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Greece to build border fence, expel migrants
On new year’s eve, Greek Citizen Protection minister Christos Papoutsis announced plans to build a fence along part of its border with Turkey, and to evict all non-political immigrants from Greece. Following is a Storify collection of news updates on the fence announcement and reactions in social media and the press.
1/1/11
1′ left in the first day of the -mathematically intriguing- new year. Try to make the world a better place this year: strive for peace, justice & freedom everywhere…
PS: Server time is bungled; I did make the post in the last minute of the first day :p
Storify: Greek Apple reseller sues disgruntled customer for defamation
The Greek Twittersphere and blogs in an uproar over chilling effects on free speech online & consumer rights, as a computer buyer was sued 200KEur for defamation by authorized Apple reseller Systemgraph, following complaints he made online about his unsuccessful attempts to get his iMac repaired or replaced.
Storify is an interesting Twitter-based service for citizen journalism that allows users to search for and collate posts from blogs, Twitter and various social media resources. Following is my first Storify on the Systemgraph debacle (most posts in Greek).
Greece: Bloggers respond fiercely to the financial crisis
Prepublication of an article prepared for Global Voices Online.
Bloggers reacted with uncommon drama, spirit and gravitas to the financial crisis facing Greece -and by extension, the eurozone- which came to a head last week, as in it’s first major test, the socialist government elected last October fought bitter battles both at home and abroad to weather an alleged assault on the currency and country by speculators (since admitted by the eurozone chairman) and avoid defaulting on the country’s debt. After the announcement of tough austerity measures by the government in late January, followed by a renewed wave of strikes and a vague statement of support by EU leaders, involving “technical support” by the IMF, EU finance ministers met this week to thrust a narrow deadline on Greece before imposing further strict measures.
Greece: Riots and Police Brutality Commemorate Teenager’s Death
A roundup of the coverage in Greek social media of the protests and riots on the 1st anniversary of Alexandros Grigoropoulos’ killing, published in Global Voices Online.