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11/03/24
Maik:
Not a new idea but one that sounds good and hasn't been forgotten: the Vice-Regional Governor of Kefalonia and Ithaca, Sotiris Kouris, met with the head of the Port Authority of Kefalonia, Anthoula Kavakou, and requested that lorries arriving by ferry at Poros port be held back ten minutes to allow cars to disperse rather than tailing back behind the lorries on a road with few safe passing places.
Also requested: policing of the port area to prevent accommodation owners touting for business on the quayside (a time honoured tradition in Greek ports!)
Maik:
--- Quote ---Incest case in Rethymno leads to teenage pregnancy
A 15-year-old was prosecuted for having sexual relations with his 13-year-old sister in the city of Rethymno, Crete.
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https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1233819/incest-case-in-rethymno-leads-to-teenage-pregnancy/
Maik:
--- Quote ---Urgent need for workers from abroad
Money from the Recovery Fund may be lost, especially on Crete, because mainly small and medium-sized contractors have been left without staff and cannot carry out the projects they have undertaken.
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https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1233736/urgent-need-for-workers-from-abroad/
Maik:
--- Quote ---Greece at rock bottom in social housing
When a law abolishing the Workers’ Housing Organization was passed in 2012 as part of a package of stringent austerity measures, Greece gave up the last tool of state intervention in the real estate market. So long as the rate of homeownership remained high, the recession continued to suppress property prices and interest rates stayed low, the housing problem could remain safely under the carpet.
That is certainly no longer the case. The cost of buying or renting a house is rising exponentially and far outpacing any growth in incomes, and demand for residential property is outpacing supply, putting a tremendous amount of pressure on the 30% of the population that doesn’t have a home to call its own. And now the country is facing the challenge of essentially rebuilding the institution of social housing from scratch to address the crisis and cover the huge gap with other European countries, which have succeeded in raising the share of social housing to as much as 20-30%.
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https://www.ekathimerini.com/society/1233725/greece-at-rock-bottom-in-social-housing/
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