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Monastiraki overhaul nears completion
Construction work on Monastiraki Square, one of central Athens's busiest hubs and tourist hotspots... |
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Organic farming needs boost
A rise in demand for organic products in these times of economic austerity illustrates two things. First, that consumers are willing to pay more provided they are convinced of the high quality of a product, and second, that the Greek agricultural sector is looking at a wonderful opportunity and new prospects: to produce products with high added value for which there is demand in the market.
The figures, however, are disappointing. Over 65 percent of turnover is generated by products that are imported from abroad. |
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Broken from the start
For the past 10 years, during which Greece has had an immigration policy, the state has been anything but welcoming. Hundreds of thousands of people from many non-EU countries have suffered without reason, over and over and over again. But this has also served as a warning: Choosing to live in Greece is not all that it seems. Because, as foreigners will learn, on the other side of the fence is no paradise of sensible rules and just laws. They need only look at the current panic, in which 3 million Greeks were given just three months to register their homes and other property or risk heavy fines and even confiscation.
The procedures and the staff involved in dealing with immigrants display all the problems that plague everyone who lives here. Unreasonable demands are placed on citizens and foreign residents alike, whereas the state usually fails to honor even its most basic obligations. |
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