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A new study published by the European Statistical Office shows that Greeks, along with Bulgarians, have the lowest per capita income and very low levels of individual consumption.

In October, Greece is also in first place for high food prices with an indicator of 10.3%. According to a World Bank report, Greece ranks 10th on the list of countries with the highest food inflation relative to overall inflation.

Even the unemployment rate of 9.7% is one of the highest in the Eurozone. Greece is second only to Spain when the EU average is 6.5%.

Another negative factor is the higher cost of housing compared to incomes in the EU (34.2%). Furthermore, while twelve EU Member States registered high levels of citizens’ savings in 2022, only Greece had negative levels of -4.0%. Eurostat placed it in last place, by a large margin from second-to-last Poland. Moreover, according to Eurostat, Greece is in last place with 13.7% of GDP and real investment.

Switzerland, Luxembourg and Singapore have the highest salaries among 102 countries in the world. The bottom three places are Nigeria, Pakistan and Egypt. In Switzerland, the average monthly salary reaches 5,620 euros, in Luxembourg – 4,463, and in Singapore – 4,420. In the top ten are also the USA, Iceland and Qatar, Denmark, the UAE, the Netherlands and Australia.

From 11 to 14 places are Norway (2,980 euros), Canada, Germany and New Zealand (from 2,790 to 2,760 euros). Next in the ranking are Ireland, Great Britain, Finland, Austria and Sweden.

The third ten in terms of pay level are Belgium, Israel and France – from 2,406 to 2,289 euros. In Japan, they earn 2,204 euros per month, in South Korea – 2,155 euros, in Spain – 1,775 euros, and in Italy – 1,556 euros. In the Czech Republic, the average salary is 1,470 euros, in Estonia – 1,353, in Cyprus – 1,335, in Slovenia – 1,227. Poland is lower than South Africa – 1,052 euros against 1,058 euros. In 40th place is Portugal – 1001 euros.

Other countries:

Slovakia – 972;
China – 963;
Latvia – 950;
Greece – 820;
Bulgaria – 748.
Romania – 703;
Mexico – 664
Belarus – 490;
Kazakhstan – 463;
Moldova – 424;
Ukraine – 376 (83rd place);
Azerbaijan – 343;
Uzbekistan – 290.

The bottom ten are the Philippines, Tunisia and Libya. In Venezuela, the average salary is 166 euros, in Nigeria – 147. The lowest place is occupied by Egypt – with 134 euros.

2023-12-17 06:23:04
#Greeks #penultimate #place #terms #wages #European #Union #Labor

Whiskey is a source of inspiration for writers and artists

The royals are also passionate lovers of strong drinks

There is a common belief that mentally weak people become addicted to drinking. But many studies have been conducted that confirm that famous, powerful and powerful individuals more often suffer from unhealthy cravings for alcohol.

Let us remember the great individuals who have made a huge contribution to history, art and culture, but at the same time cannot live a day without spirits.

The powerful leaders

Lady Elizabeth Angela Margaret Bowes-Lyon, mother of the late Elizabeth II, was the wife of King George VI featured in the famous film The King’s Speech. Britain’s beloved Queen Mother is becoming something of a national icon. However, this does not prevent her from being an ordinary person with ordinary vices: according to historians, she drinks alcohol at least 8 times a day – from wine and vodka to a good old pint of beer. Other rumors claim that the Queen drinks a bottle of gin a day but has no problem carrying out her royal duties. Contrary to all myths about people suffering from alcohol addiction, Elizabeth I happily lived to be 101 years old.

The founder of one of the greatest empires in human history, creating it before he was 30 years old, Alexander the Great is considered one of the greatest military leaders of all time. But at the same time, he was also named the biggest drunkard. There are legends about his love for lavish feasts. According to the chroniclers, he killed one of his soldiers in a drunken brawl after peacefully drinking with him all evening.

