Europe energy crisis
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Euro shows lowest-ever share in intl. settlements: SWIFT
TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – The Euro has dipped in an unprecedented display of its decline in global payments through SWIFT, highlighting a shift in preference towards the greenback and the Chinese yuan.
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UK military personnel seek food bank help amid high inflation
TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) – Some members of the British military are increasingly relying on food banks to make ends meet amid high inflation and a cost-of-living crisis, local UK media reported on Monday.
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One in seven people In UK feel their debt is 'out of control'
TEHRAN, May 29 (MNA) – 15% of people in the UK feel their debt situation is "out of control" or that they have no way of paying it off amid the cost of living crisis, according to a new survey.
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Eurozone inflation up to 7 pct in April: Eurostat
TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA) – Eurozone annual inflation was 7 percent in April, up from 6.9 percent in March, according to a flash estimate published on Tuesday by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), according to media reports.
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Brits warned of empty shelves in grocery stores
TEHRAN, Mar. 31 (MNA) – UK consumers may have to get used to empty shelves in supermarkets due to unprecedented shortages of fresh vegetables amid record food price inflation and skyrocketing energy costs. media have reported.
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Ukraine war expected to cost Germany €160 b by yearend
TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) – The Ukraine war will have cost the German economy around 160 billion euros ($171 billion), or some 4% of its gross domestic output, according to a German economic official.
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France registers higher inflation
TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (MNA) – Consumer prices in January in the Eurozone’s second-largest economy jumped 6% from a year ago, official data shows
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Headlines of Iran’s Persian dailies on Jan. 26
TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – Mehr news agency takes a look at the headlines of Iran’s Persian-language dailies on Thursday, January 26.
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Brits rush to buy energy-saving appliances: report
TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – UK shoppers have been snapping up energy-efficient appliances in an effort to lower energy bills amid the worsening cost-of-living crisis in the country, media cited the local British media as saying.
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Iran 7th biggest steel producer in world
TEHRAN, Dec. 28 (MNA) – An Iranian steel manufacturer said that the decrease in other countries' production has come along with an increase in the number of offers to Iran, adding Western countries have become a market for Iranian steel products.
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Greeks hold protest against soaring cost of living
TEHRAN, Dec. 18 (MNA) – Workers, civil servants and students staged protests Saturday in Athens to draw attention to the soaring cost of living.
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Belgians protest against rising fuel prices (+VIDEO)
TEHRAN, Dec. 17 (MNA) – Almost 17,000 people turned up for a demonstration in Brussels against the rising fuel prices and also for better pay.
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Top Jordan police officer shot dead in fuel price protests
TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) – Gunfire killed a senior Jordanian officer and wounded two other police in the country's south, where protesters have taken to the streets for days against rising fuel prices, authorities said on Friday.
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Railway workers in Austria are set to hold strike Mon.
TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (MNA) – Railway workers in Austria are set to hold a one-day strike on Monday after a failed round of talks in pay negotiations, media reported on Sunday.
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Ministers warn of potential energy disaster for EU in 2023
TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – The EU is currently paying more for gas than any other region in the world. The European Commission had proposed to cap natural gas prices at €275 per megawatt hour.