His ability to compose music that conveyed emotion and struggle is perhaps best displayed in his composition “The Ballad of Mauthausen.” This has been described as one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written about the Holocaust.
According to the 2024 findings, 8.8% of Greek workers suffer from serious material and social deprivation — just behind Bulgaria’s 9.5%, and ahead of several other southern and eastern European countries, including Romania (7.8%), Hungary (5.4%), and Slovakia (3.3%).
Greece ranks among the EU countries with the highest proportion of low-paid workers. Specifically, 21.7% of workers earn two-thirds or less of the median gross hourly wage—placing Greece fourth after Bulgaria, Romania, and Latvia. The EU average is 14.7%, while in the Eurozone it’s slightly lower at 14.3%.
A staggering one in four Greeks faces the risk of poverty, with children, women, and single-parent families most vulnerable, according to a revealing 2024 survey by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
With an estimated value of €138 billion, cycling is one of the world's top 10 fastest-growing tourism activities. Yet, Greece struggles to shift gears and establish itself as a leader in this thriving sector of sustainable tourism.
