January 24, 2025
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The association of the families of the victims of the Tempi train tragedy are calling for protest rallies across Greece two years after 57 people were killed and the way to justice is moving on turtle’s speed. Under the slogan “I have no oxygen” the main rally is scheduled in …
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November 6, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, received family members of hostages held in Gaza Strip by Hamas. the President received the families at the Presidential Mansion in Athens on Monday morning. The families of the hostages held in Gaza by Hamas are visiting Greece from Israel in order …
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September 7, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Uncategorized, Very Mix, weather
Dozens of villages in the regions of Karditsa and Trikala in the plain of Thessaly in central Greece have been flooded with the water reaching a height of up to 3 meters. Hundreds of desperate people are on roof tops waiting for rescue that it currently seems impossible. Βούλιαξαν. Λάσπη …
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June 21, 2023
Economy
Four families in Attica will keep their homes thanks to a mobilization carried out on Wednesday morning by unions and organizations at the initiative of the PAME Committee against auctions. Two of the four families are single-parent ones, and furthermore one has a member with disabilities. Dozens of activists gathered …
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March 10, 2023
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The Greek government announced on Friday a total of eleven support measures to help relatives of victims, injured and passengers in the Tempe train collision on February 28. Among others, the government announced a special pension, in favor of the families whose member or members have died, to write off …
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February 25, 2021
Uncategorized
The Greek Justice Ministry has submitted a draft bill introducing equal custody of children in cases of divorce. The bill aims to put an end to fights over custody and to focus on the children, whose interests lie at the heart of the bill, the minister stressed. The bill’s provisions …
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December 14, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s Government spokesman announced on Monday rules for celebrating Christmas and New Year and also the re-opening of nail-shops as of Tuesday, December 15. Gatherings at home on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day as well as on New Year’s Eve and New Year Day will be limited to a maximum …
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March 21, 2019
Economy
A total of 8,907,722 Greek taxpayers paid 8.328 billion euros in taxes in 2018 on declared income of 73.612 billion euros, official figures showed on Thursday. The figures, released by the Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE), showed that from the total declared income of 73.612 billion euros, 60.403 billion …
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September 12, 2018
Tourism, Travel
Greece has been awarded the Star Family Holidays Destination award for 2018 from the British magazine Travel Bulletin. In a ceremony held in London on Monday night, Greece took the award after a vote by some 7,500 reader-professionals of the magazine. Wnners were thrilled and finalists deeply honoured for the …
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August 1, 2018
Social
Two families who lost relatives in the Athens wildfires filed lawsuits at the First Instance Prosecutor’s Office in Athens on Wednesday morning. The families demand the persecution of all responsible for the loss of their beloved ones: a 70-year-old father and husband and a 74-year-old mother. The testimonies how the …
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June 14, 2018
Social
Middle ages in Greece 2018: Two families with a total of seven children live in Middle Ages in the city of Patras in North-West Poloponnese. They use oil lamps to lighten the dark nights and cook on fire with wood branches they have gathered from the area for this purpose. …
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February 9, 2017
Politics, Turkey-GR
Six Turkish nationals were arrested Wednesday after they illegally crossed the border, Greek police said. The two men, three women and a one-year-old boy were taken into custody by by border guard in the northeastern town of Orestiada. They allegedly crossed the Evros River in plastic boats. Police said a …
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September 22, 2016
Turkey-GR
An inflatable boat appeared at 6 o’ clock in the morning in the sea area off Archangelos on the island of Rhodes. Immediate was the reaction of the Greek Coast Guard that sent a vessel to check what was going on. The ten people on board were neither refugees nor …
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July 11, 2016
Economy
Greece’s Council of State put an end to double taxation of Greeks living and working abroad but also to foreigners living in Greece but earn an income abroad. The CoS ruled that “Greeks who live and work in foreign countries may be taxed in the places of residence for income …
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January 27, 2016
Refugees, Very Mix
Greek Migration Minister made a revelation of important significance about the criteria according to which European Union member states ‘choose’ from a pool of refugees whom they are obliged to accept in the context of “refugees share quotas” agreement. Speaking to Parapolitika FM, Minister Yannis Mousalas said that 930 refugees …
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October 12, 2015
Society
Taxes? What taxes? It’s poverty that rules. One in two school children in “vulnerable areas” of Greece does not know if there will be a meal on the family table. According to data collected during the school year 2014-2015 by Institute Prolepsis one in three families live in poverty or …
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February 18, 2015
Society
In its negotiations with the eurozone partners, the Greek government insists to address the humanitarian crisis that has hit thousands of households since the economic crisis and the implementation of austerity measures started. How do you capture the humanitarian crisis in numbers? Add together the suicides (more than 4,000 since …
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February 12, 2015
Society
Thousands of Greek school children face one of the toughest aspects of the economic crisis: starvation and hunger. Last week, teachers complained for one more time about pupils who faint in the class room due to starvation. The issue of children going hungry was raised for one more time during …
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April 11, 2014
Economy, Society
How much money does one need to cover monthly basic needs while living in Greece? Well, it depends…. In fact, it depends on who decides. The Troika, the government institutions, the banks, the employers or just the person concerned? The views seem to vary between the theoretical approach and the …
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February 23, 2013
Society
Three kids 5, 9 and 12 years old. Μom, 32, dad 39. They all live ‘comfortably’ in a van since almost a week. Since they were evicted from the home they were renting, for outstanding debts of 3 months. Father Alenxadros Xanthopoulos had no other choice than to pack a …
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