Subject: Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-04-19 From: "HR-Net News Distribution Manager" CONTENTS [01] Four killed, one injured in army helicopter crash [02] Greek inflation rate at 1.7 pct in March, Eurostat [03] ANA and Xinhua strengthen cooperation to meet technological developments [04] Higher departing passenger charges for 14 regional airports operated by Fraport Greece [05] No migrants arrive at northern Aegean islands in 24h --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [01] Four killed, one injured in army helicopter crash Four army officers have been killed and one injured in the crash of a UH-1H military helicopter, in northern Greece. The UH-1H military helicopter, which had earlier disappeared from the radar, was located in the region of Sarantaporos, Elassona. The helicopter with 5 passengers aboard went missing at 07.50 am on Wednesday while carrying out the flight Larissa-Kozani. [02] Greek inflation rate at 1.7 pct in March, Eurostat BRUSSELS (ANA-Ch.Vasilaki) - Greek annual inflation rate was 1.7 pct in March from 1.4 pct in February, Eurostat said on Wednesday. The EU executive's statistics office said that the annual inflation rate in the Eurozone was 1.5 pct in March, from 2.0 pct in February and 0.0 pct in March 2016. In the EU28, the annual inflation rate was 1.6 pct in March from 2.0 pct in February and 0.0 pct a year earlier. [03] ANA and Xinhua strengthen cooperation to meet technological developments The Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) and Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of the People's Republic of China, will strengthen their cooperation in order to meet the new global technological developments, challenges and opportunities. The agreement provides for the strengthening of cooperation between the two agencies, focusing on the areas of social media, media applications, live broadcast and the promotion of news on the Internet. Under the agreement, Xinhua will promote ANA's applications in China and ANA will do the same for the Chinese news agency in Greece. Moreover, the two agencies will enhance the cooperation between their commercial departments. The agreement will be valid for one year and provides for an automatic renewal. [04] Higher departing passenger charges for 14 regional airports operated by Fraport Greece In accordance with the provisions of the ratification law of the Greek state concession contract on departing passenger charges and with immediate effect as of April 11, 2017, departing passengers from the airports of Aktion, Zakynthos, Thessaloniki, Kavala, Kerkyra (Corfu), Kefalonia, Kos, Mykonos, Rhodes, Samos, Santorini, Skiathos & Chania are subject to charges per passenger as follows: For PSO routes passenger charge 12€ plus 1,5€ security charge plus VAT 24% on total (final charge 16,74€), and For remaining routes passenger charge 12€ plus 1,5€ security charge plus VAT 24% on security charge alone (final charge 13,86€) Astra Airlines will subsidize the additional charge amount on all tickets issued so far with prior departing passengers charge rates, regardless of the passengers departure date. [05] No migrants arrive at northern Aegean islands in 24h No migrants and refugees arrived at the islands of the northern Aegean over the last 24h. According to the police, a total of 8,653 people are registered in camps and other structures of the island. 3,167 are on Lesvos, 3,708 are on Chios and 1,778 on Samos.