Society

Around 100,000 Greeks as well as Germans residing in Greece who have in the past worked in Germany, are currently receiving a pension from the German state, while more and more Greeks leaving the country to secure a better...

Greece's state-run labor agency OAED has released data for the period 2010-2014 showing a 45% increase in unemployment registrations but 47% fewer recipients of the relevant benefit, which means that despite the dole queue getting 328,208 people longer, somehow 138,824 fewer receive unemployment benefit. Unemployment is...

The diplomatic missions of Greece in Kiev, Mariupol and Odessa are in constant contact with the federation of Greek associations and their members because of the emergency situation that has developed in Ukraine. Evangelos Venizelos, Greece's Deputy Prime Minister and...

The optional Sunday opening of the shops due to the newly established mid-season sales, held from May 2 until May 10, has caused tension among retail workers and the Greek government. According to the announcement of the Athens Traders Association,...

Greece is failing to protect its children from poverty, the Deputy Ombudsman Giorgos Moschos told a parliamentary committee on equality and human rights on Friday. His opinion is based on a study conducted by experts from the National Center for Social Research, who...

A record 39 parties, seven coalitions and one independent would-be candidate hope to stand for Greece's 21 European Parliament seats at May’s elections. According to official figures, the 47 parties running filed their candidacy at the Supreme Court of Greece by the May 1st deadline, and have until Sunday May...

The European Union’s statistical service Eurostat published on Friday the recent numbers on the unemployment rates across Europe, revealing that 18.91 million people living within the EU were found to be jobless in March. Eurostat’s numbers show that the highest...

As of May 1st, the Greek state will stop funding about 500 private legal entities that didn’t register in time for its latest census. According to official figures, about 900 private legal entities employing some 32,000 people have submitted their details....

Greece has received more negative international recognition, this time from by America's Cato Institute, who have ranked the country as the world's tenth most miserable country for 2013, with Cyprus coming in at number 14. Venezuela tops Cato Institute’s list of miserable countries,...

A 63-year old local businessman was robbed and murdered by two people early on April 28, outside his house in Alexandroupoli, Northern Greece. According to the police, two people on a motorcycle stopped outside the businessman’s house when he was...

Guy Ryder, the director-general of the International Labor Organization, will present a report on the Greek job market in Parliament on Tuesday, during a joint session between the European and Social Affairs committees.  As reported in the 2014 edition of the annual Global...

Fifty-five HIV-positive prisoners have decided to stop taking their medications as part of a strike demonstration against terrible conditions in the Korydallos  prison hospital in Greece. Additionally, 205 inmates who are also being hospitalized in the prison have decided...

Despite Greece’s high unemployment rate and the relentless deterioration of working conditions due to the financial crisis, there are ten professions that have managed to survive. The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), after assessing employment data, listed the professions with the highest recruitment...

Protests appear to have become somewhat of a “national sport” in Greece, after it was revealed that four to five protests have been taking place daily over the last four years. The Greek Minister of Public Order, Nikos Dendias, provided...

Greek farmer’s markets employees launched an indefinite strike as of April 28, protesting against a bill on farmer’s markets and outdoor commerce. According to the farmers of Central and Western Macedonia, Thessaly and Thrace, the new bill recently presented in...