Society

The Greek Consulate General in Mariupol, Dimitris Papandreou, stated that all Greeks who live in Mariupol are safe. Mariupol, located in southeastern Ukraine is the epicenter of conflict between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists. According to Papandreou, the thousands of...

The condition of Greek airborne firefighting fleet after 40 years of services was described as “almost borderline” by the Greek Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias. “Air forces are making major efforts to maintain the planes in a good state but...

Nearly a quarter of tobacco products used in Greece are likely to have been smuggled in to the country, according to the latest data from the Center For Planning and Economic Research (KEPE). KEPE's survey aimed to define the extent of...

The total amount of money paid to 200,000 beneficiaries as a social dividend sums up to 133.2 million euros. Up to 205,912 households had already applied until the end of the first deadline, initially set May 3. Successful applicants...

The Greek healthcare worker who contracted MERS (Middle East respiratory Syndrome) is still in critical condition, the doctors said. The illness proves to be fatal in one-third of the infection cases and there is no known treatments for the...

A 57-year-old man in Thessaloniki chose the date of his birth to take his own life after falling into depression when the bond haircut cost him his life savings. The tragic incident occurred yesterday afternoon, when his wife spotted him hanging from a tree near the...

Today, at 7am a 23-year-old student was found hanged in Rhodes, Greece, by passing citizens. According to Greek news she was from Athens and was studying in Crete. The young girl’s relatives had been looking for her since last Tuesday (May...

A new poll conducted across Greece by Pulse RC from May 2 to May 7 gives SYRIZA a 2% lead over New Democracy for the upcoming Euro elections. More specifically, since the last Pulse poll last week, SYRIZA has increased its lead by 0.5%,...

Striking cleaning ladies continue to camp outside the Greek Finance Ministry in their months-long protest at public sector suspensions. Many cleaning ladies who have been suspended or laid-off in various Greek regions are taking part, and they have stated their determination to continue their...

The high abstention rate is not the only problem in Greek elections, but at least the 30,000 dead people still on the voting lists have a valid excuse. According to the Ministry of Interior, although 70,000 people died between May and December...

Northern Greece has the highest rates of unemployment in continental Europe, according to a new report from Eurostat on unemployment, with university qualification making little difference to job prospects. According to Euronews website, seven out of ten young people in West Macedonia...

A schoolboy from Rhodes, Athinagoras Skiadopoulos, has won the gold metal at the Balkan Mathematical Olympiad 2014 in Pleven, Bulgaria with a perfect score of 40/40. The Greek team in total won two gold metals, three bronze and one honorable citation...

Greece's Minister of Labour, Giannis Vroutsis, is to present a amendment to parliament Tuesday in a bid to end the long queues outside the state labour offices to ease the plight of 1m unemployed on benefits. The revision will digitalise not only the online...

Many superior officers of the Greek military forces are choosing to immigrate to foreign countries in order to attain higher living standards. The number of military officers who are choosing to shed their uniforms and bid farewell to their families...

Dogs will parade through downtown Chania, Crete, on Saturday morning, carrying balloons bearing animal rights slogans.  The festival, organized by the Animal Welfare Association of Chania aims to inform people about animal rights and raise awareness about animal abuse. “All dogs will have colorful balloons tied to their collars. The balloons will...