Memorandum
Economy
Troika to Shut Down OSE
Greece's European lenders estimate that the country needs an even smaller government and a new tax system, and for this reason they are hardening their measures in view of the quarterly audit which will be the "key" to the...
Greece
Compulsory Ticket of €25 for Hospitalization
From the 1st of January 2014, patients admitted to a hospital of the National Healthcare System (ESY), will have to pass first from the accounting office to pay a ticket of 25 euros, according to the new implementing law...
Greece
Papandreou's 10-Minute Bailout Call
Former prime minister, George Papandreou, gave a speech on the pressure exerted on him by his European partners in April 2010 to impose severe austerity cuts, at an event held in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Papandreou even revealed the dialogues he had...
Greece
Austerity Leads Greeks to Obesity
According to Kathimerini, more and more Greeks are becoming overweight in our days. The Memorandum and the crucial financial conditions have led Greeks to eat more fast food, according to the Hellenic Medical Association for Obesity (HMAO) which is...
Greece
Crisis Affects Greeks' Sexual Life
The Hellenic Society for the Study of Human Sexuality (EMAS) and the Andrology Institute of Athens conducted a research, according to which the financial crisis has affected Greeks’ personal and sexual life and has increased incidences of violence against...
Cyprus
Cyprus Labor Day in the Era of the Memorandum
Cyprus celebrated Labor Day in the new era of the Memorandum, under conditions that will change citizens' daily lives and will turn established rights and claims into a distant memory. Society, with melancholy watches a future that is lost...
Europe
Greek Politician Asks Germany for 70 Billion Euros in WWII Reparations
German newspaper Bild published an article titled "This is the Greek woman who asks us 70 billion." The Greek woman is Vicky Voulvoukeli, member of the Independent Greeks party and gave an interview to the German paper talking...
Greece
IMF: 'No More Payments If Greece Disagrees With the Measures'
"The IMF is threatening Greece that they will stop paying installments if the new government disagrees with the future austerity measures," reported an IMF official to the Dow Jones news agency.
According to the news agency, the creditors are willing...
Economy
Greek Parliament Approves New Pension Cuts
AMNA--Parliament ratified, late Tuesday night, a bill envisioning cuts in various primary and supplementary pensions, at the end of a relevant debate.
Out of the 283 deputies, 202 voted in favour of the bill, 80 against and one deputy...