Tag: Greek Politics

Thailand: ‘Swap Mart’ Targets Foreign Dissidents, Refugees by Human Rights Watch

May 23, 2024

Stop Assisting Neighboring Countries’ Transnational Repression Thai authorities are assisting neighboring governments to take unlawful actions against refugees and dissidents from abroad, making Thailand increasingly unsafe for those fleeing persecution, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. These targets of transnational repression have gotten caught up in a “swap mart” in which foreign … More Thailand: ‘Swap Mart’ Targets Foreign Dissidents, Refugees by Human Rights Watch

Mitsotakis corruption and despotism, reminder of a junta by Thanos Kalamidas

March 22, 2024

“A staggering 98 percent of Greek citizens think corruption is “widespread” in their country, according to the latest European Union survey on the subject.” The last three decades -at least, I have found myself in that strange position where I have to defend different –often contrasting- Greek governments from accusations that they are acting, behave … More Mitsotakis corruption and despotism, reminder of a junta by Thanos Kalamidas

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, knock knock knockin’ on Fascism’s Door by Thanos Kalamidas

February 29, 2024

Confusing facts and misreading semantics in history leads to misunderstandings. For example we often forget that Hitler didn’t come into power after a bloody coup with dead bodies on the streets -that came later- but he became the absolute ruler of Germany after free and democratic elections. The German people decided that he was the … More Kyriakos Mitsotakis, knock knock knockin’ on Fascism’s Door by Thanos Kalamidas

Greece: Rule of Law Threatened by Human Rights Watch

February 29, 2024

Rights Groups Urge European Commission to Take Action The European Commission should take immediate action to address the deterioration of media freedom and the rule of law in Greece and its impact on fundamental rights, 17 human rights and press freedom organizations said in a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Threats … More Greece: Rule of Law Threatened by Human Rights Watch

The spoiled brat of Greek politics: Kyriakos the Trump by Thanos Kalamidas 2017-02-19

February 22, 2022

For one more time, Greece stands on the edge of crossroads that will determine her near future. The only reason we don’t see it in the headlines is because Trump monopolizes them. The constantly battling Greek government has one week left to break the increasingly difficult deadlock with its creditors, EU and IMF simultaneously, otherwise … More The spoiled brat of Greek politics: Kyriakos the Trump by Thanos Kalamidas 2017-02-19

Greece: STALAG 13 by Nikos Laios 2016-03-05

January 16, 2022

Greece has been turned into an open-air internment camp, a German style stalag where increasingly tens of thousands of refugees are finding themselves trapped in Greece unable to continue their journey northwards to Germany. Poor desperate souls who are streaming into Europe to find asylum and an escape from the hell of war, starvation and … More Greece: STALAG 13 by Nikos Laios 2016-03-05

Προσδοκίες εκλογής και επιλογών by Thanos Kalamidas 2016-02-17

January 16, 2022

Ζώντας μακριά από την ελληνική καθημερινότητα, μερικές φορές δημιουργεί απαιτήσεις η προσδοκίες που δεν τις έχεις ακόμα και στη θεωρητικά τόσο «μπροστά χώρα» που ζεις. Το «μπροστά χώρα» το έβαλα επίτηδες έτσι γιατί ανάλογα με τη χώρα που ζεις σου παίρνει λίγο να το καταλάβεις αλλά κάποια στιγμή καταλαβαίνεις ότι καμία χώρα δεν είναι τέλεια. … More Προσδοκίες εκλογής και επιλογών by Thanos Kalamidas 2016-02-17

Αυτά ποιος θα τα μαζέψει; by Katerina Charisi 2016-02-16

January 16, 2022

Αυτές τις μέρες οι θερμοκρασίες έχουν κατέβει πολύ χαμηλά στη Θεσσαλονίκη. Και στα βόρεια της πόλης μπορεί να μην φαίνεται τίποτα διαφορετικό πέρα από την αίσθηση του κρύου, αλλά στα νότια – κοντά στη θάλασσα και προς τα ανατολικά, είναι μαγικά. Η υγρασία έχει παγώσει και η παραλία μοιάζει κρυστάλλινη. Όταν ο ήλιος ανεβαίνει ψηλά, … More Αυτά ποιος θα τα μαζέψει; by Katerina Charisi 2016-02-16