May 17, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
Almost 2/3 of Greeks, that is 66.8%, do not visit a doctor for medical check ups or therapy because they cannot afford pay for the “free” Health services, Greek Statistics Authority ELSTAT announced on Wednesday. The findings of ELSTAT’s announal survey on the health of citizens in Greece are “disappointing” …
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November 15, 2022
Economy
More than 55% of work can be done remotely, more than seven out of 10 companies already implement a hybrid teleworking model, and more than 60% believe that teleworking has definitely had a positive/somewhat positive impact on productivity. These are the results of a survey in more than 250 companies …
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November 14, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said Monday that he is “fully satisfied” by the Prime Minister’s pledge to shed light on the wiretapping scandal, after two newspapers alleged he was among those targeted via phone malware. “I would also like to say that my cooperation with the Prime Minister is …
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March 27, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
Greece’s capital Athens has been picked as the fourth best European city to start a business enterprise, a survey by UK website Takepayments has found. Only Cambridge, Tallinn and Warsaw scored higher than the Greek capital. Starting a business in Athens can take as little as four days and there …
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March 23, 2022
Economy
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday that Greece will restart its surveying program for the regions to the west and the southwest of Crete and the Ionian Sea in western regions, as it seeks to disengage from Russian natural gas. “Our attention will return to the potential domestic gas …
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January 20, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Pandemic and mental health – 21% of Greeks do not leave home at all for fun or socializing, a new nationwide survey has found. The mental health and sociability of Greeks is burdened by the pandemic, according to a new nationwide survey by Focus Bari and YouGov. Two years after …
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December 15, 2021
Economy, FEATURED
Six in ten Greeks say that they will spend much less on Christmas shopping than they did last year. Reason are the price hikes and the higher energy cost as well as the insecurity with regards to the pandemic. The changes in the buying habits of consumers in the last …
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November 4, 2021
Archeology, Culture, FEATURED
A rare and unique shipwreck form the Classical Era has been revealed during the marine survey for the Crete-Peloponnese subsea interconnection, the Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) announced on Thursday. The rare shipwreck was revealed while surveying the seabed near the island of Kythera for the construction of Crete-Peloponnese subsea …
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September 24, 2021
Very Mix
The overwhelming majority of Athenians who live or work in the Greek capital are anything but pleased with the famous “Athens Great Walk”, a project to create pedestrians and bicycle zone in downtown but turned into a Great Flop. Two surveys conducted by the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki and the …
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January 27, 2021
FEATURED, Social
Seven out of ten Greek women have been victim of sexual harassment or abuse and the overwhelming majority believes that it is not easy for the victim to find justice, a nationwide survey has found. According to the survey conducted by Prorata between January 22-24 in a sample of 1,115 …
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December 15, 2020
Social
One in three LGBT people in Greece say they have been insulted due to their sexual orientation and/or gender identity at least once by public sector employees. A 6% say they are often or always subjected to outright verbal abuse, according to an online survey tracking the experience of members …
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October 17, 2020
Lifestyle
The Greek right thinks at 68% that it is necessary to believe in God in order to be a good person. 36% of the Greek left believes the same. This is the result of a survey conducted by Pew Research Center in 15 countries and in which people’s thoughts on …
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July 28, 2020
FEATURED, Social
The coronavirus pandemic seems to have affected the habits of Greeks and their willingness to travel, as 44 percent will not go on vacation this summer, a survey by the Association of Business and Retail Sales of Greece (HRBA) reveals. According to the survey’s findings, only 14 percent of consumers said …
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June 10, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
The overwhelming majority of Greeks wants that tourists arriving in the country undergo Covid-19 tests. In a survey conducted by ALCO for private Open TV, 89% of the respondents said that tourists should undergo testing. Just 8% said it was against testing and 3% said “don’t know/don’t answer.” At the …
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June 4, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Social
One third of the Greeks are not concerned about the risks posed by the pandemic and 2 in 10 believe that restrictions imposed by the government were too strict. As the government prepares for the next phase of easing the restrictions imposed in March to curb the spread of the …
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May 8, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
The effects of the severe economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic are a cause of concern for Greeks much higher than the virus itself. According to a public opinion survey conducted by PULSE on behalf of Skai TV, 63% of respondents said that they are very worried about the …
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May 7, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Tourism
Tourism may be the “heavy instruct” of the country and severely hit by the pandemic, however, half of Greeks are wary about the possibility that Greece opens its borders to all foreign tourists without some criteria and certain conditions. According to a public opinion survey conducted by the Marlab Marketing …
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April 1, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Greeks are concerned about the coronavirus and its transmission and half of them are convinced that they will get infected. The majority of them approves the actions taken by the government to contain the spread of the virus, and 54% approve the imposed lockdown. According to a nationwide public opinion …
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February 24, 2020
Social
The migration crisis had negatively affected locals on the islands mostly affected, with 65% of islanders saying that they consider migrants and refugees as a threat to Greece, a survey has shown. In a survey conducted by Kapa Research on the islands of Lesvos, Samos and Chios and thus on …
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February 7, 2020
Economy
The richest among the Greeks own 42% of the net wealth a survey on inequality and opportunity has shown. Conducted by the Greek Federation of Enterprises (SEV), the survey shows that over half of the population is “financially vulnerable.”. The survey points at the phenomenon of “selective mating” that consists …
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