Happens In Greece The economic crisis from another point of view

Featured Articles
DEBTOCRACY – a documentary produced by the audience

DEBTOCRACY - a documentary produced by the audience

“Debtocracy” is a documentary that seeks the causes of the Greek crisis and proposes solutions, hidden by the government and the dominant media. Watch it below with English subtitles: [youtube 1_yTriIJa9I] Debtocracy website: http://www.debtocracy.gr/indexen.html

Read More

“I, too, am Greek ! Solidarity with the Greek people !”

I, too, am Greek ! Solidarity with the Greek people !

Thousands of ordinary European citizens have joined their voices to the "Movement of Nantes." demanding double nationality! People all across Europe who want to express their support to Greece during this difficult period of crisis, started the "Movement of Nantes" and ...

Read More

“We Are All Greeks” – Protests of solidarity all around the world!

We Are All Greeks - Protests of solidarity all around the world!

Solidarity protests for Greece are organized in many European countries for this Saturday! People will protest against economic crisis and its effects on the Greek society. As noted in an online call to the international audience, the austerity measures that the ...

Read More

17th November Celebration in Greece

17th November Celebration in Greece

Every year, on the 17th of November, Greeks but especially Greek students memorialize the students’ revolt against the colonels’ junta. Students prepare school celebrations, and a big march starts at the Athens Technical University and ends in the American Embassy, ...

Read More

The Shock Doctrine – Documentary (A Must See…)

The Shock Doctrine - Documentary (A Must See...)

An important documentary based on Naomi Klein’s 2007 book, The Shock Doctrine. A study of disaster capitalism, based on Naomi Klein’s proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on disasters, war and terror in order to establish its dominance. Today Greek society seems ...

Read More

TEENAGE RIOT: ATHENS – Documentary Video!

TEENAGE RIOT: ATHENS - Documentary Video!

An extremely interesting documentary from VICE network about the recent riots last month in Athens: On the eve of the biggest Greek strike since the right-wing junta was overthrown almost three decades ago, VICE travels to Athens to meet up with the people ...

Read More

CATASTROIKA: Privatization goes public (Video – A must see…)

CATASTROIKA: Privatization goes public (Video - A must see...)

On April 26, 2012 at 20:00 let’s turn off the TV and turn to an alternative source of information. The creators of Debtocracy, a documentary viewed by millions of people around the world, present their new production, entitled CATASTROIKA. They analyze the ...

Read More

17Mar/12

Prosecutor for the protection of Animal Rights!

For the first time in the history of the country,  all animals in Greece (whether stray or in a home) will have a prosecutor from today to deal exclusively with their rights.

After the recent law that was voted by the Greek Parliament,  prosecutor Mrs Constantina Aggelopoulou will now be the Prosecutor against the killing and abuse of animals and other similar violations of the law.

Let's hope that the prosecutor will help to eliminate the cases of poisoning and torturing animals...

20Jan/12

Stray animals phenomenon explodes in Greece of the economic crisis!

(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, JANUARY 20 - Stray animals become victims of economic and social crisis that plagues our country...

The number of abandoned animals in the streets grows rapidly, while lack of resources create huge difficulties n the efforts made by the municipalities and volunteers.

"The situation is completely out of control," says Christiana Kalogeropoulou, a volunteer at the non-profit organisation Stray.gr, who vents her frustration in the daily newspaper Kathimerini.

"All efforts made in the past to change people's attitudes and make sure that the state takes responsibility for the phenomenon of stray animals have been to no avail".