SOCIETY

€89 mln disbursed to beneficiaries this week
ECONOMY

A total of 89,328,030 euros will be disbursed to 80,380 beneficiaries from March 11 to 15 as part of the scheduled payments of Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (e-ΕFΚΑ) and the Public Employment Service (DYPA).


Greece at rock bottom in social housing
SOCIETY

When a law abolishing the Workers’ Housing Organization was passed in 2012 as part of a package of stringent austerity measures, Greece gave up the last tool of state intervention in the real estate market. So long as the rate of homeownership remained high, the recession continued to suppress property prices […]

‘Love wins’ say Greek lesbian couple as they wed at last
SOCIETY

Α calendar reminder shone up on Danai Deligeorges’ phone on Thursday evening: “Wedding,” the message said. She turned, smiling, to her partner Alexia Beziki. “Are you ready?” Beziki asked, before the couple kissed and started to prepare.


Silent indifference: A reflection on society’s apathy
OPINION

There is a video circulating on the internet. In the video you can see a classroom, a professor and students sitting. The professor asks a student to leave the class. The girl, confused, asks why, while the professor gets stern and repeats that she has to leave. The student stands up and leaves. No one […]

Breakthroughs in social policy
OPINION

Social policy and the welfare state comprise the greatest social – and political – accomplishment of the Metapolitefsi and of this democracy. Every government from 1974 onward strengthened the country’s social policy – some to a greater, others to a lesser degree.


Ιt takes a village and €233,000 to raise a child in Greece
IN DEPTH

It takes a village to raise a child, as the old African proverb goes. But what happens when you need to hire – and, of course, pay for – that village? It is currently estimated that it costs around €13,000 per year to raise a child in Greece.



Relatives of railway crash victims hold memorial, call for justice
NEWS

A memorial service was held on Wednesday at the site of the railway crash in Tempe, central Greece, to honor the 57 individuals who lost their lives on February 28, 2023. Relatives and friends gathered to pay their respects, leaving flowers at the scene as they called for justice.

A way home for the ‘Lost Children of Greece’
PODCASTS

In late December a petition was launched titled “Nostos for Greek Adoptees,” asking the Greek state to recognize some 4,000 Greek-born adoptees from the post-war era – the so-called Lost Children of Greece.

Greece’s record year for tourism and concerns about sustainability
PODCASTS

Georgia Nakou, a features editor at MacroPolis, a specialist website focused on political and economic analysis of Greek affairs, joins Thanos Davelis to break down Greece’s record year for tourism last year, the causes for concern amid questions of sustainability, and the government’s response.


Nostos for Greek adoptees: It’s long past time
DIASPORA

Last December, a week before I left Greece for an extended trip to the United States, I launched a petition, the first ever I had attempted. It is titled “Nostos for Greek Adoptees.”

Fear returns to Exarchia
IMAGES

Alejandro Gkikopoulos stands in his shop, Polyamorous, in downtown Exarchia. Specializing in flowers and spirits, it was recently vandalized by unknown perpetrators purportedly seeking to stem the tide of gentrification in this once-bohemian Athenian neighborhood.