World Bank
Greece
Greek Healthcare System Ranked 30th Worldwide
This month Bloomberg identified the most and the least efficient health care systems on a worldwide basis, highlighting those of Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan as the world's best.
On the same list Greece holds the 30th place while the...
Greece
PASOK's Papoutsis Gets World Bank Job
Now that he's Greece's Deputy Prime Minister in the government of Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, the New Democracy Conservative leader, PASOK Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos has reportedly succeeded in getting one of his own, Christos Papoutsis, to be the...
Economy
Greece First in Remittances in Albania
Greece and Italy have the largest number of Albanian immigrants, and from these two countries Albania receives the biggest part of money transfers.
However, Open Data that has researched World Bank statistics stresses also the other side of remittances that...
Greece
Banking's Big Lie Breaks Cyprus
If banks loaned money at their own risk, there would be far less reprehensible moneymaking in the world. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Convinced that banks had all the answers to the ever-increasing socio-economic problems, governments have endorsed...
Economy
World Bank Sees Greece as More Competitive
Imparting a rare piece of good news for Greece, the World Bank showed the country to have risen to 78th place from 100th in its annual competitiveness report.
The rise earned Greece the distinction of being among the 10 "most...
Economy
Venizelos Says Greece “Scapegoat” But Will Survive Crisis
With the economic world holding its breath over fears that Greece will default, Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos told an international audience of bankers in Washington, D.C. that his country[...]
Economy
In Washington, Venizelos Tries to Convince Skeptical World
Even while Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos was busy in Washington trying to persuade everyone that Greece will not default, although it is drowning in debt and misery over deep pay cuts, tax hikes and slashed pensions while tax...