M for boosting BNB international currency reserve
07:19 |
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| EMportal
Bulgaria has received from the International Monetary Fund Special Drawing Rights (SDR) worth EUR 517 million to be used for increasing the international currency reserve of the Bulgarian National Bank.
Papandreou addresses FSP's 'Summer University'
09:43 09:44 |
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| ANA
The French socialists' "Summer University" is a forum for discussion that has been functioning for about 15 years, the annual conclusions from its work are taken into consideration during the processing of the French socialists' policy positions, while this year's "University"
Hungary's Gov't preparing for joint sessions with Romania, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia
07:06 |
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| MTI
Hungary's next joint government session with Romania is scheduled for October 10, in Romania, while a session with the Austrian government will be held five days later, in Eisenstadt, Austria
Turkish private airline company to fly to new destinations
10:33 |
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| Anadolu
A Turkish private airline company will start flights to the Greek capital and a Swiss city in October 2009.
31 Turkish contractors in top 225 international contractors list
15:59 |
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| Anadolu
Those 31 Turkish companies in the list are; "Enka, Gama, Ant Yapi, Tekfen, Ronesans, TAV, Nurol, Yuksel, STFA, Baytur, Kayi, Yapi Merkezi, Guris, Yenigun, Polimeks, Kontek, Onur, GAP, Hazinedaroglu, Summa, Makyol, Beta Tek, Rasen, Cengiz, Cukurova, Dogus, Alarko, Eser, Atlas
Four injured in explosion in Albania
07:04 |
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| EMportal
The injured included three Albanians and one Turk, all employed at the factory owned by Kurum, a Turkish steel company, in the central Albanian town of Elbasan, police said.
Greece: New serious AH1N1 case
09:29 09:30 |
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| ANA
The Health Ministry announced the 8th serious H1N1 case. A 58yo woman was transferred to hospital with grave respiratory problems.
NBG: 708mln euros net profit in H1
10:24 |
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| ANA
National Bank Group on Friday said its net profits totaled 708 million euros in the first half of the year, up 13 pct from the same period in 2008, while net profits in the second quarter totaled 391 million euros, up 23 pct.
Greece: Kri-Kri reports improved H1 results
10:21 |
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| ANA
Kri-Kri on Friday reported a 3.3-pct increase in parent sales to 23.697 million euros in the first half of 2009, up from 22.950 million euros last year, and said that operating earnings (EBITDA) grew 8.0 pcto to 5.976 million euros.
Greece: India the honored country at this year's TIF
09:26 |
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| ANA
People visiting the Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF) next month will be greeted with a giant sculpture of an elephant approximately the size of a three-storey building and tusks 4.5 metres long.
Agriculture Minister Dimovski visits Slovenia
09:42 |
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| ΜΙΑ
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Lupco Dimivski is paying a two-day visit to Slovenia on AuguΣt 28-29 to attend the International Agricultural – Food Fair (AGRA 2009) in Gornja Radgona.
Romania: Moderate fall and stability in economic activity, Aug-Oct 2009
07:02 |
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| Agerpres
The managers of the trade companies have forecasted, for the period Aug-Oct 2009, a moderate fall in the activity in the processing industry, a fall in the sector of building and a relative stability in retail and services vs the three previous months.
Local elections held in Germany
07:11 |
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| EMportal
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) led by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier both suffered decline in local states elections on Sunday, according to the exit polls.
New USAID Mission Director to BiH appointed
09:40 |
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| Fena
Allan Reed is the newly appointed U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Mission Director for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bulgaria: General business climate index drops 1.3 points
07:18 |
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| BRN
An unstable economic environment as well as insufficient demand from Bulgaria and abroad are mostly the factors hampering the industrial sector; in August the negative reflection of the first two factors was stronger.
Croatia: Government debt stands at 31.5% of GDP
07:20 07:21 |
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| RadioNET
In late March, Croatia's general government debt totalled HRK 105.2 billion, rising by HRK 2 billion from March, the Croatian Finance Ministry reported.
Number of A H1N1 cases in Croatia rises to 98
09:34 |
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| Croatian Times
The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Croatia has risen to 98, but, despite that, there is no indication yet of an imminent pandemic in the country.
Albania registers nine new swine flu cases
09:31 |
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| SEtimes.com
The Public Health Institute has registered nine new cases of the swine flu virus in Albania, including two children and a patient in serious condition.
Istanbul Fashion Days kick off
09:48 |
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| ANSAmed
Istanbul Fashion Days (or IDF), which will last three days, opened its doors for hundreds of fashion enthusiasts yesterday at the Taskisla campus of Istanbul Technical University in Istanbul, daily Hurriyet reports.