Tag Archives: 2017

Greece is enjoying what’s being billed as the best tourism season ever, nevertheless the cruise ship sector is apparently not keeping up and, in fact, is purportedly showing a noteworthy decrease from 2016. According to initial reports, cruise ship arrivals are down by 24 percent from the same period last …

Read More »

In the upcoming period, the Greek economy ministry will launch ten EU funding programs totalling 600 million euros for the support of new business ventures or the upgrade of existing enterprises. The funding – within the “Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation” (EPAnEK) Operational Program – are mainly aimed at small and medium-sized (SMEs) …

Read More »

The Greek Police will in the coming weeks be conducting a training exercise in the center of Athens to test the emergency response to terrorists. The drill, dubbed “Tyfonas II” (Greek for typhoon), will take place either in Syntagma Square, in front of the Greek Parliament building, or in nearby …

Read More »

The European Union recorded the largest increase in slavery of any world region in 2017, with the arrival of more than 100,000 migrants, many of them extremely vulnerable to exploitation, analysts said on Thursday. Greece, Italy, Cyprus. Romania and Bulgaria are the countries with the most slave labour within the …

Read More »

Three out of ten taxpayers did not pay the first installment of income tax due on July 31st. Now, they are at risk to face confiscations if they do settle their arrears as soon as possible. According to available data from the Treasury, 28% of taxpayers, a total of 671,000 …

Read More »

Are you currently a volunteer working with refugees in Greece or Portugal? Do you want to know how to prevent burn-out, develop professional skills and  process with work efficiency? For the second year volunteers and front line workers working with refugees have the opportunity to receive pro-bono support from professional …

Read More »

Thereza May called early elections asking a clear mandate for a hard Brexit. She was certain she was doing the right thing, public opinion polls were giving her the certainty. Then she messed up big. Elections results show that the gamble could not backfire more spectacular. Tories lose majority in …

Read More »

How can Greece be competitive when the taxation system changes once a year, liquidity is a rarity, capital controls tie the hands of entrepreneurs and investors and the tedious negotiations with international creditors undermines the atmosphere in the Greek economy? The answer is simple: it can’t. In the Swiss-based International …

Read More »

Majority of the European citizens believe that membership to the European Union is a good thing. The average of EU citizens believing so is 57 percent. However, the percentages vary significantly from country to country. Data revealed by the latest Eurobarometer survey shows that the attitude of the inhabitants of …

Read More »

A contemporary festival, reclaiming public and private spaces in Athens and Piraeus, taking place within a fortnight. The 4th Fast Forward Festival explores the notion of home, of forced displacement and global strategies of precarization through socially engaged artistic practices. Can art imagine an alternative to our dominant models for …

Read More »

An increase of arrears to the state continues unabated despite accelerated rates of confiscations and seizures of debtors’ bank accounts, incomes and other assets in 2016 by the independent authority for public revenues. Another 890 million euros were added to the total in November 2016, with the latter now reaching …

Read More »

Men, women and children defied the winter temperatures and took a dive into the cold sea of Pagasitikos Gulf in central Greece. The event took place on Sunday, 1st January. The swimmers were lucky that the sun was shining after days of snow weather and frost. In the company of …

Read More »

The European Commission sees Greece’s economy returning to recession in 2015 and the following year, with growth only materialising in 2017, and urged the Greek government to comply fully with the terms of the third lending agreement in order to restore economic confidence. According to finance news MNI.com, in its …

Read More »