On Sunday evening, Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis announced the imposition of lockdown to Greece. The only reasons someone is now allowed to move outside his/her home is to buy necessities or drugs, or to commute to a workplace. This decision came after the sad fact that many citizens ignored the directions that were given in […]
Category: What’s on in Greece: Weekly snapshots
7-13/03/2020: Coronavirus now became part of everyone’s life
This was the week that Covid-19 became part of all Greek’s everyday life. With more than 300 cases of which four are deadly, it was decided the implementation of drastic measures. At the beginning of the week, all school closed and on Friday the measure was extended to all the places where large number of […]
Week 01/03/2020-07/03/2020: Tension at the Greek-Turkish borders
In an unprecedented move, the Turkish government decided to open its border and to facilitate the movement of immigrants and refugees towards EU. This caused Athens’ strong reaction that declared the decision as a hybrid attack against Greece and pledged not to allow the entrance to anyone. As a result, we had a very tensed […]
Week 22-29/02/2020: Coronavirus in Greece now too
Coronavarius covid-19 made eventually its appearance in Greece. Up until now, 7 cases have been confirmed, all of them are hospitalized, remain in isolation and none of them is in danger. The first infections have sparked a lot of discussion on what are the appropriate precautionary measures. In an initiative that was deemed by many […]
Week 16-22/02/202 Α new pension reform
A new pension system reform was submitted this week in the parliament. The new pension bill, which involves a redistribution of the available funds, was criticized by all unions and they went on strike. In the demonstrations and the strike against the new law last Thursday participated the workers of the public transportations system and, […]
Week 9-15/2/2020: Τhe ten years bond and the celebrations’ logo
On Wednesday 12/2 the Greek 10 years bond yield fell below 1% for the first time. Despite the fact that this reflects wider trends in the money markets this period, the reach of this milestone is particularly important and shows that markets now have a more positive attitude towards Greek economy. At the same time, […]
Week 2-9/02/2020 – Immigrants railing
The past week showed great turmoil in the islands of Northern-West Aegean that have been witnessing the largest inflow of migrants in the past five years. The incoming migrants and refugees that are trapped in these islands, railed against their dire living conditions and the prohibition to travel to the mainland. At the same time, […]
Week 12-19/1/2020: The proposal for the President of the Hellenic Republic
This week the prime minister announced the proposal of the government regarding the post of the President of the Hellenic Republic. The candidate is Katerina Sakellaropoulou which currently serves as president of the Council of State (the Supreme Administrative Court of the country). Most of the oppositional parties reacted positively to her candidacy and, therefore, […]
Week 6-13/12/2019: Prosecutor’s proposal for the Golden Dawn trial
The trial of the far party Golden Dawn is heading to an end. This week, the prosecutor urged that it is not possible to establish that either the leader of the Party Nickos Michaloliakos or other important party officials are guilty of the murder of the rapper Takis Fyssas. Furthermore, she argued that there […]
Week 1-7/11/2019: Flows
After a period of increased migration flows in Greece and in the Mediterranean, the Government is trying to find the golden mean of managing the situation by dividing the flows into different regions so that they do not exceed 1% of the population in each region. This increase has also triggered the rise of racist […]