The first day of the “household basket” demonstrated that the consumer remains unprotected, not only in the face of ever-increasing price explosion, but also in the face of the perennial weakness of any government interventions that seek to curtail the problem. The Union of Consumer Workers of Greece conducted a survey on the “e-katanalotis” website, in […]
On Tuesday, September 6th, the SIGN project Award Ceremony took place in Athens. Representatives from 8 consumer associations connected to ECU – European Consumer Union based in different European Union countries participated to the Ceremony: Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Spain, Romania, Croatia, Latvia, and Lithuania including representatives by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). During the […]
You are invited to the Award Ceremony of the SIGN project, a European funded project which aims to increase the perception, in young consumers, of the intellectual property rights value as engine of social and economic progress for the entire community. Τhe SIGN Award Ceremony will take place οn Tuesday, September 6th at 10.00 a.m., […]
Greek society, consumers and salaried employees are amazed as food inflation and the consumer price index skyrocketed in Greece climbing in December 5,1% from 4,8% on November affecting the prices of most products and services Society, consumers, and salaried employees are watching in amazement the new increase in inflation in our country, which reached 5.1% […]
Since April of this year, new rules have been in force in the Czech Republic for telecommunications service providers and their users, ie all of us who call, send text or picture messages, or are connected to the Internet. Let’s sum up what are the changes for the consumers. Change of telecommunications service provider without […]
Packaging means a considerable burden on the environment. At the same time, their service life is very short, it practically lasts only until the customer takes the goods home from the store. Then they become the contents of containers for sorting and, in the worst case, landfills. However, the packaging is not only a burden […]
We all produce waste during our lives, it’s natural. However, as responsible consumers, we should be interested in minimizing the impact of our consumption on the world around us. The words “Reduce”, “Reuse” and “Recycle” are gradually penetrating various areas of human life. Thus, the letter “R” not only indicates a reproductive number so inflected […]
Your rights when making payments in Europe
Within the framework of the Erasmus + European Program entitled “Development of Key Competences of Adults by Innovative Program of Consumer Education”, the Union of Working Consumers of Greece in collaboration with Consumer Associations from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Lithuania and Italy, after a study based on focus groups to collect data from the experience of […]
Σύμφωνα με παράπονα καταναλωτών σε βιτρίνες πολλών καταστημάτων, στη διάρκεια των εκπτώσεων που είναι σε ισχύ, αναγράφεται με τεράστια γράμματα το ποσοστό έκπτωσης 50% και με γράμματα πολύ μικρότερα η αγγλική φράση «up to». Αναρωτιόμαστε, γιατί ο μέσος Έλληνας καταναλωτής θα πρέπει να διαβάζει στη χώρα του επιγραφές στην Αγγλική και γιατί να είναι υποχρεωμένος […]
