podlist.gr

The Greek Current
The Greek Current

A plan to give young Greeks a shot at becoming home owners

A new government program in Greece is looking to give young Greeks a shot at becoming homeowners, offering mortgages for as little as 1% to address an affordability crisis. The move comes as many young Greeks are being priced out of the property market and forced to cover the cost of soaring rents despite little rise in their real incomes. Eleni Varvitsioti, the Financial Times correspondent for Greece and Cyprus based in Athens, joins Thanos Davelis to look at this latest government proposal and break down whether it can be a game changer for young Greeks, giving them a real chance at homeownership. 

Read Eleni Varvitsioti’s latest report in the Financial Times: Cheap loans set to give young Greeks a shot at a home of their own

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Greece, Britain discussing Parthenon Sculptures return but deal not close, Athens says

Parthenon Sculptures high on agenda

Enlargement back on EU’s agenda at Western Balkans summit

PM in Tirana on Tuesday to attend EU-Western Balkans

Πηγή

‹ Προηγούμενο Επόμενο ›

Περισσότερα επεισόδια

The Great Sea Interconnector, the EU’s Turkey challenge, and Cyprus’ growing role in the East Med

There’s one story dominating headlines in Greece these days, and it’s all about the Great Sea Interconnector as a French-flagged vessel set sail from Greece to carry out surveys for the project that will link the Greek and Cypriot power networks, eventually extending to Israel.Turkey has long objected to this project, flexing its Blue Homeland doctrine and arguing that it needs Ankara's...

Election Fever: The “Blue Tsunami,” Hellenic Issues, and Turkey’s Play for the UN’s Top Job

This week our theme is none other than elections. The midterms this week saw Democrats sweep into power in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in what many are calling a “blue tsunami” that is already upending the political scene in Washington, DC.Tuesday’s Democratic wave also amounted to a stinging rebuke of President Trump’s policies, as voters frustrated by a cost of living...

Greece leads pushback against Turkey and Libya's farcical maritime "deal"

“Geography cannot be rewritten … and sovereign rights cannot be erased by drawing arbitrary lines on a map.” Those were Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis words at the UN Security Council this week, as he held up a map showing Turkey and Libya’s “illegal” and “arbitrary” maritime deal.This agreement is back in the headlines these days after Libya’s House of Representatives dropped its...