Bulletproof vests among the embers
08/08/2021
In the end, my family’s house in Varybobi was spared. The fire passed by it twice, at different stages of the blaze, and on both sides of the lot–it burned…
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Greece’s parliamentary irregularities during the COVID-19 pandemic
07/05/2021
The government has radically reduced the number of MPs allowed in plenary sessions, initially without foreseeing online participation for those absent, which came about at a later date. Eventually MPs…
I confirm what the Greek Police is saying – no one called Dimitris was tortured. But I, Aris, was.
18/03/2021
Aris Papazaharoudakis was ‘arrested’ by the police, if we can call an arrest what he describes as his kidnapping by masked men without uniforms or insignia and who refused to…
Help us run a parallel English-language news feed!
15/03/2021
In the recent cases of the Lignadis scandal and the prime minister’s violation of pandemic restrictions, we have already witnessed the mainstream Greek media acting completely in line with the…
Dimitris Koufodinas’ life in danger, after 50 days of hunger strike in Greek jail
26/02/2021
The danger to see the first victim of hunger strike in Europe on 21th century is ante portas.
Thessaloniki-Athens by Bus in the Middle of a Pandemic
22/05/2020
On Saturday, April 4, I traveled from Thessaloniki to Athens by KTEL bus. I have made the trip many times before, but not in the middle of a pandemic as…
“Quarantine” in the Mud and Cold for Dozens of Refugees on Lesbos
22/05/2020
And so the days pass, and the unfeeling bureaucrats in local government leave people roofless in the winter cold, with their babies clinging to their arms. They are even proud…
1,600 Unaccompanied Minors Depart for Countries in the EE
22/05/2020
On Wednesday (April 15th), the European Union Action Plan for Protecting Refugee and Migrant Children will take effect with respect to 1,600 unaccompanied minors in the country-members of the EU.…
The National Health Service and Its People
22/05/2020
I know the Greek National Health Service (NHS) like the palm of my hand, and it reminds me of my… mother. I have quite literally grown up in its “flagship,”…
Who is being protected from the protectors?
22/05/2020
The wild measures taken on the pretext of protection from the pandemic seem to encourage further arbitrary policing. Two more incidents of unreasonable policing, this time in Xanthi, under the…