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Animals
Wolf Population Near Athens Growing
A recent incident in which a wolf approached a man and his daughter and attacked their dog on Mt. Parnitha just outside of Athens on Saturday shocked many Greeks all across the country.
Most residents of the Greek capital certainly...
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Greece to Offer Coronavirus Self-Testing Kits to the Entire Population
Greece will start offering Coronavirus self-testing kits next month to the entire population of the country, the government said on Saturday.
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Greece’s Population Declined Slightly in 2020
The population of Greece faced a slight decline in 2020, according to data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
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Life Under Lockdown in a Greek Village with a Population of Nine
Although they number just nine individuals, residents of the rural, northeastern Greek town of Pappades are strictly following the country's anti-virus measures.
Speaking to the news agency AMNA, Giorgos Michailidis, a resident of Pappades, sent the message that even in...
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Greece's Population Set to Drop to 8 Million by 2050, Scientists Warn
Greece's population has been on a trajectory of rapid decline since 2011, the first year since 1944 when a negative birthrate was recorded, and it is expected to drop to 8 million people by 2050, a leading scientist warned...
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Greece Must Halt Aging Population Trend, Expert Warns
A prominent professor in the field of demographics warned on Tuesday that the future age mix of the Greek population will undermine the entire productive infrastructure of the country.
Vyron Kotzamanis, from the Department of Urban Planning and Regional Development...
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Greece Receives the Most Child Asylum Requests in the EU in Relation to Population
According to the findings of a recent study titled ''Data on Children in Migration'' conducted by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, Greece is the EU member state with the highest number of child asylum requests...
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Population of Greece's Notorious Moria Migrant Camp at All-Time High
The population at the Reception and Identification Centre in Moria on the Greek island of Lesvos, with a capacity of 3,000 individuals, reached an all-time record of 13,842 people, authorities announced on Tuesday.
Migrants and refugees continue to pour in...
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Report Warns Greek Population May Shrink to 8.3 Million by 2050
A parliamentary committee released an alarming report on Tuesday which projects that the Greek population may shrink to as low as a total of 8.3 million people by the year 2050.
According to the report, if current trends in births,...
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Greek Population Drops by 355,000 in Last Decade Warns University Professor
The Greek population dropped by 355,000 between 2008 and 2017, an expert said on Monday, attributing the change mostly to the declining birthrate following the economic crisis.
Giorgos Rachiotis, Epidemiology professor from the University of Thessaly, pointed out that the...
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Greek Population Plummets at Similar Rates to 1940's
The shocking impact that the financial crisis has had upon the Greek population is underlined in the latest weekly bulletin from the Hellenic Business Association (SEV), published on Thursday.
According to data published by the association, births in Greece decreased by...
Economy
Report: Nearly Half Greece's Active Population Out of Work
According to the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises' weekly economic bulletin published on Thursday, 44.7 per cent of the economically active population in Greece is out of work.
More specifically, between the ages of 15 and 64 years old, 55.3 per...
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Study: Greece's Population to Decrease Dramatically
A new scientific study about the population of Greece and its future prospects paints a dire picture of the country's future.
The study, which was recently published and presented to the members of the Hellenic Parliament, shows that whatever the scenario,...
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Population in Greece will be Older and Decline Dramatically by 2050, Study says
The continuing low birth rate and higher life expectancy in Greece will transform the population.
The study conducted by the Hellenic Association of Geriatrics and Gerontology (HAGG) says that the age pyramid in Greece will change dramatically by 2050. The...
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EU Says Greek Population Fell by 30,000 Since 2017
New European data published this week has suggested that Greece's population fell by 2.3 percent in just a year.
ELSTAT -- the union's official statistics agency -- said Greece's population declined by 30,000 to 10.738 million in 2018.
This goes against...