November 15, 2012
Society
A young nurse jumped from the sixth floor of a building in Pangrati district of Athens. According to Greek media, the nurse was recently fired. Dramatic details come into light with her sister reportedly to have desperately tried to prevent the woman from committing suicide. “She was holding her with both hands, but …
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October 18, 2012
Society
A man, 65, passed away on Tuesday during anti-austerity protests in downtown Athens. According to latest media reports, the protester fainted shortly after PAME , the workers union of Greek Communist Party (KKE) had concluded its march outside the Parliament. The man was rushed to the hospital by an ambulance. Despite the doctors’ efforts …
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June 11, 2012
Economy
News like that prove that the debt-ridden country with the empty state coffers is still able to make you smile instead of crying. From time to time. While the Finance Ministry under caretaker Pikrammenos government does its best to get even one cent from taxpayers, the extensive zealous of some officers leads …
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March 1, 2012
Economy, Society
Greece rushed to obey to its lenders dictates ahead the Eurogroup meeting on Thursday afternoon. Just a couple of hours earlier the Ministries of Finance and Labour had hastily signed an agreement that the unemployment benefit will undergo reductions of 22% as the minimum wages. Unemployed Greeks will receive (ridiculous) €359 per …
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March 1, 2012
Society
An unemployed man has taken hostages in a factory producing waste bins in the industrial area of Komotini, Northwestern Greece. The man was working at the factory HELESI PLC for ten years, but he was fired in last September. According to Greek media, the man, 62 years old, was expecting …
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December 12, 2011
Society
Students, family fathers and even civil servants desperately seek means to improve their collapsed income. There is not cash in the market and and the jobs offering almost at zero. Now a Greek weekly claims that the “sensual film production” seems to be a good alternative to earn some money and …
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November 26, 2011
Economy
Thousands of Greek jobless will have to pay ‘solidarity tax” as the law provides that even if they have worked one single day during the current year, they cannot be considered as ‘jobless’ for the genius minds of the national Finance Ministry. According to daily Eleftherotypia, the jobless will have to pay the so-called …
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November 4, 2011
Economy, Society
Thousands Greeks queue day in, day out for a free meal, a slice of bread and a bottle of water at the soup kitchens organized by charity organisations. While until recently the majority of the needy queueing for free meals were homeless, drug addicts and illegal immigrants, the picture changed in …
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October 21, 2011
Society
After two days of strikes in public sector Greeks rushed to state banks and unemployment offices. Payday! Where pensions and unemployment allowance are paid on certain days of the month. Older neighbors reported that they had to wait 2-3 hours to get their pensions, in the average 600 EUR. But worst …
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July 13, 2011
Society
This is a real great news in times of austerity, recession and depression! A great relief for all jobless in Greece. The monthly allowance for unemployed is to increase from 454.25 to 461.5 euro. The amazing amount of €7.25 more per month can supply the jobless with one chicken and a …
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June 1, 2011
Economy, Uncategorized
Representatives from IMF, the EU and the ECB had to experience with their own eyes and nerves the agony of the Greek lawmakers who were enclosed by protesters on Tuesday. The exits of Ministry of Finance were blocked by jobless and the Troika men and women could not get out. …
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May 16, 2011
Economy, Society
Millions of people around the globe spend sleepless nights due to economic crisis. In Greece the phenomenon hits mostly unemployed aged 35-55 and according to latest data more than 2 million Greeks have difficulties to find peace at night said Athanasio Skourleti, President of Athens Medical Society. Unemployment in Greece has …
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May 13, 2011
Economy, Society
Recession is raging and unemployment is galloping reaching almost 16%. According to Greek Statistical Authority unemployment reached 15,9% in February after 89,000 jobs went lost within a month period. Within a year 220,000 work places vanished in the austerity atmospheric level. Most hit by unemployment are ages 15-24, where 40% …
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May 6, 2011
Economy
What if we are in the spring month of May? Santa arrived in Crete and many presents for the jobless. Greece’s Labor ministry has created a program for 3,000 jobless living on the island of Crete. The ministry program will be implemented in cooperation with the local municipalities. The jobless …
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March 14, 2011
Economy
A jobless couple set a tent on the main square of Kavala, Northeast Greece, and started a hunger strike. The aim of their desperate action? To get a job! Lazaros Papadopoulos, 60, and his wife Frideriki Toka, 40, saw no other solution to raise attention to their problem. They have been without …
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March 9, 2011
Economy, Society
Marina is 24 years old. One and a half years she got her diploma from the School of Economics. No matter how many CVs she sent to several companies, Marina was unable to find a job up the present day. “I see no way out, no future” she say and turns …
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May 3, 2010
Economy, News, Uncategorized
Maria Houkli/Prime Time News/NET Photo: copied from blogs Some 40 unemployed teachers have interrupted the prime time news of the Greek state television NET. The protesters – unemployed teachers – have managed to enter the building of State Boradcast Corp. ( ERT) after a scuffle with security guards it. Education Minister Anna …
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