I have decided to host an informal DD Live on Thursdays. I cannot promise to be here every week but you don’t need me to have a get together! During the summer months at least, when life is a little more relaxed, I can try and be host. For now let’s stick to the old [...]
After years and years of ignoring immigrants in Greece, they are now being used as political pawns in the run-up to the next elections. I don’t believe any of the main parties care about the people themselves. They are making immigration the hot issue for their own ends.The ruling party New Democracy (ND) are responding [...]
Several emails later… I feel the need to say a few words about Michael Jackson. I was never a fan of his. I was into the gloomier, more dangerous sounds of my generation.The King of Pop was candy floss to me. Sweet but pointless.
I guess I’m going against the current grain by saying, that [...]
Via TMCnet
Greek police cracks child porn ring
Greek police have cracked a major child porn ring operating via the Internet, with 39 people charged in connection with the case, according to a police announcement on Wednesday.
Police said a joint investigation by the Athens and Thessaloniki electronic crime squads lasted more than three months. Those under [...]
UPDATE:
Via Kathimerini
Two farmers from the Peloponnesian town of Nea Manolada, alleged to have tied two Bangladeshi immigrants to a motorcycle last Thursday and to have dragged them through a central square, were yesterday released on bail of 3,000 euros each. The two suspects, who are alleged to have assaulted the migrants in order to [...]
We have had a family member staying at our house this past week so I have stayed away from blogging and enjoyed our time together. I also pulled a muscle (or did something silly) in my neck so I spent yesterday lying down, not being able to move my head! I am intending to stay [...]
I am very happy to announce that Gazmend Kapllani’s book “Μικρό ημερολόγιο συνόρων” has been translated into English under the title “A Short Border Handbook” (translated by Anne-Marie Stanton-Ife)
A review by Maya Jaggi appeared in the Independent on Friday
Last weekend I stumbled across a far-right rally in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second city. The signature cadences of [...]
Via Eurolang
Neo-fascists disrupt presentation of the first Greek-Macedonian Dictionary in Athens
Skopje and Athens, Wednesday, 03 June 2009 by Georgios N. Papadakis
The presentation of the first Greek-Macedonian dictionary was brutally disrupted last night in Athens by a group of Greek ultra-nationalists belonging to the neo-fascist organization “Hrissi Avgi” (Golden Dawn).
A few minutes after [...]
UPDATE: It was brought to my attention that I had used the wrong word in this post. I used the word “trafficker” when it should be “smuggler”. Thank you for pointing out the mistake. I have corrected it below
The less than 1% recognition rate of asylum seekers in Greece (the lowest in Europe) may be [...]
From Kathimerini
Immigrants holding banners saying ‘Stop racist attacks; no to Islamophobia’ staged a passionate but largely peaceful demonstration in central Athens yesterday. The rally came exactly a week after a similar demonstration degenerated into violence when a small group of protesters vandalized storefronts and traffic lights.
Hundreds of immigrants and leftist sympathizers took part in an [...]
I have never done this before but I am now in a position of “going solo” with this blog and need to pay for transfers and monthly fees. It doesn’t seem like much but over the years it adds up!. What I am asking is very simple… if you can donate a couple of dollars [...]
I have been following the progress of this issue of giving birth certificates to children of immigrants who are born here in Greece. Please see here, here (with the heated discussions that follow) and here. Finally, I can report a small ray of hope for the thousands of children who have no legal status in [...]
Today from CNN. A report on the situation for Afghan refugees in Patras.
Embedded video from CNN Video
Technorati Tags: greece, patras, immigration, afghanistan, refugees
Pawns on June 30th, 2009Abuse of Migant Workers on June 22nd, 2009Muslims in Athens on May 26th, 2009Immigrant Smart Cards on March 19th, 2009Mumbling about Integration on March 18th, 2009
UPDATE: From the Gulf Times. Marginalised Muslims in Greece are a ‘timebomb’
Also this via the SE Times
Muslim associations in Athens have filed a lawsuit against a policeman who allegedly desecrated a copy of the Koran last week, media reported on Monday (May 25th). Last Thursday, the policeman allegedly took a Koran from a customer during [...]
A recent article on the aquittal of Plevris, the self-described nazi, fascist, racist and anti-Semite, is posted at Comment is Free in the Guardian Online.
In other words, although he wrote extensively about the advantages of Jews being killed en masse, he didn’t really intend for any to be killed. The trouble with this argument is: [...]
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