April 1, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Social, Society
Greece’s Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis triggered an outrage and an uproar over the weekend after he told a meeting with representatives of the pharma industry that “3 in 4 prescription medicines for cancer are not necessary for the patients.” He added that “drugs prescribed by doctors for cancer patients should …
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November 28, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
Τhe entrepreneurship fee will be cut by 50 percent for all self-employed from this year, National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said on Tuesday in an interview with SKAI TV. The change relative to the initial plans will be included in the draft tax bill that is to be …
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September 27, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
One in two households in Greece cut food expenses in order to be able to pay their electricity and heating bills, a research conducted by Greece’s Consumers Association EKPOIZO within the framework of the European program “Reverter”, with the cooperation of the Laboratory of Mining Technology and Environmental Mining of …
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August 30, 2023
environment, FEATURED
Municipal authorities in Alexandroupolis are cutting down trees within the urban fabric in order to build an indoor gym, while in the surrounding area of Evros wildfires are raging out of control for the 12th consecutive day. The action has triggered an outrage among the local community that says the …
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October 9, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
Retail stores in Thessaloniki are proceeding with the cutting of operation hours in order to save energy and operational cost, even though this is a local initiative and not implemented across the country. The energy saving operation starts on Monday, October 10, 2022. The measure is not mandatory and retailers …
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August 1, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
Greece’s government is getting ready for the worst energy scenario and plans to cut on natural gas consumption with darker streets and historical monuments as well as with rolling power outages for the households. This was announced by both the Energy minister Kostas Skrekas and deputy Finance minister Thodoros Skylakakis …
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April 7, 2022
Economy
The Bank of Greece cut its forecast for economic growth to 3.8% this year from 4.8% earlier, and raised its forecast for the inflation rate to 5.2% under the base scenario, in its annual report released on Thursday. The report, presented by Yannis Stournaras, the central banker, also said that …
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April 1, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
The majority of workers in Greece has cut on basic food products and heating, while 3 in 10 declare insecurity to maintain their job, a survey conducted by Alco on behalf of the General confederation of Greek Labor (GSEE) and the Labor Institute has found. Solution to the current economic …
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November 24, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Hospitals across Greece are delaying surgeries to free up bed space in the face of growing concerns over hospital capacity constraints. The decision by the Health Ministry, taken amid an influx of Covid-19 patients, will mostly affect selective surgeries and procedures which are expected to be scaled back by up …
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November 12, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED, Tourism
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on the Greek government to cut the cost of PCR Covid-19 tests for travellers and establish a new independent regulatory authority for civil aviation as part of a package of measures to save the aviation, travel and tourism jobs in the country. …
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December 2, 2019
Economy
Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, announced on Sunday that 200,000 households will receive the “social dividend” before Christmas. The extraordinary aid will be given to “those who are in greater need,” he said. The number of beneficiaries is therefore dramatically cut from 1,4 million in 2018. The Prime Minister revealed the …
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October 15, 2018
World
The Russian Orthodox Church said on Monday it has decided to break off all ties with the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople after it recognized the Autonomy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine last week. The split is the biggest in Christianity and Orthodoxy in more than thousand years, since Catholics …
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September 20, 2018
Economy
The International Monetary Fund insists on further pension cuts in Greece citing not fiscal necessities but claiming the country must send a clear message to investors and the markets. During a briefing on Thursday, IMF spokesman Jerry Rice said the measure was voted and adopted in 2017 and it is …
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August 6, 2018
Social
A 90-year-old woman discovered that she was fit to work, despite her multiple health problems. The Greek national social security fund decided to cut her invalidity pension and as usual the employees also checked the box “fit to work.” On the day of her 90th birthday, the woman complained to …
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April 1, 2018
Social
Slowly but gradually water supply was restored in Thessaloniki on Saturday evening allowing thousands of people to enjoy a shower under running tap water for the first time after Tuesday. The water was back in the network sometime in early afternoon. However, it was cut again as it was very …
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February 24, 2018
Social
It needed the media intervention for Greece’s Public Power Corporation to show a humane face. An exclusive report of local media Lamianow on Friday afternoon was reproduced by hundreds of local and national media, news websites and blogs and exposed the merciless power supply cut to a poor household thus …
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February 22, 2018
Social
A senior in outrage poured gasoline in the offices and employees of Greek Public Power Corporation (PPC/DEH) and would have set everyone and everything alight hadn’t the police manage to take him under control just moments before the disaster would break out. The 70-year-old pensioner went to the local branch …
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December 24, 2017
Editor, Social
Ignorance? Want? Ugly, mean and greedy little creatures? That was in mid-Victorian England and in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. In the novel that has touched millions people ever since it was first published in 1843, ‘the two emaciated children” grow up to be adults, Ignorance as adult man in …
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August 29, 2017
Economy
Greece must press ahead with implementing its reforms-for-aid program and become more competitive, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble was quoted as saying, adding that debt relief for Athens was “currently” not on the agenda. Euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund reached an agreement on Greece in June, …
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May 11, 2017
Economy
The European Union has sharply cut the growth forecast for Greece on Thursday, sparking worries that the long delay in the second review of the third bailout program was damaging the economy. European lenders are in a row the International Monetary Fund over the sustainability of the Greek debt. The …
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