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Nobel prize winners sign international appeal to protect Greek monuments and artifacts from austerity and privatization
Three Nobel Prize winners and other high-profile individuals have signed an international petition to pressure UNESCO to use its international clout to protect Greek monuments and cultural artifacts from the…
Press Review June 24: Legislation Blitzkrieg
The ND – PASOK coalition government is pushing for the hurried passage of sweeping laws in order to meet the conditions set by the troika; 2014 is on track to…
The talented Mr Hardouvelis
The new Finance Minister, Gikas Hardouvelis, must either accept that he worked against the interest of the state when he was an adviser to Eurobank, or he is unfit to…
Is Greece to lead the way for Europe in the use of drones for domestic policing and surveillance?
The Public Order Ministry is reportedly in the latter stages of talks with Israeli companies over the potential purchase of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for use by the Greek police. According…
New photographs of Golden Dawn’s Nazi adulation
Photographs published today by the newspaper Efimerida Ton Syntakton depict Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos and deputies Christos Pappas and Ilias Kasidiaris giving Nazi salutes in front of swastikas and…
Press Review June 23: Drones to monitor Greek cities
Greek police to use drones to monitor cities as well as the country’s borders; former members of the Hellenic Statistical Authority allege a cover up to protect George Papandreou; SYRIZA…
Libération: “Greece is selling whatever it can in order to reduce its debt.”
The French Libération newspaper has produced a double page spread dedicated to the privatization efforts in Greece which it notes are taking place, ‘under the pressure of the troika,’ and…
Acropolis museum turns five
The award-winning Acropolis museum celebrates the fifth birthday today. The museum will remain open until midnight today and to mark the occasion a jazz concert will be held in the…
World Refugee Day: human rights groups denounce ‘criminal behavior’ of European forces on Greek-Turkish border
Greek authorities systematically violate the rights of refugees on the Turkish border and the European Frontex force is an ‘accomplice’ in the abuses, according to human rights groups in a…