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Members of the Communist Party-affiliated PAME union attempt...
Members of the Communist Party-affiliated PAME union attempt to climb over a gate at the Transport Ministry in Athens after being refused a meeting with Minister Costis Hatzidakis... |
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The times they are a-changin’
Repeated comments by low-ranking US officials expressing their displeasure at Greece's signing of the South Stream pipeline project with Russia are beginning to verge on the ridiculous.
Matthew Bryza, US deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, this week suggested that Greece should ignore its strategic interests and - instead of the South Stream option - plump for the pipeline that will wind its way across Turkey, even though fears have been expressed that it will not have sufficient natural gas to convey.
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Shouting from the sidelines
The European Commission, Germany, France and Britain and other European Union members have revised their 2008 inflation forecasts upward and are now projecting lower growth.
Last spring, the EU saw 2008 growth for the eurozone at 2.6 percent. In autumn, the forecast was trimmed to 2.1 percent, while the latest projection, presented by Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, put it at 1.7 percent for 2008 and down to 1.5 percent for next year.
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