Feature: Greeks to pay more for Easter meal this year


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  • Thursday, 21 Apr 2022

ATHENS, April 20 (Xinhua) -- The traditional Easter meal in Greece this year will cost consumers on average 35 percent more than that of 2021, a survey released recently by the country's consumers' federation shows.

The impact of the energy crisis and the Ukraine-Russia crisis on the prices of basic goods is being felt by the average household, as Greeks go shopping for the Greek Orthodox Easter which falls on this Sunday, experts and professionals told Xinhua in recent interviews.

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