Fact: Greek Cypriots are happy

The Cyprus Mail reports that “Greek Cypriots [are] among the happiest in the EU.”

A new study found:

Over all 67 per cent of Greek Cypriots said they felt happy “all or most of the time” compared to the EU average of 65 per cent. Turkish Cypriots fell below the EU average at 61 per cent.

Compared to the Finns though, this is relatively small:

Greek Cypriots may be happy and full of life but the Finns topped the list with 90 per cent and Denmark 77 per cent. Three quarters of Dutch people are full of energy, they say, compared to 68 per cent of Greek Cypriots that feel the same and only 40 per cent of Turkish Cypriots.

Greek all round however had negative opinions about people suffering from psychological disorders believing they were unpredictable.

And lastly:

Every year over one in four European adults are affected by mental health problems. Annually, mental illnesses lead to 58, 000 suicides in Europe.

The estimated number of Europeans that have suffered from major depression is 18.4 million and from specific phobias 18.5 million within the past 12 months.

Jean Christou wrote the story for the Cyprus Mail.