mobility
Greek News
Fundraiser Launched to Help Disabled Young Girl in Greece
14-year-old Spyridoula Daravigka is a disabled student in Athens, Greece looking for help to improve her mobility in a city not designed for people in wheelchairs.
She has spinal muscular atrophy type 2 (SMA 2), a rare genetic disease that...
Greek News
Greece Makes Hundreds of Beaches Wheelchair-friendly
Greece is making hundreds of beaches wheelchair-friendly by installing the Greek-designed Seatrac system for wheelchairs.
The system is a free service that offers unassisted sea access to people with disabilities and mobility issues. It is an innovative, technological assistant that...
Ancient Greece
Athens Acropolis Becomes Accessible to the Visually Impaired
The Acropolis of Athens has become accessible to the visually impaired through a route unveiled on Thursday that combines models of monuments, haptic feedback points, and signs in Greek and English Braille.
During the unveiling, Culture and Sports Minister Lina...
Australia
Youth Mobility Program Between Greece and Australia Comes into Effect
A new visa agreement for the Greek and Australian youth has came into effect as of July 1st.
The program is based on the Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of Greece and Australia on a ''Work and Holiday'' Visa...
Economy
Greece and Cyprus Among Most Changed in Job Mobility in EU
A social mobility report by Eurofound, the EU Agency for the improvement of living and working conditions, shows that Greece, Cyprus, Finland and Poland have changed the most, having seen massive mobility out of agriculture towards manufacturing and services...
Economy
Government Tables Mobility Bill for Civil Servants
The ministry of administrative reconstruction submitted on Friday night a draft bill introducing a new system of voluntary mobility for civil servants.
The main elements of the bill are its voluntary character as well as the fact that employees will...
Economy
Second Wave of Mobility in EOPYY and Municipalities
The government board of administrative reform discussed the continuation of the mobility program, the acceleration of the evaluation process of private legal entities, and the issue of dismissals and the creation of more than 10,000 job positions.
In Specific, the...
Australia
Greeks Boost Melbourne Airport Arrivals
Traffic at Melbourne Tullamarine Airport rose by 6 percent in the first quarter with arrivals of 7,451,583 passengers, for both domestic and international. The statistics also show that flights between Greece and Australia increased by almost 17 percent for...