Archive for June, 2006
Tonight is the first of, what I hope will be, the regular Thursday Night Gatherings.
For details, go to Chat at the top of this page.
Hope to see you there.
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Via Cyprus Tales
A Nigerian political asylum applicant was arrested and beaten by plain clothes officers at Larnaca municipality only minutes before his marriage to a British woman was performed.
The incident was brought to light by immigrant support group, KISA, which issued a press release yesterday, and said it expected the authorities; immediate and thorough investigation […]
Yesterday I wrote a post about the “rest of us” in the blogworld. Those of us who are never heard in mainstream media and are in danger of also being lost in the “new media” that is blogging. Vegankid has an important post up about Net Neutrality and the threat against it.
Net Neutrality is […]
I was having a chat at DD live last night with EllasDevil and Flux and we came up with the plan of having a regular Thurday Night Gathering. So if you’re interested, go to Chat (at the top of the page) for all the details.
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10.000 HITS PARTY by deviousdiva on December 9th, […]
We all know which blogs dominate the internet and they are not the ones featured in my blogroll. There are some amazing people out there are trying to redress that imbalance. They are organising and networking and I am very proud to be communicating with these inspiring bloggers.
As a result of the Women of Color […]
The DD live chatroom is permanently open. Click here to access it after reading the guidelines below.
Please feel free to use it to chat to other friends of THIS IS NOT MY COUNTRY even when I am not around. If you have any problems, send me an email.
The room is password protected, […]
Via Kathimerini
Migrants or the children of migrants who are currently studying in Greece and do not have a residence permit can apply to legalize their stay in the country, the Interior Ministry said yesterday. The amendment applies to people who are studying at state institutions in the secondary or tertiary sector and people who have […]
People have been having huge problems accessing my live chat using Gabbly. So I’ve created an online chat room which is password protected. Anyone who is interested in using this facility should email me from my contact page and I will send you an invite. Some people have expressed an interest in having a weekly […]
Via Kathimerini
A festival of Afro-Caribbean music, with live music by De Traces, Afro Lab Percussions, Afro Vibe and others, a bazaar, African delicacies and more, will take place at the Police Academy Park near the Katehaki metro station from 8 p.m. over the weekend. Proceeds will go to the creation of a kindergarten for African […]
I had so much fun last night. The party kicked off around 11 and went on till 3am.
[to EllasDevil’s boss: He isn’t really working. He’s “working”]
I laughed so much I cried.
EllasDevil showed up early and the jokes started from there.
He dragged along his friend Jay who didn’t manage to find the bar.
Scarf kept us in […]
Thank you to the wonderful EllasDevil, who took the time to work out the times around the world for me. Thanks my friend.
Diva’s birthday bash: tonight around:
23:00 - Athens, Cairo, Beirut, Amman, Minsk (EEDT)
22:00 - Rome, Paris, Madrid, Tirana, Berlin (CEDT)
21:00 - London, Dublin, Lisboa (BST/IST/WEDT)
17:00 - Halifax, St Johns (ADT)
16:00 - New York, […]
THIS IS NOT MY COUNTRY was born on June 22nd 2005 at 6:15pm.
Posts to date: 308
Hits to date: 39,780
Comments to date: 1868
I started this blog after pontificating for ages and then writing; and not being happy with it and starting again and worrying and avoiding and all the rest of the stuff people do to […]
Tomorrow is the first birthday of my blog. I am in the process of writing a long post about the past year and will have that up sometime on the day. In the meantime, a shamless promotion of my other blog…. over here
If anyone fancies dropping in for a live chat tomorrow evening, I’ll be […]
Today is World Refugee Day and the message for the day is never give up hope . There will be special events around the world to mark this day.
Latest statistics indicate that of the 20.8 million people of concern:
8.4 million are refugees who have fled their countries due to civil wars and ethnic, tribal […]
Apologies for the extremely light blogging recently. I just haven’t been in a great mood. Real life has a way of taking over and spoiling the fun. Anyway, have a great weekend everyone and I promise I will try and kickstart my blog brain…
THIS IS NOT MY COUNTRY will celebrate it’s first birthday on the […]
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