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The Human Library

The Human Library does not consist of actual books but of people who are willing to share their stories and experiences with others, in order to fight prejudice and promote diversity. Human Library Greece was initiated in Octob...
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Saying of the day: 6/28/13

    “If history tells us anything, the fight against NSA secrecy is a winnable.” — Gregory Ferenstein, TechCrunch
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Saying of the day 1/29/14

“I’ve never sung anywhere without giving the people listening to me the chance to join in — as a kid, as a lefty, as a man touring the U.S.A. and the world, as an oldster. I guess it’s kind of a religion...
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Radiobubble: when citizen journalism rocks!

By Krysta Kalachani Radiobubble is asking for help from abroad (spreading the word and with donations) in order to keep up their good work and be able to continue to communicate news and information from Greece in 8 foreign lan...
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Open data: what it is, what it is not

  This clip, courtesy of The Guardian, provides a nice overview of the state of thinking about open data, which advocates argue will revolutionize political practice in positive fashion in the months and years to come. See...
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One crook for another

This one’s rich. According to todays Chicagoland blog in the Chicago Tribune, “Republican voters are suggesting the 2nd Congressional District replace one felon with another after picking ex-convict Paul McKinley as...
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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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Women win the right to vote in Greece

The right to vote for and stand as candidate in legislative and municipal elections for women was secured on 28 May, 1952, through law 2159, which gave women equal rights to men. Women did not vote in the elections of November ...
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Vandalism and oppression

Tasoula Karaiskaki has a commentary out in this past Saturday’s Kathimerini English edition relative to the incidence of graffiti in downtown Thessaloniki, partly celebrating the centenial of the founding of Aris football...
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Aristotle scholars head for Thessaloniki

Aristotle was, arguably, one of the fathers of the idea of public service. With this in mind Politis brings the following announcement to the attention of its gentle readers. “The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUT...
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