July 13, 2022
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Flight delays in Greek airports are far fewer in comparison with the chaotic conditions prevailing in other European airports, Infrastructure and Transport ministry sources said on Wednesday. Problems prevailing in large European airports accounted for at least 80% for any small flight delays occurring in some Greek airports, the sources …
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October 1, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Greece’s Civil Aviation Authority announced a new extension of the air directive (notam) with measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 for international flight passengers. The notam contains the conditions of entry into the Greek territory for flight passengers coming from abroad. The air-directive is extended until Friday, October 8, …
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April 5, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Delivery of Covid-19 self-tests to 11,000 pharmacies across Greece are scheduled to start tomorrow, Tuesday,and the plan is have them fully stocked at pharmacies by next Friday, April 9. The self-tests are distributed free of charge to the public. Priority will be given to school pupils aged 16-18 years old …
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January 15, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece announced on Friday to open retail stores and malls, services and churches on Monday January 18, 2021. At the same time it maintains lockdown restrictions such as night curfew, travel ban between regions, the mandatory use of masks and movement with per SMS. Citizens are free to do their …
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May 7, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
Tourism may be the “heavy instruct” of the country and severely hit by the pandemic, however, half of Greeks are wary about the possibility that Greece opens its borders to all foreign tourists without some criteria and certain conditions. According to a public opinion survey conducted by the Marlab Marketing …
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October 6, 2018
Social
Nine in ten employees in the private sector in Greece faced worsening labor conditions in the years of the debt crisis, according to a survey carried out for the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE) on the occasion of the 100th-year anniversary of its founding. The 90 percent of respondents …
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September 13, 2018
Refugees
More than 17,000 refugees and migrants are crammed into reception centers, camps, on the Greek islands in conditions civil society organizations describe as “shameful.” In a joint statement 19 NGOs urge Greek authorities to take action beyond focusing on one camp. Especially, the living conditions in Moria camp on the …
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June 22, 2018
Economy
The atmosphere on Friday morning is good. Greece’s creditors cheer, international and even German media hail the Eurogroup deal as “‘end of the Greek crisis”, “Greece exits the bailout” and “the Greek debt is sustainable.” But the Eurogroup of the 19 finance ministers did not give Greece a debt relief. …
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June 13, 2018
Politics, Refugees
Fewer refugees arriving in Greece from Turkey through the Evros river, but problems remain, says the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in a report. The international agency urges efforts to ensure access to asylum and timely registration in Greece’s north-eastern Evros region. As dawn breaks over Greece’s north-eastern Evros region, …
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February 23, 2018
Social
The living and working conditions of the millions of people living in the Attica prefecture and Athens have been surveyed by Marc on behalf of the Attica Regional Authorities in cooperation with the Labor Center of Athens. The results draw – as no otherwise expected – a grim picture of …
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September 19, 2017
Refugees
One hundred twenty people, many women, young children and babies. Refugees and migrants. One hundred twenty souls live in a place with capacity for forty people. They spend their days and nights in the detention center of the Police Headquarters of the island of Rhodes, next to the prison. An …
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August 23, 2017
Refugees
Does President Recep Tayyip Erdogan let the EU-Turkey deal on migration go burst? A significant increase in the number of refugees and migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey has been recorded in the last six days. A total of 1,196 people arrived in the Greek islands of northern and eastern …
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March 14, 2017
Social, Society
Real unemployment in Greece is at 30% and the salary gap between the private and the public sector is growing. These are some of the findings of the annual report 2016 conducted bu the Labor Institute of the Confederation of Greek Private Sector Unions (INE-GSEE) about the state of laborers …
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January 20, 2017
Economy
Just days before the Eurogroup meeting on Greece’s program review and the country’s European lenders keep up the good traditional work of Dirty Games, Blackmail and Pressure. We’ve been there, we’ve seen that. We’ve heard “the anonymous EU source” one million times since 2010 when the first bailout was signed …
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September 4, 2015
Economy
Greece has to pass a review of its bailout programme and show a commitment to reforms before the European Central Bank can start buying its bonds as part of the bank’s asset purchase programme, ECB President Mario Draghi said on Thursday. Greece has so far been excluded from the quantitative …
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June 16, 2015
Economy
The risk of capital controls is allegedly high as Greece rejects creditors’ absurd demands and dictates. The risk is considered “high” because the uncertainty pushes more and more savers to withdraw more and more money from the banks that on their part rely on Emergency Liquidity Assistance provided by the …
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May 25, 2015
Society
Here we are: competitive and eager to work for investors bringing development and growth. Here we are: Greeks eager to work for no money or for the prospect of being paid some time in the future – near or far, it doesn’t matter. Main thing we have an occupation to …
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February 17, 2015
Economy
Greece will submit a request to extend its loan agreement tomorrow Wednesday, Greek media reported citing government sources Tuesday evening. The Greek request to the eurogroup will be based on the “Eurogroup draft of February 11th”, note some media, while others claim that it will be based on the “negotiation …
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July 4, 2014
Society
A new term appeared in our Modern Greek language of our Modern Greek crisis-hit country: the ‘invisible employee’. Who is the invisible employee who emerged from the Greek crisis and the skyrocketing unemployment? Oh, it is the employee who has a job but is not being registered in social security …
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December 2, 2013
Society
In Greece of recession and IMF loan agreements reality of labor market has turned worse than in our worst nightmare. Employers not only pay their employees with up to six months delay. A new phenomenon has recently arose in the Greek labor market. Employees offer job vacancies and thus on …
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