All News on Social Issues in Greece
Investments worth over 150 mln euros in novel products
Nanotechnology, robotic technology, tire pyrolysis: Some of the sectors where projects worth millions are being launched in Greece. For this reason, the companies that plan to implement them seek to secure the status of strategic investments through the Enterprise Greece agency for their projects, which follow the circular economy and utilize new technologies.
Crete has highest suicide rates in the country
The island of Crete has occupied the top place in the list of Greek regions with the highest suicide rates for the last 25 years, according to an expert.
Who really cares about the common good?
At 0.165% of gross domestic product, Greece's official contribution to developing countries puts it third from last among the members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. And this is not a result of the economic crisis; we were in more or less the same spot before 2009 too.
Auditors say it’s hard to tell how Turkey is using EU refugee funds
European Union auditors said on Wednesday that they are unable to establish whether some of the billions of euros the bloc has given to Turkey to help it cope with Syrian refugees is actually having any impact.
Athens pushes back against US rights report
A shadow has been cast over the otherwise good Greek-American relationship by the US State Department's report on the state of human rights in Greece in 2023, where, among other things, there is reference to allegations of mistreatment of migrants and asylum seekers, members of the LGBTQI+ community, and to the previous year's complaints about the wiretapping case.
Unaccompanied minors’ plight better, issues remain
Large numbers of unaccompanied minors continue to arrive in Greece, with one in three from Egypt. According to data until early April, 2,157 unaccompanied minors were registered and accommodated.
Racist violence surges in Greece, report finds
Attacks against migrants, refugees and LGBT people in Greece surged to their highest level in nearly a decade last year, a report by the Athens-based Racist Violence Recording Network (RVRN) has found.
The network recorded 158 attacks in 2023, up from 74 in 2022. Of those, 89 targeted migrants, refugees or asylum seekers and 61 targeted LGBT people, it said.
Suspended sentence for police officer for migrant smuggling
A three-member Criminal Appeal Court of Thessaloniki convicted on Tuesday a police officer to seven years and eight months in prison for his involvement in the illegal smuggling of migrants through Thessaloniki's international airport.
State Department says ‘no significant changes’ in Greece’s human rights report
There were "no significant changes" in the human rights situation in Greece over the past year, the US State Department said in its annual report which includes, however, a list of issues pertaining to the treatment of migrants, police and the use of spyware.
A bulwark against a demographic collapse
A dramatic demographic deterioration was one of the many factors that contributed to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the collapse of the centuries-old Byzantine Empire. The city's population had shrunk dramatically, and especially with regard to younger age groups.
More years of work, lower pensions
Today's teenagers, the children born during the debt crisis of the previous decade, who will enter the labor market around 2030, will be able to retire at the age of 72.5 having worked at least 38.5 years, according to the European Commission's 2024 Aging Report - Economic and Budgetary Projections for the EU Member-States 2022-2070.
Rapprochement with Turkey has reduced illegal migration flows, Mitsotakis says
The policy of rapprochement with Turkey had helped decrease illegal migration flows, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said from Lesvos.
Woman attempts suicide after attack from husband
A 36-year-old woman in the town of Aigio, western Greece, tried to commit suicide by taking an unknown number of pills after she was attacked by her husband.
The 39-year-old husband was arrested and is facing charges of domestic violence.
Police was alerted to the suicide attempt by the local hospital where she was transferred for treatment.
Greece plans to acquire an anti-missile, anti-drone dome according to Israel’s model
Significant allocated budget – Claims that Greece needs to seek permission to protect the environment in the Cyclades is unacceptable
Greek Journalists Strike for Higher Wages
In a demonstration of solidarity and protest against the government's economic policies, media workers across Greece have initiated a 24-hour strike, aligning themselves with the call for protests issued by labor unions. The strike, which commenced at 5 a.m.