A supporter of a hedonistic lifestyle, the great general once decided to hold a competition “who will drink more.” None of the participants survived. Historians still debate whether Alexander the Great led the “drunken orgies” that eventually led to the burning of the Great Palace in Persian Persepolis in 330 BC.

Famous British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is well known for his appetite for spirits, especially in the latter stages of World War II. Once he openly admits that he always relies on alcohol and always has a glass of whiskey on his desk, and at lunch and dinner he drinks vodka and champagne.

A legendary figure of the 1990s, former Russian President Boris Yeltsin also suffered from alcoholism. He is known not only for his drunken appearances in public, but also for drunken antics – such as “playing a drum” on the head of the president of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev. Yeltsin often drank in public, including at important diplomatic events.

People of art

The great writer William Shakespeare, whose life is shrouded in many mysteries and legends, was constantly poured with alcohol and died of a fever after drinking with two of his colleagues. A researcher of the work of the famous playwright notes that this happens exactly on the day of his 52nd birthday, but this version has not been confirmed. At the time, typhus, popularly known as the “new fever”, was raging, so it is possible that Shakespeare’s death was caused not by his passion for drink, but by a cerebral hemorrhage.

During his lifetime, Shakespeare often said, “Civilization began with distillation,” and that’s the motto he stuck to. His favorite drink is whiskey… “I usually write at night,” he once said, adding, “I always have a whiskey handy.”

Bette Davis is one of Hollywood’s greatest actresses. She has a rich career spanning more than 7 decades. She is known for her sharp mind, strong character and her penchant for “the cup”. As Beth gets older, she starts pouring herself more cocktails and indulging in light afternoon pleasures. Every day.

Legendary comedian and movie star of the 1930s, W.S. Fields, was a notorious “drunkard.” When he’s on set, he always has the “flask” in hand. He prefers to call it “lemonade”. At one point, someone pours real lemonade into his glass, and Fields exclaims in amazement, “Who put lemonade in my lemonade?!”

American poet and writer Dorothy Parker often said: “One more drink and I own this bar.” She drank more than most of her male friends in 1920s New York.

Frank Sinatra was buried with a bottle of whiskey in his pocket.

Blue-eyed singer Frank Sinatra, the legend of the 20th century, almost always has a whiskey in his hand. “The Bourbon Baritone” was buried with a bottle of Jack Daniels in his coat, as his children wished.

Ernest Hemingway is known not only for his works, but also for his love of alcohol.

Ernest Hemingway – the classic of American literature and famous author of For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Old Man and the Sea – is as famous for his drinking as his literary works. However, in conversations, he stubbornly denies the existence of addiction. He manages to fully indulge in alcohol while living in Cuba, where he enjoys various cocktails. They say that he is the author of the famous cocktail “Bloody Mary”! Who knows…

Like his fellow writer Faulkner, Ernest coined the motto: “A man does not exist when he is not drunk.” After his doctors ordered him to stop drinking in 1939, Hemingway tried to limit himself to three glasses of whiskey before dinner. It fails in its intention. Drinks tea and gin for breakfast, absinthe, vodka and wine in the afternoon.

2023-12-15 20:00:00
#greatest #alcoholics #history #Trud

Out of respect for North Macedonia, we had no choice but to go to the OSCE meeting

Russia constantly tries to enforce the thesis that their rules are the only ones that work

“Dangerous stupidity of an intriguer in the power of Bulgaria”. With these scandalous words, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, waved her finger at us from Skopje, because of the decision of our authorities not to allow the plane with the Russian delegation through our airspace.

“This was a provocation, which is not the only one, recently they have become extremely frequent. The statement of the spokeswoman Zakharova, who obviously attaches great importance to herself and allows herself to comment on the decision of the government and the foreign minister. After all, Bulgaria has its right to make a sign, which we did. For our country, not attending the forum was not an option, as it is chaired by our neighbor and out of respect we attended the forum. The decision not to attend Lavrov’s speech is a political sign that Bulgaria sent to Russia”, commented the former Minister of Foreign Affairs Nadezhda Neinski on Nova News.

