Shortly after the Turkish government announced that they would no longer prevent migrants from crossing the Greek border a video appeared on my social media feed: A brown field with a few specks of grass and a handful of leafless bushes, small figure moving in the background, a woman screaming,
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YNTR – February 2020: Greece’s floating wall, protests in Chile, Trump’s impeachment, and more
Greece. The Greek government has proposed to set up a floating wall to stop refugees from reaching the island Lesbos by blocking the main sea route between Greece and Turkey. Around 20 000 refugees are currently being held in a camp on Lesbos with a holding capacity of less than
FYI, the name’s Macedonia
While recently scrolling across Google Maps to untangle the web of Balkan nations, my attention was caught by a newly etched-out national entity. Or at least so I thought. In truth, after some further investigation into the matter, what I had glimpsed was less a newly forged nation and more
There still is Hope in Greece
The Greek financial crisis has been all over the news over the last weeks. However what is usually overlooked in policy discussions are the very real direct impacts on the greek population. Our interview shows the harsh conditions in greek daily life.
Greek Tragedy – The Next Act
With all eyes turned to Alexis Tsipras and his radical new vision for Greece, the true peril is that he might not be able to govern at all.