Skip to content

Archive

Tag: greece
Greece brain drain wrecking my social life (July 12th 2012) Greece brain drain wrecking my social life (July 12th 2012)

Giorgos Christides  the 36 year old Greek Freelance journalist and Economics editor discusses his experiences in his austerity ridden homeland for a BBC magazine article titled “Greece brain drain ‘wrecking my social life’” Christides states “As the queues of jobless Greeks grow, more and more young people are moving abroad. …The trend is not limited to 30 and 40-something professionals, but is spreading to younger age groups as well. According to the latest national polls, more than seven out of 10 young Greeks aged 18 to 24 believe that emigration is the ideal – indeed the only – way out from the crisis. Two out of 10 have already applied for jobs and university places abroad. …[Greece] considered an economic wasteland for ambitious young students and graduates, who are now suffering from unemployment rates in excess of 50%. Workers’ and students’ mobility has been, of course, one of the landmarks and major achievements of European integration. But it is now evolving into a medium-term death sentence for the ageing Greek society and economy. …In an era characterised by intensified global competition for talented, innovative and highly-skilled workers, the brain drain afflicting Greece means the country is losing its best hope of revival. Viewing your country as a dead-end and a prison is therefore a more daunting and condemning prospect than defaulting or exiting the euro.”

 

Inspired by BBC http://ow.ly/c4X0R image source linkedin ow.ly/c4WZ6

Georgios A. Papandreou the 59 year old Prime Minister of Greece from a long standing political dynasty having offered to step down to enable a coalition approach to the debt crisis confronting the nation, has vowed to proceed in his role after a poll indicating 77% of the Greek people have no faith in his handling of the economic crisis. Greece has experienced violent protests near the parliament at Syntagma square in Athens, where tens of thousands of activists and unionists have been gathering to protest the austerity measures introduced by the Greek government to combat the worsening crisis that threatens the economy with its debt of 12.7% GDP and an unemployment rate of 10%. Papandreou had faced a revolt in his socialist Pasok party over the package of austerity measures. Inspired by Rachel Cooper ow.ly/5lDn9 image source ΠΑΣΟΚ ow.ly/5lDum I will continue seeking wider consensus (June 22 2011)

Georgios A. Papandreou the 59 year old Prime Minister of Greece from a long standing political dynasty having offered to step down to enable a coalition approach to the debt crisis confronting the nation, has vowed to proceed in his role after a poll indicating 77% of the Greek people have no faith in his handling of the economic crisis. Greece has experienced violent protests near the parliament at Syntagma square in Athens, where tens of thousands of activists and unionists have been gathering to protest the austerity measures introduced by the Greek government to combat the worsening crisis that threatens the economy with its debt of 12.7% GDP and an unemployment rate of 10%. Papandreou had faced a revolt in his socialist Pasok party over the package of austerity measures.

 

Inspired by Rachel Cooper ow.ly/5lDn9 image source ΠΑΣΟΚ ow.ly/5lDum

Rss Feed Tweeter button Facebook button Technorati button Reddit button Myspace button Linkedin button Delicious button Digg button Flickr button Stumbleupon button Newsvine button Youtube button