Update from Skouries

The last time I travelled to Ierissos was before the gold mines issue had arisen in its current form. Before this struggle began, one of the most powerful ongoing ones in Greece, against the massive intrusion into the old-growth forest …

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IMF demands mass layoff legislation in Greece

The greek government is being demanded to find ways to save a couple of billion euros next year and 1,7 billions in 2016, by the International Monetary Fund, as part of the bailout scheme the greek government is under.

IMF …

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Turkey blocks use of Twitter after prime minister attacks social media site

Kevin Rawlinson, theguardian.com, Friday 21 March 2014

Turkey restricted access to Twitter hours after its prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, threatened to “root out” the social media network where wiretapped recordings have been leaked, damaging the government’s reputation ahead of …

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