Democracy is deteriorating across the world, with countries notably taking undemocratic and unnecessary actions to contain the coronavirus pandemic, an intergovernmental body said in its new report Monday.
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Greek children are unprotected from the traps of the internet, with one in three teens having been harassed online and one in four having received friend requests from strangers, according to a survey on internet safety.
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Greece is well on its way to becoming the oldest country in Europe in 2030, taking the lead from Italy, according to the European statistical office, Eurostat.
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Greek literature for children fails to portray the diversity of the world around us in realistic terms, according to a new study, which found that less than 3% of the children’s books published in the last decade feature characters with special needs or with migrant or Romani backgrounds.
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The Grand Walk, a series of pedestrian paths and bicycle lanes introduced on central thoroughfares in downtown Athens last year, has failed to wow city folk, a survey by two universities has found.
The use of social media by Greeks is in steady ascendancy according to a nationwide survey by the Focus Bari company which showed that more than four in five Greeks (82%) were active on such platforms in the first half of 2021.
New Democracy enjoys a lead of 11.9% over main opposition SYRIZA, according to an opinion poll published on Thursday.
Greek firms last in European Union in investing to mitigate effects of climate change
Greece’s construction sector will get a significant boost from the funds disbursed through the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility, Fitch Solutions estimates in a report released last week.
Mediterranean tropicalization is rampant, with temperatures rising 20% faster than the global average, fish migrating, invasive species appearing while native species disappear, marine angiosperm sea meadows and coral reefs being destroyed, and jellyfish populations spreading. The above consequences of the climate crisis on the Mediterranean are revealed in a recent World Wildlife Fund report titled […]
A little over one in six, or 17%, of Greece’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have returned to their pre-pandemic sales levels and another 50% expect to do so within two years, a National Bank of Greece survey has found.
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The Mediterranean has become a wildfire hotspot, with Turkey hit by its most intense blazes on record and a heatwave producing a high risk of further fires and smoke pollution around the region, a European Union atmosphere monitor said on Wednesday.
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Greek management consulting firms are more optimistic over economic fundamentals in the second quarter of 2021 for the next 12 months.
Fake news is gaining a foothold in Greece as it ranks poorly among countries in Europe regarding the evaluation of news.
Ruling New Democracy has a 13-point lead over main opposition SYRIZA in voting intentions, according to Pulse opinion poll for private broadcaster SKAI.
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Amid growing concern over the downward trend in daily vaccinations, a new poll by Pulse on behalf of Skai TV has shown that among those who have not yet received a shot, 40% said they never intend to get one while 24% said they would at a much later date.
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