I was sent an anonymous comment on this post updating the situation with violent attacks by extremists. There have apparently been about 20 stabbing incidents in the last year. The latest victim is still in a coma after being stabbed 23 times. I have asked for more details on this and other attacks. If anyone [...]
Cyprus is not doing enough about racism during football matches. That was the message from a member of FARE (Football against Racism in Europe), speaking to the Sunday Mail in Brussels this week. Full article from Cyprus Action Network Technorati Tags: sport, racism Tweet
We have lived on the same street here in Athens for close to 11 years now. It is an ordinary street. It has a periptero (kiosk), a bakery, a couple of souvlaki joints, a butcher, a pharmacy, a kafenion, a flower shop, a grocer and a couple of small shops that sell a bit of [...]
Originally posted Sovereignty of SeaWitch My son took part in the school oxi day celebrations yesterday. I felt strange again to be standing for prayers (out of respect for others) but not “doing my cross” but that’s another story. Lots of the other parents are non- religious like me. What was wonderful, was to see [...]
I had seen this story on indymedia yesterday but was unable to find any other reference to it so I didn’t post it. However, today in Kathimerini Police in Athens yesterday arrested a 23-year-old man believed to have stabbed two students last Wednesday in Monastiraki. The man, allegedly a member of a far-right group, is [...]
Today is Blog Quake Day. Everyone who has a blog has been asked to make a short post about the devastating South Asian earthquake and direct readers to a suitable avenue for donating to the relief efforts. Here is a link to Humanity First for information on this earthquake and other humanitarian action. For more [...]
The Antinazi Initiative object to the visit to Greece by controversial and provocative writer David Irving. “Irving has already been condemned in Britain after a trial that lasted 5 years, for Holocaust denial, racism and antisemitism while his entrance is forbidden to several countries such as France, Germany and Canada” The Greek Editors’ Association announced [...]
The Greek ombudsman has released a new report on the treatment of children arrested for illegally entering Greece. They are being kept in bare cells and other “prison-like facilities”. Some are sleeping in the floor. They are kept there without access to lawyers or anyone to protect them and their rights. Often these children are [...]
A short article about Gypsy children being turned away from their school. As commented on by the comic Lakis Lazopoulos in his TV show Comedy with purpose: Technorati Tags: children, education, Greece, tolerance Tweet
Article in Kathimerini as lawyers pick apart migrant law This is the bit that struck me. “Out of 53,000 applications submitted in 2005, some 700 have been turned down and 23 have been accepted while the rest remain outstanding”. Technorati Tags: Greece, immigration, politics Tweet
October 28th is the day Greece celebrates Όχι Day. In the past couple of years there has been a huge flap over whether non-Greeks can carry the flag at the parades. The student who gets the highest grades at school gets to perform this function. Several Albanian students have found themselves in the centre of [...]
From Kathimerini A child pornography ring involving around 20 businessmen and professionals from across the country has been traced following a tip-off in a provincial town in northern Greece, police sources in Attica said yesterday. According to officers, the ring is responsible for uploading photographs and video footage of “extremely hardcore” child pornography, much of [...]
On the occasion of White Cane Day, blind and visually impaired students staged a protest rally asking improvements by the state in providing services for them. 1: Vocal announcements at trolley bus and blue bus stops 2: Sound signals at traffic lights 3: More frequent patrolling of ramps and special parking spaces 4: An office, [...]
Are you fed up of hearing all the negative stories about refugees,immigration and ” all the problems they cause” ? Well, I am. So I searched around for some positive stories and here they are to end the week. (WARNING: These are not necessarily recent stories) An Iraqi of Kurdish origin opens pediatrics clinic on [...]
Modern day slavery over at EllasDevil Technorati Tags: Greece, women Tweet
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