Greek Homeownership Out Of Reach: 11 Years' Wages For 60 Sq.m. In Athens

Greeks are facing a daunting challenge in the housing market, with soaring property prices making homeownership a distant dream for many. In Athens, it now takes an average worker 11 years' wages to afford a modest 60 square metre apartment, reflecting a steep increase in housing costs amidst stagnant incomes.

EU Agrees on a New Migration Pact. Mainstream Parties Hope it will Deprive the Far Right of Votes
European Union nations endorsed sweeping reforms to the bloc’s failed asylum system on Tuesday as campaigning for Europe-wide elections next month gathers pace, with migration expected to be an important issue.

EU government ministers approved 10 legislative parts of The New Pact on Migration and Asylum. It lays out rules for the 27 member countries to handle people trying to enter without authorization, from how to screen them to establish whether they qualify for protection to deporting them if they’re not allowed to stay.

Hungary and Poland, which have long opposed any obligation for countries to host migrants or pay for their upkeep, voted against the package but were unable to block it.

Mainstream political parties believe the pact resolves the issues that have divided member nations since well over 1 million migrants swept into Europe in 2015, most fleeing war in Syria and Iraq. They hope the system will starve the far right of vote-winning oxygen in the June 6-9 elections.

Two Tickets to Greece review – insufferable women-on-holiday comedy is no Shirley Valentine
Even Kristin Scott Thomas can’t save this painful French comedy about two older women heading for the Greek islands for wacky fun

Marc Fitoussi, whose directing credits include work on the French TV hit Call My Agent!, has created this excruciatingly sugary French comedy of female friendship in a vacation paradise. It’s a one-note, one-joke, non-Mamma-Mia! the non-musical, with three lead performances that are borderline insufferable.