deviousdiva on June 15th, 2010

MTV EXIT (End Exploitation and Trafficking) have launched the Greek version of their site. I am going to do a series of posts on Human Trafficking and the campaign in English but much of the information is now available in Greek at the link above. What is Human Trafficking? Human trafficking is the trade of [...]

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deviousdiva on June 8th, 2010

Via the Athens News PART dreamer, part practical community builder, Yiorgos Detsis is the mastermind behind GreenRoofs.gr, a specialised eco-portal spreading the word of what could well be the eco-friendliest revolution this country has ever seen. Apart from cataloguing a good number of local green-roof professionals, it offers interested parties all manner of useful information [...]

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deviousdiva on June 7th, 2010

Via Amnesty International Greece: Government planned reforms should ensure full respect for the right to conscientious objection In the light of the World Day of Conscientious Objection on 15 May, Amnesty International urges the Greek authorities to ensure that the Government’s plans to reform legislation on the right to conscientious objection to military service fully [...]

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deviousdiva on June 1st, 2010

Via the Athens News THE GOVERNMENT announced the immediate closure of the Hellenic Migration Policy Institute (IMEPO) – the country’s only government-sponsored think tank on immigration. The reasoning behind the decision, according to an interior ministry press release issued on May 13, is that the institute was spending too much money. IMEPO was created in [...]

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