Greece

Greece tops all countries in the developed world in unemployment according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Employment Outlook 2018. Greece has suffered a dramatic spike in unemployment, with the 2017 total climbing to 21.7% of the...

Japan, which has completely banned all foreign spectators from the upcoming Olympics, is in first place in passport strength.

Due to its ancient history, it should not come as a surprise that Greece boasts a rich list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

The Greek national Robotics team recently won three medals in the Robotics Olympiad, held between June and September. The "First Global Challenge Team Greece" won one gold, one silver and one bronze medals. The Robotics Olympiad First Global Challenge called "Discover...

Greece now ranks sixth in the entire world market in watermelon exports, according to data from the United Nations' COMTRADE database.

As the world moves closer to ending the coronavirus pandemic, the total number of doses of the Covid-19 vaccine distributed across the world has surpassed one billion. While not enough to rid the world of the virus, which has caused...

Nearly 1.8 billion people, or one-quarter of the Earth's entire population, live in just seventeen countries which are facing serious water shortages - a problem which is expected to only worsen in the near future. Of those seventeen nations, which...

The new €100 and €200 euro banknotes officially entered circulation across the Euro Area on May 28. The European Central Bank (ECB) can now pride itself for having developed some of the world's most sophisticated security features for currency. The...

A survey conducted recently which polled more than 150,000 people in 143 different countries suggests that the Greeks are the most stressed people in the world. Gallup's ''2019 Global Emotions Report'' questioned more than a thousand people in each of...

An innovative new product named Metis, based in Greece and developed exclusively by Greek scientists with extensive experience in the particular needs and requirements of the shipping industry, is already being used by many shipping companies all over the...

Even those going to the final frontier need to eat, and two Athens students have come up with a way to feed hungry astronauts in near-zero gravity. A 'Space Agrobox' created by two Greek students is a revolutionary device which...

More than one in five euro notes changing hands in Greece is not recorded, as shadow economy amounts to 21.5% of gross domestic product, according to a study by the Institute for Applied Economic Research, at the University of Tübingen. Greece is the leader among...

A study, led by Dr. Emmanuela Gakidou at the University of Washington in Seattle, shows that Greek women rank third in the world in daily smoking. A study based on data from 195 countries and published in the medical journal...

Greece's 'shadow economy' ranks first in the world estimated at 21.5% of gross domestic product, a study by the Institute for Applied Economic Research at the University of Tübingen in Germany (IAW) says. The study, which is published in Forbes, defines...

Greece dropped three places in the annual World Bank report on the ease of doing business, with its main weaknesses being contract compliance and property registration. According to the report, Greece is as close to attracting foreign investors as Afghanistan...