EU Structural Funds can finance investments in social housing for marginalized population groups, services for homeless people, deinstitutionalization and reintegration programs, as László Andor Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion pointed out to MEP Konstantinos Poupakis. Andor pointed out that: “Within the next multiannual financial framework, it is proposed that 20 percent of the [...]
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Austria Will Give Greece Bond Profits
Austria’s Parliament has decided not to keep profits from its holding of Greek bonds and will return them to Greece in a grant to help the country try to recover from a crushing economic crisis and $390 billion debt. Austrian Minister of Finance Maria Fekter is authorized to give Greece an annual grant up to [...]
ProGreece Internet Platform Nearly Set
The Internet platform ProGreece will be ready for use by June, officials said. ProGreece is an interactive social network for German and Greek companies. The aim of this network is to match Greek companies’ excess capacities with German demand to initiate manufacturing and service agreements and to support trade between the two countries. More than [...]
Greece First in Remittances in Albania
Greece and Italy have the largest number of Albanian immigrants, and from these two countries Albania receives the biggest part of money transfers. However, Open Data that has researched World Bank statistics stresses also the other side of remittances that concern the money transferred from Albania to other countries. This data refers to immigrants who [...]
More Greeks Want Work In Austria
The number of Greeks seeking a job in Austria was up by 15 percent in 2012, compared to 2011, according to data published by Statistics Austria, although the total was still only a miniscule 156. Greece’s crushing economic crisis is making many flee. At the same level of 15 percent was also the rise in [...]
Greece Fourth Most Corrupt In Europe
As the government tries to right a battered economy and restore some faith in Greece as a good place to do business, it has taken another hit with a finding from the auditing firm Ernst & Young, which surveyed more than 3,500 business managers, who said it’s the fourth most corrupt country in Europe. Transparency [...]
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05 / 19 EU Court: Greece Must Pay
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05 / 19 Even Bild Admired Agathonas At Eurovision
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05 / 18 Three Greek Islands On EU Cheap List
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05 / 18 The Greek Who Can Spy On Earth
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05 / 18 Former Consul Tipaldos Died In Italy
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08 / 04 Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Reportedly Claims Olympic Flame is Turkish
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01 / 24 Intercultural Association Macedonia Cuts Vasilopita
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07 / 28 IOC President Jacques Rogge Calls London Home of The Olympics; Forgets Greece
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05 / 03 Skopje: Streets Renamed With Ancient Greek Names
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05 / 22 Philip II of Macedonia Statue in Skopje Defies NATO
