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It’s not all teargas and riots: why ‘crisis pornography’ is hurting Greece
24/03/2014
“The image crisis is as worthy of attention as any problem the Greek’s are facing,” says Mehran Khalili, of the Omikron Project: a volunteer grassroots initiative to combat the negative…
Keep out! Celebration in progress…
24/03/2014
In what is undeniably a sign of the times the student parade to celebrate the Greek National Day of Independence took place under draconian security measures. While troublemakers were kept…
Crying over milk split
24/03/2014
After years of voting in favour of painful austerity measures including public sector layoffs, wage cuts, property taxes, solidarity taxes and more, a number of coalition MPs are threatening to…
Press Review March 24
24/03/2014
Valued at over 1.2 billion euros the site of the former airport at Hellinikon may be sold for much less (photo by airlines470 via Flickr); Greece ‘returns’ to Europe; European…
“I am one of the ‘rich kids’ of London” Greek surgeon sends an open letter to Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis
21/03/2014
A Greek consultant surgeon at Imperial College responds to Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis’s condemnation of the ‘rich kids’ of London who he blamed for his recent heckling at an appearance…
Why I signed the petition for a Portuguese debt restructure
21/03/2014
In his latest opinion piece, economist Yanis Varoufakis argues why Portugal’s public debt must be immediately restructured so that the errors made in the Greek PSI are not repeated. “The…
Press Review March 21 – Green shoots?
21/03/2014
Innovative startup companies have seen remarkable growth during the crisis; the memorandum is on its way out while investors are returning; the HRADF is selling off prized public assets for…
Confusion, disarray and anger over measure that would expose immigrants claiming abuse to possible deportation
20/03/2014
First it was in, then it was out. Then it was in again, now it’s out again (for now). The government appears confused and divided over a highly controversial article…