Brussels, 03/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - Figures published by Eurostat on Wednesday 3 September show that GDP in the euro area fell by 0.2% in the second quarter of 2008, compared with the previous quarter, and by 0.1% in the EU27 for the same period. In the first quarter of the year, the growth rate was 0.7% in the euro area and 0.6% in the EU27. Compared with the second quarter of 2007, seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 1.4% in the euro area and by 1.6% in the EU27, after 2.1% and 2.3%...