Archive for the ‘RealWorld’ Category
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.
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.
Greece: Blog Action Day ’09
Μy contribution to Blog Action Day ’09: a post on Global Voices on Greek bloggers’ reactions
Iran: Greek blogs in correspondence with protesters
A wave of green avatars swept over the Greek “Twittersphere” on Wednesday morning, as many Greek bloggers, who have been mostly monitoring the events of the past week in Iran through Twitter, sought to express their solidarity to Iranian protesters. With the gradual clampdown on journalism and communications in Iran, most Greek mainstream media also resorted to conveying reports from social media second- or third-hand through western press agencies. Some exceptions to the lack of firsthand reporting were provided by bloggers interviewing protesters contacted on Twitter or posting news from acquaintances.
(Originally posted in Global Voices Online)