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The demographic collapse in Greece is becoming an "existential threat" to the future of the nation, PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned on Tuesday. In his address to the conference "Demographics 2023, Time for Action", Mitsotakis pointed out that the Hellenic Statistical...

More than 120 elderly staying at the Athens Nursing Home, one of the largest old people's nursing home in Greece, had the opportunity to take a long tour around Athens recently to witness firsthand the festive decorations of the Greek...

A 50-year-old woman and her 93-year-old father have been left homeless for months in Amaliada, Greece. They spend nights and several hours of the day in the car, which currently houses all their possessions. Fifty-year-old Stella Panagiotopoulou and her elderly...

A Greek prosecutor on Thursday launched an investigation on the deaths of 68 elderly inmates of a care home at Chania, Crete

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Holy Thursday the hiring of 3,000 permanent employees to support the "Help at Home" program, known as ''Voitheia Sto Spiti,'' the financing of which has been secured. This scheme is a successful social-solidarity...

News websites in Greece have been known for years for reporting incidents of vandalism involving the controversial Greek anarchists' group ''Rubicon.'' However, the coronavirus pandemic has brought nearly an endless array of changes in such a short period of time,...

Coronavirus victims in Italy will be denied access to intensive care if they are aged 80 or more or in poor health should pressure on beds increase, a document prepared by a crisis management unit in Turin proposes. Some patients...

Greek social care organizations in Australia have appealed recently for more native Greek- speaking care givers for the elderly. The managing director of the Higher Education Institute (ITHEA), Panagiotis Iasonides, was in Greece last week to court care workers who...

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,...

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...