Society

Greece once more captures the media spotlight but not for the right reasons. Greek children smoking at school has become a common phenomenon according to a survey of smoking published on Monday, January 27, by the Ministry of Health. The...

Greece's Deputy Prime Minister, Evangelos Venizelos during his speech for the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, expressed his belief that "the neo-Nazi elements, which attack Democracy and violate the law will be marginalized...

The mother of little Alex Meshivili, from Georgia, who was killed by bullies in the city of Veria, Greece in February 2006 and whose body was never found, demanded the exhumation of remains found in the cemetery of Rapsomaniki...

A recent survey conducted in the European countries has shown that many young people between the ages of 20 to 34-years-old live with their parents. In Greece the phenomenon has become more intense during the last years because of...

The facts being revealed about the child protection networks which are operating in Greece are very concerning. Toddlers abandoned in nurseries, children who are exploited for their labor even by their own families and especially, the absence of a...

New evidence comes to light in the tragic incident last Monday involving a boat transporting illegal immigrants in the eastern Aegean Sea and the Greek coast guard, which led to the death of 12 immigrants. The statements given by...

One police officer and three special guards in Greece were suspended for abuse of power, unlawful home invasion, theft and bodily injury, as the Hellenic Police announced on Friday. According to the charges, following a routine check on foreign nationals...

Centre of planning and Economic Research in Greece has proposed a controversial measure in order to deal with the problem of increasing unemployment in the country. The measure includes unpaid work for the young and unemployed up to 24 years...

The German magazine Spiegel is advertising its new issue which is expected to include a revealing reportage on the armament programs in Greece. The title is indicative of the content “Everything on Greece’s briberies.” At the same time, Süddeutsche Zeitung...

The characteristics in which foreigners associate Greeks are plentiful, to such an extent that they cannot imagine anything Greek without thinking of the following characteristics....... For them, Greece means tzatziki, syrtaki, souvlaki, Mykonos, bouzoukia, mousaka and of course ancient monuments....

Live music, good mood and a ...night bus, that's what it takes to make a successful party. The group Atenistas decided to highlight the problem of so few night bus routes in Athens, with a secret after midnight party on bus line...

Savvas Xeros, the imprisoned member of terrorist organisation November 17 and brother of the fugitive Christodoulos Xeros, commented on his brothers escape and the video announcing his return to action. Xeros claimes that his brother is facing "mortal danger". He also revealed that...

The annual survey carried out by the Small Enterprises’ Institute (IME) of the Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen & Merchants (GSEVEE) reveals that the worsening of Greek households’ finances has led to big cuts in expenditure, especially for food,...

On Thursday at 10am in the morning, 16 survivors – most of them Afghans – of the wreck in Farmakonisi arrived at Piraeus port. While those people managed to survive, at least four others lost their lives while 10...

Doctors of EOPYY have decided once more to extend their strike until February 7. On Thursday morning, doctors gathered outside the Social Insurance Institute (IKA) office in Pagrati and held a protest rally. “We are on strike not because...