EDITORIAL

The decision to raise the threshold for acquiring a Golden Visa, that is Greek citizenship in exchange for a real estate purchase, seems to be paying off.

There is no such thing as a self-regulating market. Even liberals agree that there needs to be some degree of oversight – not enough to kill competition but enough to keep things on track.

Greece needs to start learning from the example of popular destinations – such as Majorca and Barcelona – that have exceeded their capacity and tolerance for mass tourism.

The 50 years of democracy Greece has experienced since its last period of authoritarian rule and strife have been the best in the history of the modern nation. It has been free of wars and coups, and despite some painful glitches, it has been relatively stable and prosperous.

Anniversaries serve as a good opportunity to look back and take stock of what we did wrong. The dark anniversary of the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus brings a deep national wound back into the spotlight of public discourse.

The ongoing incidents of electronic fraud targeting consumers, along with attempts to breach critical state systems underscore the urgent need for a comprehensive digital security plan. 

Political parties cannot control their officials’ manners, which is why political organizations are not judged by individual transgressions. 

The most recent case of wide-scale corruption in the public sector shows that the system of supervision for services and employees needs to be re-examined at the central level.

Fifty years after the Turkish invasion, Cyprus remains an open wound. We Greeks must not forget that the restoration of democracy in our country came about through the Cypriot tragedy.

The Independent Authority for Public Revenue (AADE) has made leaps in the digitization of its services, and not only of those offered to citizens but also in its necessary audits.

Any attempt to fill the vacancies in the Greek national health system (ESY) seems doomed from the start. The response to consecutive job openings has been zero, despite various attempts to offer attractive incentives, such as higher salaries or guaranteed accommodation. 

Life in Greece, as in the rest of the world, has become very expensive. The problem is that in Greece wages have remained remarkably stagnant due to the last big economic crisis.