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72% of Greece’s households suffer from wages, pensions cuts, job loss, delayed payment, part-time work

December 13, 2016 Society 6

I read about the result of a survey that “The economic crisis left Greeks the gloomiest in Europe and beyond”. What is the purpose of surveys, when the situation does not change, when millions struggle and have no hope for the future? Greece’s debt crisis has made its population the …

Elegy in documentary form: “Chronicles of a European Winter” (video)

November 18, 2013 Society 2

Temperatures sharply dropped recently after a long summer and a mild autumn. And yet, hardly a Greek dared starting heating his home. Unfordable prices of heating oil and even natural gas make a fuzzy warm home almost impossible. For a second year, for a second winter in the seventh year …

Crete: Debts and no job: man shoots himself with a rifle

September 3, 2013 Society Comments Off on Crete: Debts and no job: man shoots himself with a rifle

Debts? No job? A man saw no way out of the many problems. He took a hunting rifle and shot himself in the face. However he survived the suicide attempt even though the shot hit the jawbones. HE was transferred to a nearby hospital. According to local media reports, the …

Scientists confirm! “Austerity is too bad for your health”

April 29, 2013 Society 1

Scientists confirm what we already know: that recession-driven austerity measures are not just bad for your wealth, they are also harming your health. It’s not only that your pockets are robbed causing sleepless nights, depression and heart attacks. The austerity cuts that primarily target the health sector boost infectious diseases …

Greek PM: Think positive! Hallelujahhhhh

March 31, 2011 Society Comments Off on Greek PM: Think positive! Hallelujahhhhh

Just as I was thinking to consult a psychotherapist to cure me from the deep economic depression, our Prime minister George Papandreou offered me this service free of charge. Well, not exactly ‘free of charge’, if you consider how much money we pay to maintain the state apparatus and pay back …

Greece: You know there is an economic crisis, when…

March 26, 2011 Editor, Society Comments Off on Greece: You know there is an economic crisis, when…

When your otherwise silent neighbors start quarreling…. When voices full of anger start coming through walls and stairways and a personal drama is taking place behind closed doors and windows… When a man yells “Think, I’m not looking for job?” and a woman shouts “Shhh, they can hear us!” When the sounds of …

350 Greeks attempted to commit suicide due to economic problems

March 4, 2011 Economy, Society Comments Off on 350 Greeks attempted to commit suicide due to economic problems

More and more Greeks are driven to desperate actions due to the never ending economic crisis. The National Federation of Consumers’, Borrowers’ and Citizens’ Protection issued a statement stating that in the last 16 months more than 350 people attempted to commit suicide due to economic problems. Revealing picture of …

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