A Citizen’s Guide to Greece 2015
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Saying of the day: 4/4/13
Posted April 5, 2013 by Politis
“Science has become a branch of the Democrat Party.” — Rush Limbaugh
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Revolt of the clowns (the real ones)
Posted March 2, 2013 by Politis
Der Spiegel has a story according to which professional clowns in Germany are up in arms regarding a comment made by the leader of the German opposition, Social Democrat Peer Steinbrück, comparing Italian political figures Silvio Berlusconi and Beppe Grillo to clowns. “A circus clown is no fool who can be placed on the same […]
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How frequently do we use opengov services?
Posted April 3, 2013 by Politis
A nice chart below on the top online tasks carried out by frequent users in the UK. Note the lag in opengov service use relative to such tasks as reading the news, making purchases online, or engaging in some form of entertainment.
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Announcing CTY Greece
Posted May 16, 2013 by Politis
Helping strengthen civil society in Greece.
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RIP Loukakinos
Posted October 9, 2014 by Politis
Photo: Thanasis Tsalikis
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Lustration and the Arab spring
Posted May 8, 2013 by DW
By David Wisner The Dukakis Center hosted well-known Greek blogger Kostas Kallergis in April for a talk on lustration as a means of dealing with corruption in Greek politics. Hearkening back to attempts in various countries in Eastern and Southeastern Europe in the 1990s to deal with their former communist past, Kallergis concluded that the […]
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Pictures at an exhibition
Posted June 9, 2014 by DW
“Would you vote for me? Exhibition of photographs State Museum of Contemporary Art — Warehouse B1, Port of Thessaloniki June 5-21 The Michael and Kitty Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service was launched in 1999 to provide a forum for young people to explore the meaning and scope of public service in the contemporary […]
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Research on automobile infotainment system safety
Posted April 7, 2014 by Politis
The team at Navideck have created an online survey to determine the relative safety of infotainment systems in cars. While this is a start up and Politis does not endorse commercial products, we have posted occasional public service announcements on the issue of automobile and driver safety, and are similarly inspired in this instance. The […]
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Citizens hold the center
Posted February 22, 2013 by pdcadmin
By Nikos Konstandaras Greece’s future depends on its revival beginning before its people’s patience runs out, on the economy stabilizing before the next period of political unrest undoing all that has been done. At this risky time, citizens have shown greater maturity than most politicians – they hope and they endure, they struggle in the […]
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Ikea Swedish meatballs withdrawn from Greek shelves
Posted February 26, 2013 by Politis
From the pages of today’s Greek Reporter: “Swedish furniture retailing giant IKEA decided to withdraw its meatballs from its restaurants in Greece after the Czech State Veterinary Administration reported finding horsemeat in the same food product. According to CBC News, Ikea spokeswoman Ylva Magnusson said meatballs from the same batch had gone out to Slovakia, Hungary, France, Britain, […]
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One Billion Rising
Posted February 11, 2013 by laura
On February 14th, the American College of Thessaloniki and the Dukakis Center for Public and Humanitarian Service will join the One Billion Rising in solidarity with and outrage at violence against women. This Thursday from 1-2pm in Effie Common, New Building, you are all being called to take “The Walk of Honor: put yourself in […]
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Catalan Way Toward Independence
Posted September 5, 2013 by Politis
A recent press release on the Catalan New Agency describes an interesting form of citizen activism. “This coming 11th of September – which is Catalonia’s National Day – pro-independence supporters have organised the so-called ‘Catalan Way Towards Independence’ that calls for the independence from Spain. The gigantic human chain will cross Catalonia from North to […]
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Saying of the day: 6/22/13
Posted June 21, 2013 by Politis
“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 socio-economic circumstances; and it means giving schools and instructors around the world the ability to transcend boundaries to bring high-quality education […]
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Seeds of revolution
Posted February 22, 2013 by DW
By David Wisner Anger and despair. The words do not do justice to the display of emotion I had just beheld. A lady in the flower of her years, seated in an auditorium, had just broken down into bitter tears of recrimination and fury as she absorbed some of the implications of the brilliant lecture […]
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Erroneous Press Reports on U.S. Consulate General, Thessaloniki
Posted April 9, 2013 by Politis
Athens (April 8, 2013) — Erroneous press reports have appeared overnight suggesting that the U.S. Consulate General in Thessaloniki is closing. As the Consulate announced on February 15, certain U.S. citizen consular services and notarial services will be provided only on a periodic basis in Thessaloniki from the end of May onwards. Those services will […]
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Around the town: 14/3/13
Posted March 15, 2013 by laura
This weekly feature offers a glimpse of what is happening in and around Thessaloniki. Compiled by Laura Strieth. Thu 14th to Sun17th March – Slava’s Snowshow- The multi-award winning international sensation, Slava’s Snowshow, will be performing in Thessaloniki. Experience a joyous dream-like world which will touch both your heart and funny bone, culminating in a […]
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GoodNews is good news
Posted February 1, 2013 by KK
GoodNews is a collection of good news related to or coming from Greece, to “whoever contributes to Greece and its citizens, whatever makes life in their country unique and drives it forward.” Their goal is to launch a “revolution of goodness.” The page exists in Greek and in English. The site has lots of categories, […]
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Inspiration Exchange
Posted May 16, 2012 by PR
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How does it feel to be Ukrainian?
Posted March 10, 2014 by pdcadmin
By Iana Nazarenko In a democracy, realists claim that the government should represent the common will of citizens, or at least act in the interest of the state and its people. But what if it does not? Should then citizens take action and change the situation, even if at the cost of hundreds of lives? […]
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Dukakis Center and Politis participate in cleanup weekend
Posted June 10, 2012 by ip-admin
Students and faculty from Anatolia and ACT, and the Dukakis Center took part in two clean up activities in Thessaloniki on the weekend of June 9-10, 2012. First, a group of volunteer citizens helped clean up the beach behind the Hondos Center in the Florida shopping center, part of a city-wide initiative led by Thessaloniki […]