Tag Archives: young

Applications for granting low-interest housing loans to young people started on Monday, April 3, 2023. The program concerns young people or young couples aged between 25 and 39 years old, who meet the conditions for participation in the program. Condition, among others, is that the house they buy is older …

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A young woman was beaten to death by her partner. Her body was found in her home in Peristeri suburb of western Athens short before Monday midnight by her mother and her sister. It is the third case of femicide in Greece in just two days. According to preliminary media …

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A young Briton died on Monday after he was struck by the tail rotor of a helicopter in unclear circumstances in a town outside Athens. The victim was 20-22 years old, media report. The accident happened at around 6.20 p.m. in Agios Georgios area in the town of Spata, in …

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Α foreign tourist was found dead in the caves of famous Matala in south Crete on Friday afternoon. The man was found unconscious and local called the ambulance that sought the assistance of the Fire Service as the body was laying on a difficult to access area. When the rescuers …

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The name of a young Greek, member of the diaspora community in the USA, has been added to the list of 159 people missing after the sudden collapse of a 12-storey building in Miami, Florida. According to press reports on Saturday, the missing man is 21-year-old Andreas Yiannitsopoulos, a student …

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An employee of the Athens metro  was hospitalized on Wednesday after he was beaten by two young men who had earlier refused to wear the mandatory masks inside the metro. According to a statement by the metro managing company STASY, the employee, a station manager, asked the two men on …

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A farmer in a village by Nafplio rescued a young hawk that fell from the sky into a ball of hay. The man was conducting field work when he saw the hawk falling form the sky. He approached the hay ball and carefully took the bird out. Farmer Aris Tsirikos …

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A 21-year-old man, a German national, died in a hospital in Rethymnon, Crete. He was found by a shepherd in the mountainous area between the villages of Platania and Fourfoura. The young man had suffered multiple injuries and despite the doctors’ efforts he passed away Thursday noon (March 1). Police …

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Labor Minister Efi Ahtsiglou announces a 400-euro one-off Christmas bonus to young unemployed aged 18-24 who are normally not  eligible to unemployment allowance. The bonus is described as “youth solidarity” allowance and is expected to be distributed by the end of the month. Eligible are unemployed aged 18-24 who are …

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  Reforms with serious side effects. A new society class has emerged in Greece of the economic crisis: the Working Poor. Skilled women and men, mostly university graduates, who work their way through with bad paid jobs. The working poor are working people whose incomes fall below a given poverty …

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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited the Impact Hub Athens, a structure that supports the development of entrepreneurship and innovation through business model development projects that have a positive social impact. The Prime Minister was guided through the premises, was briefed about the project and had the opportunity to chat with …

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Singer and songwriter Pantelis Pantelis, 33, killed in a car crash at 8:30 p.m. Thursday morning near the gate of the old Athens airport Ellinikon. Two young women who were also with him in the car have been taken to the hospital, one of them is reportedly seriously injured. According …

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A young man from Syria was arrested on Tuesday on the island of Kalymnos of the Dodecannese group of islands. The man was reportedly arrested by the Greek Coast Guard due to involvement in a migrants’ trafficking ring. But the Cost guard apparently found ‘suspicious’ pictures and videos on his …

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A good news for a change. A young whale had apparently lost its orientation and was swimming in swallow waters near Keratokampos bay in Crete. The whale was lucky to come near fishermen from the area. The men tried to help her return to the open sea, while the most …

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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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 A dark street. A scream. A flame. A muffled noise. Then silence. And a few words on a newspaper. No name. But just the age: 20 years old. A new tragedy in a recession-hit country. According to Democratia newspaper, a young jobless woman set herself on fire on Tuesday night …

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