Greece
Crime
Anarchists Target Athens Office of British Charity Oxfam
Members of Greece's anarchist group Rouvikonas (Rubicon) attacked the offices of the British charity Oxfam in Athens as the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are on a three-day visit to Greece.
According to reports, ten masked people smashed...
Greece
Oxfam: 5,000 Refugees to be Moved to Mainland Greece
Although no official announcement has been made yet, NGOs working with migrants and refugees in the Greek islands say they have been assured that 5,000 asylum seekers will be moved to the Greek mainland.
The government intends to transfer 5,000...
Economy
Oxfam Says Greece In Dire Straits
The hunger-fighting NGO Oxfam has said in report Greece is in a terrible state because of austerity which also warned that about 146 million Europeans, almost a third of the Continent's population, will be trapped into poverty by 2025...
entertainment
Victoria Hislop Praises Cretans Who Helped Make TV Series Possible
Victoria Hislop praised the generosity of the Greek people this week, saying their help made her new Greece-based television series possible.
Crime
Greek Anarchists Target Austrian Mission in Athens
Members of Greece's anarchist group Rouvikonas (Rubicon) carried out a protest outside the residence of the Austrian ambassador in Athens on Sunday.
A group of anarchists riding motorbikes approached the ambassador’s residence and threw flyers at the building in what...
Greece
Greece Scrutinized for Role in EU-Turkey Migrant Deal
Turkey plans to leverage its millions of Syrian refugees for money and other concessions at a summit in Europe next week as Greece faces criticism for its implementation of the migrant deal signed with Ankara in March 2016.
A report...
Greece
Amnesty Int'l. Among 12 Groups Asking Greece to Move Refugees Before Winter
The Greek government, with the support of EU leaders, should act now before the onset of winter to end Greece’s “containment policy,” twelve human rights and humanitarian organizations -Amnesty International among them-, said in a campaign that began today.
The...
Greece
Twenty Human Rights Groups Urge Greece to Act Now on Asylum Seekers
The Greek government, with the support of EU member states, should act now to end Greece’s “containment policy,” 20 human rights and aid groups said on Wednesday.
The policy forces asylum seekers arriving on the Greek islands to remain in...
Greece
A Year After the Turkey-EU Deal, Greece Has Become 'A Laboratory' for EU Migration Policies, NPOs Say
Marking the one year anniversary of the EU-Turkey migration deal, several non-governmental organizations (NPOs) have released a joint report claiming that the deal has turned Greece into "a laboratory" for implementing new EU policies, while at the same time essentially "eroding" the...
Greece
European Commission: Greece has Received €482 Mln for Refugees
Since early 2015, Greece has received 481.9 million euros in aid from the European Union to address the humanitarian and refugee crisis, according to the Athens News Agency.
ANA-MPA has published European Commission figures, according to which, a total of...
Greece
Refugee Centers to Set Up Communal Kitchens
Three refugee centers in northern Greece on Thursday announced plans to launch communal kitchens in order to replace food distribution by catering firms, in pilot schemes to be organized by non-governmental aid organizations. The three camps are Oreokastro in...
Greece
Scores of Human Rights Organizations Condemn Europe’s Stance Towards Refugees
Human rights organizations from Greece, FYROM, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and other countries have issued a joint public statement with which they condemn European governments that “violate, national, European, and international law by shutting their doors to people in need...
Economy
1% of People Own More Wealth Than the Other 99% Combined
A new Oxfam report, timed to coincide with this week’s gathering of the super-rich at the Annual Economic Forum in Davos, reveals not only some astonishing facts about wealth inequality in today’s world but shows that rising inequality remains...
Greece
Greece Among Top 20 in Nutrition
Experts of the global organization Oxfam America, rank Greece among the 20 best countries in the world to eat.
According to the latest report published by the group working to right the wrongs of poverty, hunger, and injustice, Greece ranks...