I have written about the Plevris trial several times on this blog. Mr. Plevris is a “writer” and
I declare from the outset that I am a Nazi and a fascist, racist, anti-democratic and am an anti-Semite
(From his book “Jews – The whole truth”)
For background from this blog, please read here, here and here
He was taken [...]
Don’t forget to turn off your lights at 8.30pm (your local time wherever you are on the planet)
I wrote this on a Facebook note where someone was claiming that Earth Hour is a con.
I disagree that Earth Hour is a con. It is a statement from millions of people all over the globe that they [...]
Don’t forget Earth Hour 2009 on Saturday 28th March. Switch off your lights and (as many appliances as you can) at 8.30pm until 9.30pm your local time wherever you are in the world. I am looking forward to Athens going dark.
Greece had yesterday overtaken countless other countries taking part in next Saturday’s Earth Hour, a [...]
I have been accused many times (unfairly in my opinion) of never posting positive stories about Greece and Greek people. I concede that it is not “balanced” in the sense that I post one positive story for every negative one but I would challenge anyone to be able to do that on a blog [...]
This is horrible. I am no longer shocked by the actions of ultra-nationalists here in Greece. Sad and angry but not shocked. I have said many times that we should be afraid of groups like this and I have been ridiculed many times because of it. I have tried to make people understand how scary [...]
Via the Athens News
In debates over immigration and labour rights, immigrant domestic workers are virtually unheard and unseen. Few enjoy employment benefits such as overtime, maternity leave, severance pay and cost-of-living salary adjustments
A LIVE-IN housekeeper recently fled Greece for the Philippines, distraught and penniless, after her employer punished her with overlong hours and little [...]
Via the Athens News
SMART cards could help ease bureaucracy and make life a whole lot easier for hundreds of thousands of non-European Union nationals living and working in Greece.
The cards will begin replacing the current residence permits as early as 2011, says Sotiris Dimopoulos, an interior ministry advisor on immigration issues
Yeah right! (Sarcasm intended)
Read the [...]
Via the Athens News
WHILE Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos put a positive spin on what he saw as ruling New Democracy’s achievements in integrating immigrants, critics lambasted the government’s efforts as an utter disappointment.
“The government has done absolutely nothing in terms of integrating the hundreds of thousands of immigrants living, working and paying taxes in Greece,” [...]
Just a quick reminder that I now have a place on my blog for your news articles. Look in the sidebar under “Community News” and send in anything that you find interesting that you would like to share with other readers here. Feel free to post whatever you like. I have to approve your first [...]
Via the Athens News
PAKISTANI immigrants in the western Athens suburb of Nea Ionia appear to have lost their fight to stop the closure of their unlicensed mosque.
Deputy Athens Prefect Haroula Kefalidou said it is only a matter of time before Muslims are evicted from the basement they converted into a mosque
I have been following the [...]
What decade are we living in? The survey at the end of the article is pretty telling about the misconceptions and ignorance surrounding Aids and HIV in Greece.
Via the Athens News
IN MID-FEBRUARY 2005, a then 28-year-old male clerk in a textile factory requested some time off to undergo medical tests. He had been complaining of [...]
Via the Athens News
TWO Afghan asylum seekers have filed a criminal suit against police officers at a detention centre in Elliniko, southern Athens, for allegedly torturing to death their 18-year-old brother on February 15.
If proven, the charges could deal another major blow to Greece’s human rights record by underscoring the state’s alleged failure to prevent [...]
Via the Athens News
Pakistanis protest the possibility of their makeshift mosque losing its home in Nea Ionia, a suburb in western Athens
AN UNDERGROUND mosque with hundreds of worshippers in the western Athens suburb of Nea Ionia has encountered vehement opposition from residents and now risks being shuttered by city officials.
Manolis Triantafylos and his wife Anastasia [...]
What century are we living in ?
Members of the gay and lesbian rights group OLKE were protesting the demand made by the National Opera to cut a scene from the production in which the two male characters kiss.
Sigh…
Technorati Tags: greece, gay, lesbian, rights, activism
Gay in Greece on September 16th, 2009″Gay Weddings” on May 8th, 2009No [...]
Via Sina
Women in Greece can use public transport for free on the International Women’s Day on Sunday.
All women can travel with transport facilities in Athens and the second largest city of Thessaloniki free of charge, and travel for free with Hellenic Railways and the KTEL bus services all over Greece, said Transport and Communications Minister [...]
Loading...
Recent Comments