Via the Athens News IMMIGRANT issues in Greece soon will be moving to a new venue – the campaign trail. For the first time, immigrants in Greece will be able to vote in municipal elections. Up to now, the ballot box was open only to Greek citizens and other European Union nationals residing permanently in [...]
I want to apologise to all readers of this blog, old and new. I think I have been hacked by some malicious person/people and it is causing my blog to misbehave quite seriously. I am in contact with my blog guru and we should be able to sort this out very soon. At some points [...]
Via the Greek Helsinki Monitor For the second time in five years, the European Committee of Social Rights has condemned Greece for continued serious and widespread discrimination against Roma in respect of housing rights. In an unprecedented re-examination under the collective complaints system, the Committee unanimously upheld all of the main substantive allegations in a [...]
Athens was the only European capital that did not have a Holocaust memorial. This has now been put right. Via the Athens News The monument was jointly unveiled by Nikitas Kaklamanis, mayor of Athens, and Benjamin Albalas, president of the Jewish Community of Athens, at a ceremony attended by political and religious leaders, members of [...]
Athens is the only European capital that does not have a crematorium. I have been following this issue for several years and it seems that there has finally been a step forward. Via the Athens News Construction of Greece’s first ever crematorium is slated to begin this year, after the relevant joint decision was signed [...]
I find it problematic that the journalist has chosen to highlight an ex-Taliban fighter at the beginning of the article but I wanted to share it because it does give a picture of the situation here in Greece. Via truthout Racial Tensions Mount in Greece Iason Athanasiadis Athens, Greece — When he was still a [...]
My blog is back! Nothing serious, just technical problems. I will be back to normal blogging from Monday. Thank you to those who emailed their concern. And thank you all for your patience… Tweet
As many long time readers of this blog will know, I have been following the lack of an Athens mosque for many years. Athens is the only European capital that does not have one and Muslims are forced to gather in make-shift mosques around the capital. The main objection has come from the powerful Greek [...]
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