April 2016
The Refugees’ Grandmother in Idomeni – Watch the video (ENG subtitles)
The Greek border village of Idomeni is home to some 150 people, most of whom are pensioners. One of them is Panagiota Vasileiadou,…
Merkel lets comedian face prosecution for Erdoğan poem – Europe gives in to the sultan… (watch the video)
German chancellor under fire for agreeing to Turkish president’s request for prosecution of Jan Böhmermann The chancellor expressed “grave concerns” about the prosecution of individual…
The Netherlands Will Ban New Gasoline-Powered Vehicles By 2025
We’re used to radical transportation policies in the Netherlands, but this goes a step further than most anything we’ve seen: Starting in 2025, people there…
Spiegel involves Wolfgang Schäuble in Panama Papers case – Is Schäuble corrupt? Bend it like… Samaras!
German minister snubbed whistle-blower looking into state firm German magazine Der Spiegel involves German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble in the Panama Papers case which was…
Christine Lagarde: Two mistakes we made in the case of Greece – Only two Christine?
Christine Lagarde, 60, who is about to begin her second five-year term as head of the International Monetary Fund, talked to Bloomberg’s John Micklethwait about…
VU professor Dimitris Dalakoglou on university, neoliberalism, crisis and social innovations (show in Greek)
With Dimitris Dalakoglou after the show. You can listen to it here. (in Greek) Check Dimitris website here.
Manolis Famellos, Stathis Drogosis & Panos Gourgiotis in Amsterdam 26 April 2016
“Εις τας Ευρώπας” European tour Spring 2016 Three song makers – six cities – one team Two of the most upcoming and beloved song-makers,…
Greece’s journalist union expels high-profile TV journalists over unethical role in referendum coverage
Greece’s journalist union ESIEA temporarily expelled SKAI channel’s news director Stamatis Malelis, SKAI’s commentator Ari Portosalte and “SKAI at 6” editor-in-chief Niko Konitopoulo for breaching…
Panama Papers: Mossack Fonseca leak reveals elite’s tax havens
A huge leak of confidential documents has revealed how the rich and powerful use tax havens to hide their wealth. Eleven million documents were leaked…