May 31, 2016
Society
Seventy-one percent of homeless ended up on the streets of Athens in the last five years and 21.7 percent alone in last year, a survey conducted by the Athens Municipality found. Forty-seven percent ended on the streets after losing job. Average age is 48. According to the study findings: 62% …
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March 10, 2016
Society
The man could not believe his eyes. With a lottery ticket of 5 euros, he won 300,000 euro in the Joker game. When the 38-year-old went to cash the money, the problems started. First of all, local lottery branches do not pay wins over 100 euro. The man had to …
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October 21, 2015
Society
The Square of Agia Eirini in the historical center of Athens is very popular, with hundreds of young and old visiting the numerous bars and restaurants each and every day. But every night, another small group of people enter the area: the homeless. the make themselves as comfortable as possible …
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September 12, 2014
Society
No, no, no! Public benches are not for homeless to sleep. Public benches are for proper people with proper homes and proper beds. In Agios Georgios Square, in Kypseli district of Athens, the new public benches have been installed: nicely lacquered and with a metal detail – apparently a designer’s …
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February 5, 2014
Earthquake, Very Mix
An aftershock measuring 4.2R rocked the island of Kefalonia on Tuesday evening as thousands of residents were preparing to spend the night in tents, cars and buses. According to Greek media, 5,000 people are estimated to have to spend the days and nights away from homes as they were damaged …
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January 30, 2014
Society, Uncategorized
The story is incredible. In fact, it is “tragicomic,” as the protagonist described it. Lambros Moustakis, 52 years old, homeless and jobless in Athens. Born in Brazil by Greek parents. He was a worker in Argentina, when the International Monetary Fund moved to ‘rescue’ the country. HE moved back to …
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December 23, 2013
Society
Passersby were seriously concerned to see a homeless man sleeping under the Christmas tree in the main square of Kalamata in Southern Peloponnese.Some even called the police as the man did not react to their calls and they thought, he had fell victim of the cold night. But the whole …
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April 13, 2013
Society
Holding banners saying “We have no slogans, we have demands” some 100 homeless marched in silence to the Greek Parliament, where they handed over a resolution. The homeless protest on Friday was the first of its kind and it was performed in the context of “Sleep out” action organized by …
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April 11, 2013
Society
Filopappoy hill lays opposite from Acropolis. A pice of wild nature in the middle of the city. With trees and bushes, and hidden paths and several caves. Small holes inside the hill, where Athens’ new poor have found shelter. Men and women who lost their job and home due to …
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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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February 11, 2013
Very Mix
Last week, Greece’s National Radio and Television Council (ESR) suggested to television stations to refrain from displaying images of homeless and other people in need, showing the misery of Greeks. Such images and camera shots could be broadcast only after consent of the persons involved. Real News owner Nikos Chatzinikolaou described …
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January 10, 2013
Society
Only 15 homeless took advantage of the three heated halls offered by the Municipality of Athens during the most freezing days and nights of this winter that occurred this week. And this even the number of homeless in the Greek capital has dramatically increased due to the economic crisis. “The low …
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December 12, 2012
Society
I saw this one man recently while I was turning my usual walking rounds at the coast of Athens, in Palaio Faliro. A man in his late 40’s, tall, well-built, dressed in cord trousers and jacket, shirt and pullover. From far away, I had the feeling the man was standing or walking extremely slowly. …
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November 21, 2012
Society
Men and women without job, without income. Men and women without home… A super market cart to carry what is left from once a descent home: some clothes stuffed in bags. Some blankets. A sleeping bag. A camping gas, a pot and a spoon. And a roof of plastic to give shelter from November rain …
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June 27, 2012
Society
Labour market and social situation for many European citizens is deteriorating. These are the results of European Commission review, published in the Quarterly EU Employment and Social Situation Review at overall EU level. The gap between the South and the North is increasing. Unemployment hits mostly the countries that received bailout aid, …
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June 5, 2012
Economy, Society
This is a nice example about the insanity ruling the mad house called “Greece in Times of IMF Austerity”. Supposedly one of the new society class of the neo-homeless due to the economic crisis would want to make a tax declaration for 2012. He would declare zero euro income for the calender …
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May 2, 2012
Politics, Society
That’s an interesting report about the homeless in Athens, published by Greek blog PrezaTV short before the elections on May 6th. The report is in so far worth reading, because it demonstrates a weak point of the pre-elections campaign: that not one political party running for the elections contest addresses a permanent …
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February 4, 2012
Society
This is another shocking evidence about Greece’ “Neo”- Homeless, middle class people who fell victim of the economic crisis. In a thrilling report published in daily Eleftheros Typos, workers at Eleftherios Venizelos, Greece’s biggest airport. speak of dozens of people who seek shelter in the area, pretending to be airlines …
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February 1, 2012
Society
While some of us enjoy a heated home or the magic of the fire place, many people spend their days and icy cold nights on the streets. Several blankets and cartons give shelter to these men and women, those young and old who for some reason made the hard pavements …
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February 26, 2011
Economy, Society
“I owe my landlord 6,000 euros” my hairdresser tells me while she tries to handle my unhandleable hair with brush and dryer . “Now he is forcing me with lawyer either to move out or pay” she says and gazes at me with wide open eyes through the mirror. Christina …
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