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A Citizen’s Guide to Greece 2015

 
 

 
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Is this news newsworthy?

By Krysta Kalachani A couple recent articles, the one in Proto Thema, the other in To Vima, relate to an older (2011) news story about a big fraud that was taking place at the Kallithea office of IKA. One of the employees expos...
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Diaspora Perspectives

By Elizabeth B. Seliotes Bolling [Editor’s note: Politis welcomes Alaska-born Hellene Elizabeth B. Seliotes Bolling, who will contribute notes on the experience of a diaspora Greek during the crisis.] Being an American of...
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European Year of Citizens 2013

The European Commission has designated 2013 as the European Year of Citizens, to commemorate the creation of European citizenship 20 years ago. In an interview with Deutsche Welle today Justice and Citizenship Commissioner Vivi...
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A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Each year, America celebrates Greek Independence Day to strengthen the bonds between the birthplace of democracy and the world’s oldest republic. We recognize th...
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The long and the short of the Cyprus deal

The Economist has published this excellent assessment of the aftermath of the Cyprus deal last weekend. More might be said of the political fall out, which will surely be felt more intensely as the economic situation in Cyprus ...
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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 ...
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Desmond Lachman on the eurozone crisis

Ezra Klein spoke with Desmond Lachman of the American Enterprise Institute about the crisis of the eurozone, and recorded their conversation in his Washington Post Wonkblog. When asked about the political dimension of the crisi...
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Saying of the day: 6/20/13

    “J’ai mal à la Grèce.” Angélique Kourounis
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A culinary public service

We all know that Ilias Mamalakis cooks delightfully… Imagine doing this in a prison and publishing a book about it. Cooking as public service.
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Unveiling the other side

By Simona Ramos As times in Greece are getting worse and new taxes place an additional burden on the backs of millions of Greek citizens there are many things to be said and even more to be done. Ironically, but it seems that ...
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