Crisis
Economy
Survey: Greeks are the Least Happy Europeans
A survey conducted on behalf of Deutsche Post and published by business magazine Wirtschaftswoche, concerns the happiness scale of European people. The least happy people in Europe are Greeks in contrast to the Danes, who are considered the happiest...
Europe
5.1% Increase of Greek Immigrants in Germany
Greek immigrants in Germany are reaching a record number over the last twenty years, as last year, the greatest increase since 1993 corresponding to 4.1% was recorded.
As it was announced by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), this large increase...
Business
Troubled Hotel Business in Attica
After six years of shrinking occupancy rates, hotels in of Attica are showing a small bounce, while the average revenue per available room crept up between January and August.
The head of the Athens-Attica Hotel Association, Alexandros Vasilikos stated at...
Greece
Crisis Forces Greek Women into Prostitution
The Greek financial crisis has been forcing more and more housewives into illegal prostitution to make ends meet. They take off their aprons, leave their kids and husbands at home, dress up in sexy clothes and prostitute themselves to...
Europe
It’s Hard Being Greek Says Hislop
Author Victoria Hislop, who became widely known in Greece for her book The Island has written a series of short stories called The last Dance which reflects on the country again and its hardships through the ages.
In an interview...
Europe
Rehhagel Left Greece With Political Lesson
The 74-year-old former football manager who coached Greece to its stunning victory in the 2004 European Championships, Otto Rehhagel has returned to Germany where he faced criticism for comments about his country's role in imposing harsh austerity measures on...
Greece
Papoulias Rallies Greeks Abroad For March 25
Greek President Karolos Papoulias has called on Greeks of the Diaspora to remember the meaning of Greek Independence Day on March 25 and the struggle by Greeks to free themselves from 400 years of Turkish occupation without giving up...
Greece
Crisis Making Prostitutes Of Many Greeks
While Greece's crushing economic crisis and brutal austerity measures have many people wondering where their next meal is coming from and cutting back on spending, the number of people selling sexual services has risen by 150 percent in two...
Europe
Avramopoulos Talks Crisis and Gas With Italian Minister
ROME - Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos met with his Italian counterpart Giulio Terzi to discuss the financial crises in the two countries that threatens to engulf the Eurozone, but also to talk about gas projects and business.
"Italians and...
Greece
The Crisis, The Junta and Why Greeks Are On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
"What we really need is a junta. Nothing is going to change otherwise. During the junta we didn’t have any debts. What’s the difference? we are under a German dictatorship anyways."
This is a statement of twenty-one year old engineering...