Full Coverage: Greece

24.03.2008 Three Reporters Without Borders representatives, including secretary-general Robert Ménard, today unfurled a banner showing the Olympic rings transformed into handcuffs at the official Olympic torch-lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece (photo, right).
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14.10.2005 Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, said yesterday that the Special Mediator Matthew Nimitz, doesn’t plan to come forward with yet another idea to solve the dispute over the name of the Republic of Macedonia between Macedonia and Greece.

01.08.2005
A novel learning platform that uses a variety of mature technologies to support and expand teaching practices has recently completed testing, proving popular among high school students and teachers.

12.08.2004 The scorching sun of Athens would suggest this might be more the place to think global warming than Salt Lake City where the winter Olympics of 2002 were held. It has turned out to be just the other way round.

11.08.2004 In a bid to keep game venues litter-free and maximize waste sorting while raising people’s awareness of environmentally sustainable waste management, the organizers of the Athens 2004 Olympics are running advertisement promoting recycling as the 29th sport of the Olympics. The recycling program is supposed to demonstrate that protection of the environment is a core value in the philosophy of the Games which start on Friday.

06.08.2004 Against the background of previous civil rights violations by Greek police and
border guards, Amnesty International is urging Greek authorities to ensure that security measures for the Athens Olympic Games do not compromise international human rights standards.

03.08.2004 You do not have to be green by inclination to notice some simple environmental truths in Greece. Despite innovative uses of solar power in everyday life, this year's summer Olympics in Greece are far from Green.

19.07.2004 An assessment of the Athens 2004 Olympic venues by the World Wildlife fund rates the Greek organizing committee low on environmental issues such as protection of natural areas, waste management, water conservation and use of environmentally-friendly construction technologies. The evaluation which was based on objectives and indicators that were used to record the environmental wins and losses of the “green” Sydney 2000 Olympics rated the Athens Olympic 0.8 on a scale of 0-4.

14.07.2004 In a press release issued this week, Amnesty International expressed concern that the Greek government is trading off the rights of marginalized social groups for security as it prepares for this year’s summer Olympic games. The new Greek legislation on "terrorism" does not guarantee fair trial and does not clearly define terrorist acts.

11.06.2004 The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), is deeply concerned about a recent media development in Greece.

25.05.2004 U.S ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament confirmed recently that the U.S is working with Athens and the International Atomic Energy Agency to prevent a nuclear attack at the Summer Olympics.

07.07.2003 ‘The Greek and Macedonian authorities should cooperate to ensure that adequate facilities are provided for the Roma from Kosovo fleeing persecution, and fair determination of their asylum claims. No Roma should be returned to a country where their lives or freedoms are at risk.’ Source:Minority Rights Group

30.06.2003 Eleven countries from Southern Europe are currently participating in a project on ICTs for the development of education and the construction of a knowledge society. The project, which got underway earlier this year, includes activities like seminars and expert meetings on topics such as ICT application in distance education, IT training and multimedia courses.

25.06.2003 Ljubisa Vrencev brings his witness account of the manifestations that took place aside the official EU meeting in Porto Carras. While street protests occupied the headlines for the scattered incidents caused by some minor anarchist groups, very little coverage was given to the issues discussed in the alternative forum.

24.06.2003 Various cross-border initiatives are being undertaken by the governments of the States facing the Adriatic sea. The decision to adopt and enforce legal instruments for marine environmental protection resulted out of strong activists' lobbying conducted at regional level.

22.06.2003 Social movements activists peacefully moved through the streets of Thessaloniki in an attempt to let their opinion on a common immigration policy be known to the participants of the summit. The message from the crowd was clear: a human-centred approach for a multicultural Europe.

30.05.2003 The International Helsinki Federation on Human Rights issued an open letter to the Greek Prime Minister, Mr. Constantine Simitis. The organisation denounced the abuses - resorting to inhuman and degrading treatment - reserved by the Greek authorities to Roma residing in the country.

23.05.2003 A large group of Kosovo Roma has been stopped a few days ago at the Greek border with Macedonia. Roma were attempting to cross the border to seek refuge into Greece, but Athens denied such right alleging that the conditions of Roma in Kosovo are not to be considered of particular concern.

06.02.2003 Despite being located in vastly different regions of the world, with a range of cultural attitudes and varying levels of economic development, Greece, Sri Lanka, Tunisia and Zambia have at least one common characteristic - the prevalence of violence against women. A series of new reports examines the role states should play in combatting such violence.

08.01.2003 Almost 30 years after the partition of Cyprus, a new opinion poll suggests that 65 percent of Turkish Cypriots back a United Nations plan for reunifying the island and Turkey has softened its hardline policy, reports Jessica Lutz.