Society

With the Greek government trying to dismantle the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party as May elections loom for municipalities and the European Parliament, authorities are now investigating whether a police office on Crete is going to run as a candidate. That...

Thousands of former public sector employees found justice after it was deemed that the cuts on the one-off financial benefit (EFAPAX) were unconstitutional, and against the state’s obligations to ensure every citizens’ social security. While the Greek government announced that...

A study from the University of Cambridge showed that the Greek financial crisis has deadly effects on Greek citizens. The study entitled Health effects of financial crisis: omens of a Greek tragedy was conducted by a team of scientists from...

The flu has been spreading rapidly in Greece and two more persons have died due to flu-related complications the last 24 hours, increasing the deaths to 48. Moreover, on Thursday, February 20, two new flu cases have been transferred...

The data on the effects of the Greek unemployment, conducted by research company Metron Analysis, show that 3 out of 4 people have been unemployed for about 2.5 years and the majority of them are high-level manpower. According to the...

  A confrontation that took place between locals and Greek police on Thursday, February 19, in Skouries, northern Greece, resulted in injuries. The locals were protesting against the gold mining. Everything started when a group of women participating in the protests,...

Tension arose midday outside the Greek Ministry of Administration Reform between school wardens and riot police officers. The police threw tear-gas in order to push away the school wardens who were protesting outside the Ministry against the availability measure. The...

After 20 months of investigation, Greek police revealed another scam against the Greek state. An international demining Non Governmental Organization (NGO) received about 9 million euros from the Greek State from 2000 to 2004, to finance alleged demining programs...

The Greek education community is strongly reacting to a recent phenomena of police “interference” in schools. Jointly the Secondary School Teacher Union of Piraeus along with the Parent Association of Keratsini are going to demonstrate outside the offices of...

More than 2,000 residents of the areas of Oropos, Kifissia, Tanagra and Kapandriti were gathered on Sunday at the toll booths in Aphidnes, reacting to the increase of toll rates announced by the Greek government. The police presence caused reactions....

The current crisis in Greece has not only caused financial problems but social ones as well. The number of homeless people has increased and the rates of suicides is rising. Another phenomenon currently on the rise is the abandonment...

The Greek adoption procedure is an exhausting, time-consuming procedure for parents, and usually requires quite a bit of bureaucracy. Parents might need to wait up to five years in order to finally adopt a child. Adoption is a legal process,...

The Greek Finance Minister, Yiannis Stournaras, had a meeting earlier today with representatives of the Greek farmers union. However, the two parties could not reach an agreement and the union underlined that they will do everything that is within...

  According to a survey conducted by the Boston Consulting Group regarding the mentality of consumers in Greece, the majority of Greek consumers are planning to further reduce their expenditures. Mr. Vassilis Antoniades noted that in Greece there is cautious optimism...

A German family who loves Greece has made a touching video for the Greek island of Kefalonia that is suffering from severe earthquake damages. The video entitled "Kefalonia Insomnia" has become very popular among Internet users. "After the earthquake the first...