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Another Greek Generation Lost…

“Broke and beset by the stigma of unemployment, young Greek men are putting off serious relationships and extending their childhood indefinitely,” Greek journalist Yiannis Baboulias told the Telegraph. The British newspaper focused on the acute unemployment issue that younger generations...

Young Farmers Receive Financial Aid

The Greek government has launched a new program for young people wishing to live in the Greek countryside and become involved with agriculture and farming. Greece's national file for EU agricultural funds has allotted young farmers upwards of 400 million euros over the next six...

Summer with a Greek Taste for Greek Diaspora Youth

Fifty young Greeks living abroad, aged 15 to 17, will arrive this summer in Greece to spend time in the distant homeland of their ancestors under a hospitality program launched by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The young Greeks will...

First Quarter Unemployment 2014, Stable at 27.8%

The unemployment rate for Greece stood at 27.8% for the first quarter of 2014. It remained unchanged compared with the previous quarter, while showing a slight increase compared to the 27.6% rate recorded in the first quarter of 2013. According...

Eurostat: Slight Decrease in Unemployment

The highest unemployment rate on a European level was recorded in Greece, followed by Spain and Croatia. Meanwhile, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands appear to have the lowest rates of unemployment. In Greece this February, unemployment stood at 26.5%, a...

CNN Report on Unemployment Tormenting Greek Youth

CNN reported yesterday on unemployment, increasing suicide rates, migration and rising criminality in Greece by featuring six young Greeks and their personal interpretations and answers to the deepening debt crisis. Maria Papapanagiotaki and Aristotle Skalizos have been dating each other...

17-year-old Student Bursts Into Tears Over Bleak Future of Greek Youth

Danae-Arsenia Fillidou, a 17-year-old student from the city of Kavala in northern Greece, burst into tears when she received the award for the best student newspaper at the 19th Panhellenic Student Newspaper Competition organized by the Greek daily Ta...