Cars from across northern Greece are queuing outside Skopje, while it was found that the Greek state has suffered more than 13 million euros from sales losses just in the prefecture of Kilkis.
The northern Greek prefecture of Macedonia is suffering, not so much due to the irredentist policy followed by their neighbor, Skopje, but due to the economic decline.
Hundreds of thousands of people from northern Greece are moving to Skopje due to the financial crisis, in search of cheaper goods and services and the gods of fortune. This mass exodus has a severe impact on the local and national economy, driving some local tradesmen and professionals out of business. The financial drain of Greece is methodical. The unbeatable prices, the unique products or services but most of all the luxurious casinos that can be found in FYROM are taking a great toll on Greece. Skopje which seems to be a “small Las Vegas,” located right at the country’s borders, lured in more than one million Greeks to spend their money during 2013.
Anyone who visits the casinos also has the chance to fill their tanks up with cheap gas, do some shopping and even visit the local grocery shops. Others receive medical and cosmetic services from experts in Skopje, while family men and retirees chose to settle permanently in the towns of the region, while at the same time the frontier zone of Greece wastes away due to the lack of such resources. Meanwhile, the distress calls of local bodies for the State to take action in order to limit the economic bleeding are still awaiting response.
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