Focus Area Αρχεία

11 / 06 / 2019

New items on the daily menu for delivery workers

Whether it’s food deliveries via motorbike or other services, delivery workers are demanding better working conditions, in an industry that employs thousands of people in cities across Greece; it’s an occupation that is affected by work-related, fatal accidents.

06 / 06 / 2019

For asylum-seekers in Italy fake solutions are given to real problems

All over the world, immigration and refugee reception centers are not known for offering good treatment to newcomers. In fact, a center in Mineo, Italy, resembles hell on earth, where integration has no place at all.

30 / 05 / 2019

The “best kept secret” of multinational call center employees

Young people from around the world have found a place in the Greek labor market at global customer service call centers. Their daily work routine is a common secret.

24 / 05 / 2019

First they took (Northern) Italy, now Lega is spreading in Europe

From a xenophobic party in northern Italy, to a xenophobic party that was voted into the Italian Parliament. Steadily, Lega is increasing its power, following a successful strategy where social media has played a decisive role.

03 / 05 / 2019

May day in the midst of the Greek trade unionism’s cold

While labor in Greece has been hit hard by economic recession, workers' trust in trade unionism has been declined. The problems of Greek Trade Unions are indisputable.

02 / 05 / 2019

The “Catalan question” in Spain’s elections

It’s a few days after April 28, national elections in Spain, and the process of forming a government has not ended and it seems that it will take months. Catalonia's secessionist trend has its share in shaping political correlations

17 / 04 / 2019

When Mao censored Antonioni

China by Michelangelo Antonioni was different from what the Maoist regime had hoped to present to the West in the 1970s.

11 / 04 / 2019

Real gold or Fool’s gold? Golden Visas in Europe

The lucrative trade of passports and residence permits in Europe, the money under the table and various reactions.

10 / 04 / 2019

The feng shui of money: Greece’s Golden Visa program

The facts about the Golden Visa program - the illegal and legal practices of the foreign and Greek companies involved and the impact on the real estate market.

04 / 04 / 2019

Waiting for “Spring” in Poland

Openly-gay and an atheist, Robert Biedron, former mayor of a small Polish town, seeks to put an end to the conservative Polish “winter” of the last four years, with his new party, "Spring".

28 / 03 / 2019

What’s left from the European Left?

The left-wing parties in Europe are experiencing internal disputes and seeking new alliances. The shrinking of SYRIZA seems to have created a gap that will not be filled easily.

27 / 03 / 2019

Munting Nayon: An open village for the children of the world (and a nursery school for hard working parents)

A children’s day care center that began as a DIY emergency solution for Filipino immigrant parents in Greece has evolved into a unique multicultural school.