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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8027

15 August 2001
(eu) eu/enlargement
In 2000, GDP of candidate countries up by 5%

Brussels, 14/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - According to a report published by Eurostat on 13 August, after having stagnated in 1999, the countries candidates for European Union membership experienced strong growth in 2000, by an average of 5% at constant prices (compared to 3.3% in the EU). Here are the details: - Turkey: 7.2%: - Latvia: 6.6%; - Estonia 6.4%; - Bulgaria: 5.2%; Hungary: 5.2%; - Cyprus: 4.8%; - Slovenia: 4.6%; - Poland: 4%; - Lithuania 3.3%; - Czech Republic: 3.1%; - Slovakia:...