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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Moria’s living hell and the legacy of European colonialism
It begins to look like a self-perpetuating European system when the burning down of the Moria camp just leads to Moria 2.0.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Varosha and political ineptitude
It seems that Varosha has not only been abandoned by the United Nations and by the European Union but also by the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The East Mediterranean crisis could ignite a Greek-Turkish proxy war
A moratorium on gas and oil exploitation is needed.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Golden Dawn is defeated: the damage to democracy is harder to repair
In an historic verdict, an Athens Court convicted Golden Dawn leaders of running a criminal organisation, bringing...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?On the Greek islands a long-term commitment is needed from fellow Europeans
All they do is perpetuate a situation that the islands cannot continue to bear. Greece cannot continue to bear.
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Published in: Migrant FuturesThe bitter taste of Greek strawberries
In Greece, COVID-19 has increased the exploitation of the migrant workers who ensure our food supply.
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightIn Greece, a new far right movement is taking the stage
‘Greeks for the Fatherland’ seems to be here to fill the gap left by the legal troubles of Golden Dawn.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?National stereotypes in times of COVID-19: the ‘frugal four’ and the ‘irresponsible South’
When EU leaders discuss the coronavirus Recovery Fund at the upcoming meeting of the European Council on Friday,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The administration of orders: an analogy of madness and migration on Leros
A photo essay on a fragmented European border strategy.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionShared parenting in Greece: three cheers for the Mitsotakis cabinet
“This coming autumn, the Greek right-wing government will be introducing shared parenting. This is a major...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Women in power: countries with female leaders suffer six times fewer Covid deaths and will recover sooner from recession
They did not underestimate the risks, focused on preventative measures and prioritized long-term social wellbeing...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?EU solidarity in the time of coronavirus
Many of the region’s politicians are now beginning to wonder out loud – and often opportunistically – just what the...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightFar-right vigilantism at Europe’s borders: the Greek experience
The activities of vigilante groups should be contained before far-right groups add fuel to the fire.
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Published in: openMovementsVirus: all that is solid melts in the air
Is it easier to ascertain the truthfulness and quality of a society’s institutions under normal daily circumstances...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?On the edges of democracy: mobilizing health and care as a common good
In the moment of the ‘corona crisis’, autocratic tendencies are cropping up, hitting those who are the least...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Crisis in the Eastern Mediterranean: hybrid warfare, the Balkans and the Near East
Has Turkey weaponized the refugees in a hybrid warfare against a hypocritical Europe and NATO, while Russia is the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Fortress Europe as infrastructure
Fortress Europe is happy to keep on footing the bill, as long as Greece keeps the refugees out of sight and out of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Falling between the cracks: asylum and irregularity in Greece
The purpose here is not to call Greece out, but to use the country as an example to illustrate what is happening...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Balkans and the meaning of nowhere
In To the Lake, Bulgarian writer Kapka Kassabova takes an evocative journey through Balkan borderlands, enchanting...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Harnessing ‘the right within’ in Croatia and Greece
How ‘right-wing factions’ enable governing parties to draw support from the more socially conservative layers of...