Crete grappling with soaring suicide rate
25/10/2014
Experts do not see a direct link with Greece’s financial crisis but are raising the alarm over the country’s diminished welfare state
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Medieval village on Crete is sinking under water [video]
24/10/2014
Cretan village is sacrificed in controversial dam project to supply the island’s capital with water
Germany Inc. Scrutinized for Using Labor Like Paper Clips
24/10/2014
What on the one hand helps retain German jobs and maintain international competitiveness, can also lead to the misuse of workers, who have little recourse to protect themselves. Take the…
AirBnb is a rental economy, not a sharing economy
24/10/2014
Last summer, half of Greece was up for rent in AirBnb. Giorgos Kallis argues that this has nothing to do with sharing. AirBnb is a rental economy and it should…
How Samaras backed himself and Greece into a corner over bailout exit
24/10/2014
…It is difficult to see how this is a plan that leaves Greece better off. Then again, though, perhaps it is just a plan to save this government. At the…
Business magnates Kokkalis and Martinos to testify in ‘piggy bank’ bribery investigation
24/10/2014
Former Olympiacos club owner Sokratis Kokkalis, shipowner Andreas Martinos and government spokesman Sofia Voultepsi are to testify in the investigation into allegations that lawmakers were bribed ahead of the president’s…
Cyprus seeks harsh EU statement on Turkey
24/10/2014
Earlier this week, Ankara dispatched a ship to look for hydrocarbons off southern Cyprus
Officials brief MPs on German forced wartime loan
24/10/2014
A special finance ministry working group has amassed 50,000 documents as part of its effort to calculate the present-dauy value of a loan Greece was forced to pay to its…
The troika policies and the rich: In 2007, Greece΄s richest 10% held 48% of wealth; today, it holds 56%
24/10/2014
Α ‘Global Wealth’ report compiled by Credit Suisse suggests that the inequality gap between the country’s rich and poor has widened significantly between 2007 and 2014, largely overlapping with 5…
How soccer club owners have become kingmakers in Greek politics
24/10/2014
While the Greek state suffers from the usual suspects of public corruption, bribery, tax evasion and lack of transparency, many have shied away from exposing how deep the problems truly…