Here we are: competitive and eager to work for investors bringing development and growth. Here we are: Greeks eager to work for no money or for the prospect of being paid some time in the future – near or far, it doesn’t matter. Main thing we have an occupation to …
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Trapped in Greek bureaucracy: jobless father of 3 attempts to set himself on fire
Don’t ever mess with the Greek bureaucracy, especially when it comes to ask from the state something that you have the right to receive as a citizen. Health care? Benefits? Allowances? Tax return? You find yourself running from department to department, from different floors to different buildings in different suburbs …
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EU Commission Not Satisfied with Greek bailout talks? No problem. Millions of Jobless Not Satisfied either…
European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas said Thursday that the European Commission was “not satisfied with the progress of reforms talks between Greece and its creditors.” “Work needs to intensify” Schinas said hinting to the next eurogroup meeting on April 24th and added that “This sequence of events…has not yet materialized, …
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IMF and EU cannot decide on impact of a Grexit to other euro zone members
IMF’s chief economist Olivier Blanchard expressed hope that there will be an agreement with Greece, however he stressed at the same time that a Greek crisis cannot be ruled out. By “Greek crisis” Blanchard probably meant a “Greek exit from the euro” because as everybody knows since long ago that …
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Greece’s general unemployment still at 26% and 1:2 youth without job
Bang! I thought Greece was making much-heralded fiscal progress and much- applauded primary surpluses in 2014 and the lenders and the ND-PASOK government were congratulating each other for the glorious economic achievements… And then everyone got angry because just when the “country was about to exit the bailout adjustment program …
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UPD Greece’s Homeless: Jobless parents, two kids, one cat live in a car
Squeezed between steering wheel, handbrake, door and dashboard, Katerina reads in her history book, takes notes for school. Next to her, on the driver’s seat, cat Eddy stares right in the camera lens. It may look like a cute snapshot on a sunny day, if it wasn’t for a sad …
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Poverty and long-term unemployment are two Greek facts…
Poverty in austerity-hit Greece is a fact. According to the recently published EU data on Labor, incomes have dramatically decreased since 2010, since the country sought the ‘rescue’ via the International Monetary Fund. “Most affected by the income decrease are the vulnerable society groups. Real income in low income groups …
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Greek PM hails the end of summer with optimism over economic recovery
The month started with an ascertainment: That the “unemployment is a treacherous and tough opponent of the society, undermining the dreams of the youth” – so said Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Monday September 1st, stressing that in order to tackle unemployment “we need to take action now that we enter …
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Greek Unemployment drops down to 26.8% (Mar14) from 27.2% (Mar13)
Unemployment in Greece dropped to 26.8% in March when it was at 27.2% in March 2013 and at 26.9% the previous month. The number of unemployed is 1, 274,843 people. According to Greek Statistics Authority (ELSTAT) unemployment among youth 15-24 years old still remains high with 58.3% and women are …
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Only 8% of Greece’s 1.27million jobless gets unemployment allowance
The majority of Greece’s 1,274,843 jobless receive no unemployment allowance. According Employment Agency (OAED) , only 102,026 jobless received the allowance in April 2014. That is less than one out of ten of the country’s at least 1,274,843 men and women without job. Although employees pay their social security contributions …
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Greece’s unemployment slightly down, but still at least 1.3million people without work
Unemployment in Greece slightly decreased from 27.6% in January 2014 to 26.5% in February of the same year.However despite the slight improvement, there are still at least 1.3 million people without work. The real number is much higher as the Greek Statistics Authority (ELSTAT) takes into consideration only the unemployment …
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BBC reports from unemployment-hit South & EU elections. Do you want to participate?
“What jobless in crisis-hit south think of the European elections?” BBC journalist Patrick Jackson is traveling to “unemployment hotspots” of the Eurozone and collects opinions from Spain, France, Italy and Greece. First stop is Seville, in the Spanish region of Andalucia where general unemployment reached 36.3% last year and youth …
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Greece’s unemployment fell down to 26.7% in Jan 2014
Greece’s unemployment rate fell down to 26.7% in January 2014. According to Greek Statistics Authority (ELASTA), unemployment decreased by 0.5% when compared to December 2013, but increased by 0.2% when compared to January 2013. The number of unemployed is 1,317 million people. Most affected by unemployment are women at 30.02%, …
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Something is moving in Greece after 4 years of depression & austerity
I really do not understand why the unionists of public and municipality sector staged a protest in downtown Athens and a 48-hour strike. Didn’t they hear Prime Minister Antonis Samaras announcing on Tuesday a couple of measures to provide relief to society with resources coming from the primary surplus of …
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Athens: riot police – protesters scuffle, tear gas and batons, among the injured one MP
Riot police and protesting members of communist union PAME clashed on Thursday morning in Athens. Police fired tear gas and scuffled with protesters, Greek media report of several protesters to have suffered head injuries, among them also Babis Aggourakis, lawmaker from communist party KKE. embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt The …
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Unemployment in Greece breaks all records: 28% general, 61.4% among youth
Unemployment in Greece broke all previous records! General unemployment climbed up to 28% in November 2013, while unemployment has hit the youth with 61.4%. A total of 1,382,062 people are without work and income, according to Greek Statistics Authority. November 2013 : 28% November 2012: 26.3% October 2013: 27.7% Unemployment …
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Troika-slaves: Greeks below 24 years old to work without salary and migrate abroad
There must have been a massive chemtrails attack recently otherwise I have no logical explanation for this “crazy idea” – to say it politely. According to a proposal tabled by the Center of Economic Research Planning (KEPE), an official advisory body to Greek Labor Ministry, minimum wage and unemployment allowances …
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Climbing in Greece: general unemployment at 27.8%, youth at 57.9%
Its not surprise, and some even will claim “it’s not a news worth reporting”… Unemployment in Greece hit another record in October 2013: it climbed to 27.8% from 27.7% in September 2013 and 26.01% in October 2012. In total 1,387,520 people are without a work. Unemployment among youth is at …
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Greek PM’s Epiphany message: praise the roads, the bridges, the highways….
A special message on the occasion of Epiphany was given by Greek prime Minister Antonis Samaras to the citizens on the occasion of divine revelation: it’s all about roads…. The roads will lead us to development and growth and bring prosperity to the people…. Or something like that. “Major road …
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Unemployment in Greece gallops as usual: 27.4% in Sept 2013
Each and every month unemployment in Greece breaks a new record. According to Greek Statistics Authority (ELSTAT), the general unemployment reached 27.4% in September while the rate for youth unemployment was 51.9%. In September 2012 unemployment was at 26%. In real life numbers these rates mean that 1,376,463 people are …
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