financial crisis

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...

The renowned Greek kiosks (periptera) will soon become extinct due to the implementation of the new multi-bill by the Greek government. According to a provision of the new multi-bill when a kiosk closes or its owner dies, the operating license...

The village of Livadia in the prefecture of Heraklion in Crete, is the village holding the highest birth rate in Greece. The ongoing financial crisis, the austerity measures and the decreased births in big cities haven’t discouraged the residents of...

Peggy Goldman, a travel expert and president of Friendly Planet Travel talks about the revival of Greek tourism in her article in the Huffington Post entitled “Greek Revival: The Return of Tourism to Greece.” The article stresses the impressive revival...

Greek-Australian entrepreneurs are interested in investing in Greece, as was discussed in a meeting with the Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kyriakos Gerontopoulos. Minister Gerontopoulos completed his four-day visit in Australia by meeting in Sydney with the Greek-Australian Minister...

It was 1982 when Andreas Papandreou's government caused quite a stir in traditionally Orthodox Greece by legalizing civil marriage. At first, only a few couples chose a civil ceremony because of the various prejudices in Greek society. Nowadays, however, civil marriages outnumber religious services. The gap...

In Estonia, tourists can enjoy Greek cuisine in several restaurants in Tallinn and Tartu. In Ecuador, the “Samos” restaurant offers take-away shrimp and spinach pilaf and tzatziki. In Venezuela and Uruguay, there are Greek dancing classes and in London...

Italian Prime Minister, Enrico Leta, is going to meet on Monday noon with his Greek counterpart, Antonis Samaras, in a scheduled two-day official visit in Athens, where he will discuss several crucial matters concerning the difficulties that the European...

The daily Sydney Morning Herald published an article analyzing the immigration phenomenon of Greeks to Australia in the past. Many are the Greeks who, or their parents, migrated to Australia in the past seeking a better life and afterwards returned...

Saying they would no longer put up with being told what to do and to keep imposing pay cuts, tax hikes, slashed pensions and seizing bank accounts so that foreign bankers putting up bailout loans could be paid back,...