One in seven houses vacant
Hundreds of thousands of vacant houses around Greece could theoretically provide a solution to high rents and the housing problem in general the country has been facing in recent years.
Hundreds of thousands of vacant houses around Greece could theoretically provide a solution to high rents and the housing problem in general the country has been facing in recent years.
As Greece moves closer to general elections next year, there are concerns that issues both inside and outside Greece – the latest Qatargate scandal being one of them – could potentially fan anti-systemic sentiment and see voters give a boost to the extremes of the political spectrum.
Six parties and a movement presented themselves as the political alliance “Prasino+Mov” (which means Green & Purple in Greek) on Tuesday, and said they aimed at winning a seat in the Greek Parliament at general elections in 2023.
Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras announced on Tuesday that MP Aggeliki Adamopoulou, who was elected with MeRA25 and later decided to become independent, has joined the SYRIZA parliamentary group.
Registered unemployment in Greece totaled 1,061,419 in November, up 12.66% from October (942,164) and down 2.77% compared with November 2021, the Public Employment Service (DYPA) said in a report on Tuesday.
Moscow and Nicosia are growing further apart on travel between the two countries, prompting Russians living on both sides of the divided island to look for new routes through Turkey after rumors of direct flights in the north subsided due to the Cyprus problem.
Nasdaq-listed Advent Technologies Holdings, a leader in fuel cell and hydrogen technology, on Tuesday announced the launch of a pilot project with Vantage Towers Greece to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the replacement of diesel generators with fuel cells.
The European Union currently represents less than 6% of the world’s population. Its share will have shrunk to 4.5% by 2050.
Residents in the Athenian district of Nea Smyrni said that after the clashes between police and residents that occurred in the area during the coronavirus lockdown, the police were invisible.
Two Greek prosecutors investigating all allegations of illegal electronic surveillance of dozens of individuals in Greece have submitted a request to US authorities for judicial assistance.