Category: Greece
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‘Migration should not be labelled a crisis’: SolidariTee founder talks to Politika News about the realities behind Lesvos
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this article contains discussion of anti-refugee violence and xenophobia INTERVIEW Despite the decrease in the number of refugees arriving at Greek islands such as Lesvos, last year saw a rise in the number of recorded dead and missing refugees in the Aegean. Meanwhile, Greece faces another lawsuit in the…
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Monitoring human rights violations in the Aegean: an interview with Mare Liberum
Support Politika News on Patreon. CN: this article contains discussion of anti-refugee violence and trauma INTERVIEW Evidence of human rights violations continue to mount against Greek and Turkish border forces, whilst both the EU’s Frontex border force and NATO are accused of facilitating or ignoring violence against refugees headed for Greece. As the presence of…
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Greek ethnic nationalism and the Yugoslav Wars: an interview with award-winning journalist and author, Takis Michas
PODCAST CN: this podcast episode contains discussion of genocide and xenophobia Before 8,372 Muslim men and boys were murdered in the Srebrenica genocide of July 1995, it was the blue-white Hellenic flag that was raised alongside the Serbian ensign in the defeated Muslim enclave. No Greek writer has done more to uncover the dark and…
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Cyprus, Turkey and Greece: the EU’s biggest headache
OPINION At the height of the Classical Era, the Mediterranean Sea was dubbed a ‘Greek lake’, as the mighty Greek naval vessels roamed the valuable commercial routes of the known world back then. Testament to this are the numerous Greek colonies-cities dotted on the Mediterranean shores, which eventually grew to become Europe’s most important port…
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