Suicides shot up by more than 22 percent from 2009 to 2011, the organizers of a medical conference due to take place in Athens next week said on Thursday, stressing that the economic crisis has clearly exacerbated the leading causes of depression and suicide.
Speaking at a press conference ahead of the May 16-19 event, the chief of the Attikon Hospital’s Psychiatric Department, Eleftherios Lykouras, said that increased insecurity and uncertainty for the future are intrinsically linked to the spike in suicides, which according to police figures stood at 1,727 over the two year period, with 598 people taking their own lives in 2011.
The Greek region of Western Macedonia has the fifth highest regional unemployment rate in the European Union, statistical agency Eurostat said on Wednesday.
The jobless rate in Western Maced...
Cyprus faces substantial risks to its economic outlook and a forecast recession could be deeper than forecast, its central bank governor said in a prepared speech on Wednesday.
The island st...
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One of the biggest problems dragging the Greek economy down is the pressure placed on entrepreneurs aspiring to do business in sectors dominated by the “pirates” and “pimps” of the business ...
Greek taxpayers have had to pay dozens of millions of euros for the restoration and conservation of the capital’s landmark buildings, including Athens Polytechnic and the so-called neoclassi...