According to her, Lavrov’s visit was an attempt to test the situation on the ground, possibly also to meet with the US Secretary of State. “He didn’t go there to hear what his colleagues thought, he went there to tell himself and left, because this is the Russian understanding of dialogue,” added the former minister.

“Russia is constantly trying to impose the thesis, on the principle of the Chinese trickle, that their rules are the only ones that work. And if they are accepted by the international community, the conflict will be resolved. Which is clearly not the case, and this was shown at the OSCE meeting. The democratic international community showed an extremely negative attitude towards him as a sign of presence,” Neinski said.

Regarding the war in the Middle East, Nadezhda Neinsky commented that “Hamas” is clearly underestimated. “Nobody denies that. Moreover, Israel has been living in this complex situation for many years and their services are some of the most professional in the world. “Probably, in this flow of information that reaches them, the judgment was not adequate to arrive at what was happening,” she pointed out.

2023-12-04 02:11:13
#Neynsky #decision #attend #Lavrovs #speech #political #sign #Russia #Labor

Paris with ambitions to build the first “non-smoking generation” by 2032

The fight will be waged with high prices and widespread bans on smoking

Beaches, parks and forests become “tobacco-free spaces”

The Minister of Health of France, Aurelien Rousseau, presented in Paris a national plan to fight against smoking, which envisages that in ten years the country will practically become a country without cigarettes.

The declared total war on smoking will be waged by constantly increasing the price of cigarettes, which is now on average 10 euros per pack, in 2024 it should become 12 euros, in 2025 – 13 euros, etc. In addition, smokers will be driven out gradually by harsh punitive measures and from their few remaining places to hang out. The anti-tobacco propaganda will be especially strong, which will start in the early years and all modern media will be included in it.

“Increasing the price of cigarettes is really the most effective measure against smoking according to the World Health Organization and all independent studies on the subject,” said Aurelien Rousseau to journalists during the presentation of the national anti-smoking program. The program in question aims to build the first “tobacco-free generation” in France by 2032 – a personal commitment according to the minister and President Emmanuel Macron.

According to the head of the health department, in order to achieve this goal, the government will rely on two main levers – strengthening taxation on tobacco products and even stricter prohibitions related to their use. “Our aim is to make it difficult and even to cut off access to cigarettes, especially for the youngest French, as well as to encourage more strongly those who intend to quit smoking, especially the poorer people”, he stressed Aurelian Rousseau. That is why among the leading measures identified by the minister is the initially stated intention to make the package of 20 cigarettes less accessible through its significant and progressive increase in price.

The other important measure of Aurelian Rousseau is the ban of the so-called puffs or disposable electronic cigarettes, which are popular especially among young people and which, according to the minister, are dangerous both for health and for the environment. He emphasized that for the purpose of this ban, a special law would have been adopted on December 4, which had already been approved by the people’s representatives from all the parties represented in the parliament, regardless of whether they are left, right or centrist.

All beaches in the country, public parks, forests, areas around public places such as schools, hospitals, theaters, etc., will be declared “Smoke-free Spaces”. “A life without tobacco will become a law”, pointed out Aurelien Rousseau, adding: There are already more than 7,200 “tobacco-free spaces”, they are formed in 73 departments and are above all the result of the activity at the level of municipalities”.

The French government’s anti-tobacco plan also envisages stepping up initiatives to make tobacco products less attractive by introducing plain packaging without the brand’s logo on them. If smokers intend to quit, the ministry will help them through a system of rules and regulations called “My Prevention Assessment”, which will be triggered at “key ages” in life. As for the various players in the tobacco economy, and in particular tobacco producers, they will be supported “in their necessary transition to another trade”.

2023-12-01 22:52:06
#France #declares #total #war #cigarettes #Labor