Chronic condition

64 percent of elderly people feel happy, new TÜİK report reveals

Around 64.1 percent of individuals aged 65 and above in Türkiye feel happy, with the proportion of males expressing happiness at 64.9 percent and women at 63.5 percent, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has revealed.

TÜİK and the Family and Social Services Ministry have conducted a survey aimed at developing policies concerning the elderly population in Türkiye.

Poverty threatening children in Greece

Greece is one of the worst countries in the European Union for a child to live in, as it appears that the youngest citizens pay the highest price for the chronic inadequacies of the state, the low quality of the education system and the health system, as well as the inability of the social protection system to really and effectively support them.

The challenge of transparency

The digital modernization of the state has progressed at a rapid pace. The results have convinced us that with minimal (financial and political) costs, chronic problems can be eliminated. 

The electronic registry that is now being piloted in state procurements could prove to be yet another low-key but major leap toward transparency, if implemented correctly.

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