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New Diaspora – A web documentary movement

New Diaspora is an independent web documentary movement, focusing on the stories of Greeks living abroad during the crisis in their homeland. Please share and support our crowdfunding campaign. It’s time to tell our own part of the story. Why did we leave? What’s our point of view on the current situation in Greece? How much have we adapted to our new lives? ...

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Geen vluchteling op straat of in de cel – 23 maart – Amsterdam

Tijd voor protest! Per jaar wordt van duizenden vluchtelingen het verzoek om asiel afgewezen. Dit zijn wij, de ‘uitgeprocedeerde asielzoekers’ die volgens de Nederlandse overheid terug moeten naar ons land. Maar in een groot deel van de gevallen is dat onmogelijk. Omdat het land van herkomst niet de juiste papieren verstrekt, ons niet meer accepteert, of omdat we moeten terugkeren naar landen waar het, ook ...

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Distributiewerkers: Waarom de achterkamerdeal met het CNV weinig voorstelt

Het AH-management verwijst vol trots naar de afspraken die met CNV gemaakt zijn. Die afspraken werden gemaakt nadat de onderhandelaars van FNV Bondgenoten uit het pand gezet waren. FNV Bondgenoten heeft 10 keer zoveel leden. Een deal zonder de grootste vakbond is een provocatie. Het AH-management kiest voor een ramkoers. En daarom gaat de staking door. Inhoudelijk stelt de deal weinig voor. De stakende dist ...

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Cyprus rejects bailout deal leaving eurozone facing fresh crisis

The Cypriot parliament has thrown out a controversial plan to skim €5.8bn from savers' bank accounts, in a move that risks plunging the eurozone into a fresh crisis and heightens expectations that the cash-strapped nation will seek a funding lifeline from Russia. Cyprus has just 24 hours to find a solution to its funding gap before its banks are due to reopen following the dramatic no vote on Tuesday night, ...

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Cyprus eurozone bailout prompts anger as savers hand over possible 10% levy

Angry Cypriots try in vain to withdraw savings as eurozone bailout terms break taboo of hitting bank depositors. European finance ministers have agreed an £8.7bn bailout for Cypruswhich includes all Cypriot bank customers handing over up to 10% of their savings. Cyprus becomes the fifth country after Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain to turn to the eurozone for financial help amid the region's debt crisis ...

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Once Again, Lenders Ask Greece for Additional Cuts

ATHENS — It has been so elaborately repeated that it almost borders on ritual: Greece’s troika of lenders leaves Athens with disagreement over whether the country should receive billions of euros in fresh financial aid. Greek officials scramble to tackle demands for more austerity to obtain the money, even as social distress deepens. The cycle was staged again Thursday as the Greek government tried to figur ...

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For a European Spring: A call for action in Amsterdam against the EU Spring Summit

For a European Spring' is a call for actions, strikes and demonstrations all over Europe on the 13th of March, and for a pan-European demonstration and creative actions in the city of Brussels on the 14th of March. It is targeted at the EU Spring Summit, where leaders from across the continent will assemble on the 14th and 15 to strengthen the European Council's response to the crisis. ...

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Correspondence from Bulgaria

Translated by ReINFORM Correspondence from Bulgaria: “The events and developments of the Bulgarian Winter” Up to this time, protesting has been taking place daily (from February, 12 until today, March, 3). Every afternoon people gather at the city centers and protest. This happens in over 40 cities and villages, even in areas where no protests had ever happened before. The protests initially targeted the re ...

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The police assault on Ierissos near the Skouries forest

Greece - 07 March 2013 The police campaign to intimidate and even terrorize the anti-mining movement in north-eastern Halkidiki took a new turn this morning when several platoons of riot police entered the village of Ierissos, allegedly to summon witnesses to the regional police HQ in Polygyros and to conduct house searches. Residents initially reported 6 platoons, but later concluded that the number of rio ...

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