The prices of groceries available on grocery store shelves are on the rise, according to data released by independent bodies and trade-savvy professionals. The rise in prices of manufactured goods, foodstuffs and raw materials has been happening daily since last September. With the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the phenomenon became more widespread, as […]
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Adonis Georgiadis supported Lidl: "Elderly woman can’t escape judgment"
“I don’t want to blame the company, they followed the relevant law and procedures,” is the verdict of Development and Investment Minister Adonis Georgiadis, who commented on the scandalous incident that occurred at the Lidl supermarket, when an old woman was caught stealing and taken to the police. Perhaps in this way he tried to […]
An old woman who stole groceries from a store because she was starving will be tried
The story of an elderly woman who went to the extreme – stealing food to eat – did not leave indifferent the inhabitants of Greece. To the questions “Will she be punished for stealing food from the supermarket? If the trial continues, will the court punish the elderly woman?” journalists tried to answer. The story […]
Greek households under pressure from inflation
The Hellenic Union of Consumer Workers (EEKE) is sounding the alarm about the sharp rise in the prices of goods and services, as the increase in prices impoverishes the people. As EEKE notes, “society, consumers, the world of work are watching a new increase in inflation in our country, which reached 5.1% in December from […]
The world has collapsed…
According to Eurostat’s 2020 data released today, 27.5% of Greeks are at risk of poverty or social exclusion, compared to 21.9%, the EU average. Greece ranks third in the EU (27.5%) in terms of the percentage of the population at risk of poverty, after Romania (35.8%) and Bulgaria (33.6%). It is followed by Spain with […]