A Citizen’s Guide to Greece 2015
Boutique politics in times of crisis
By Maria Patsarika A new company has come to my attention, called West Wing, a political consultancy. Unbelievable, where did this come from! A true ”boutique outfit,” that. As I was going through “West Wing&#...
Coffee or tea with your news?
By Kostas Kallergis The Greek government spokesman announced some minutes ago, all of a sudden, that the Greek Radio & Television will stop broadcasting as of tonight, midnight. In a pretentiously sturdy press conference he...
Citizen election monitoring in Kenya
Politis is interested in citizen activism round the world, not only in Greece. We report here about an interesting article in Deutsche Welle on a grass roots initiative aiming to monitor the upcoming election in Kenya, using a ...
Wanted: Laugh Doctor
Ζητούνται Γελιολόγοι στην Ελλάδα του σήμερα, όχι άλλοι Γελωτοποιοί… By Fotinie Efstratiadou Τις προάλλες, η οχτάχρονη κόρη μου ντύθη...
What is exactly the character of this democracy?
By Krysta Kalachani Have you seen this article on EnetEnglish? It circulated a lot on twitter the other day; you can find more info with the hashtag #skouries. The article is about Police files containing transcripts of intervi...
Wanted: the right kind of Greeks
By David Wisner A contestant in a British reality show called “The Apprentice” has indicated in an interview that there are certain types of children she will not allow her own kids to play with. For one, they need ...
The Athena project to reform Greek universities: creating a new generation of citizens?
Politis posted yesterday a note on the potential of online course delivery to revolutionize the face of university teaching in the years to come. Here in Greece the focus is on reform of the existing system. According to a repo...
When push becomes shove: getting citizens to act in their own best interest
It was originally called the “Behavioural Insights Team,” a team of British policy analysts who employed psychological research to persuade citizens in the most subtle of ways to pay their taxes on time, get off une...
Saying of the day: 6/22/13
“To me, achieving a global classroom means using education to erase barriers between people of different cultures and backgrounds; it means giving people the opportunity to learn without the limits imposed by physical or ...