Society

More than 13,000 Greek citizens resort to solidarity networks that have been developed in 37 municipalities of Attica, Greece in order to receive their daily meals. According to data from these municipalities, the number of citizens resorting to these...

Striking seamen are expected to bring serious disruption to coastal shipping in Greece Monday morning, after the Panhellenic Seamen’s Federation (PNO) called a series of 48-hour actions, this one timed to coincide with Parliament's multi-bill vote. The PNO rejects clauses in the multi-bill that...

The Sikhs in Athens believe in one God, protect their heart from fear and evil, they are loyal to their partner, they are vegetarian and every Sunday they attend liturgy in a former warehouse in Piraeus. Ntalzin is from India,...

A provision in the wide-ranging bill tabled by the Greek Ministry for Development will legalize smoking areas in casinos, night clubs and live music venues larger than 300m², as well as betting shops, including lottery outlets. The only restrictions imposed are that these smoking areas...

In January more than 2.5 million Greek taxpayers couldn’t afford to pay their taxes, adding nearly 1 billion euros to the ever-rising arrears. The General Secretariat of Public Revenues reported that 962 million euros of overdue debt obligations to the State...

According to a recent report by Eurofound, published by The Guardian, half of young European adults are living with their parents. The phenomenon was commonly observed among Mediterranean countries, but it has now expanded to the rest of Europe. The...

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...

The school parade for the celebration of Greek Independence Day in downtown Athens was held Monday under tight security measures. Deputy Minister of Education Symeon Kedikoglou and Athens’ Mayor Giorgos Kaminis watched the parade from the official viewing area....

The Greek Porn Project is a recent study that for the first time takes a closer look at the “sinful” topic of Greece's porn industry. It sought to compare quantitative and qualitative characteristics of various porn films by interviewing the cast and...

Recession and rising unemployment in Greece has led to a decrease in the number of births as more and more couples are unable to bear the financial and psychological "cost" of having a child. Doctors of the World estimate that...

Tight security measures will be in place for this year's celebration of Greek Independence Day on Tuesday, March 25, with about 3,000 police officers to be deployed in downtown Athens. Syntagma Square will be blocked, while riot police will control access...

The defendants in the kidnapping and murder case of 26-year-old Marios Papageorgiou have been convicted after almost two years of investigations. Petros Michaleakos, the mastermind of the kidnapping, was jailed for life plus 23 years and his wife, Paraskevi Sioutalou,...

Members of the secondary education teacher federation, OLME, as part of their demonstration on Thursday, proceeded to occupy the political office of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek Minister of Administrative Reform. They were protesting against the government's plans for layoffs in...

A destitute 40 year-old man has been living along with his family under squalid conditions in a cave in Heraklion, Crete in Greece. As if that was not enough, he was considered by the Greek state to have violated...

According to the latest epidemiological data from the Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), flu-related deaths now stand at 104, after two more patients passed away in the last 24 hours. Moreover, 45 patients have been hospitalized...