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WEDNESDAY 12th SEPTEMBER
ISSUE 2 FREE
ST JOHN’S PRESTON ART SHOW: THE RED FLY
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MORE THAN HALF YOUNG GREEKS ARE UNEMPLOYED Greek youth unemployment figures released by the Hellenic Statistic Authority marked another record high at 54.9 percent in May compared to around 41 percent to the same period last year.
“It is indeed a matter of deep concern for the commission and the unprecedented level of unemployment in Greece,
in particular for youth unemployment,” European Commission spokesperson Olivier Bailly told reporters in Brussels. Bailly said the ‘troika’ - the EU, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) - along with the Greek authorities will need to address the In Athens, the 27-year old president of the Hellenic National Youth Council Armodios Drikos, a non-
In celebration of the Flavours of Greece the Greek Deli & Taverna have joined forces with Douglas Lamb Wines to bring you a traditional Whole Roast Suckling Pig Dinner.
profit youth association, told this website that the Greek government has failed to implement a strategy that puts youth at the top of its policy initiatives. “Unemployment among the youth in Greece is extremely high due to two reasons. First, the Greek government has failed to initiate EU programmes and use the EU funds. Second, the Greek government has sidelined the youth in their policy,” he said. Drikos, who also works as a doctor
at a hospital in Athens, says Greece has a lost an entire generation. “A lot of my colleagues have left for places like Germany, Belgium and Switzerland,” he said. The European Youth Forum (YFJ), a platform of youth organisation in Europe, claims up to a €100 billion annually is lost by not investing in young people.The platform claims the current EU budget dedicates 0.1 percent to funding youth programmes.
Roast Suckling Pig
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