country:greece

BBC poll: Germany most popular country in the world
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22624104

Avec des bizarreries.

Diagnosing Ancient Disease | May 20, 2013 Issue - Vol. 91 Issue 20 | Chemical & Engineering News
http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/i20/Diagnosing-Ancient-Disease.html

#paléomédecine #santé #recherche #adn #peste #tuberculose etc

long-term tuberculosis victims can have characteristic lesions on their bones and collapsed vertebrae symptomatic of tuberculosis that are still visible in 1,000-year-old skeletons (...) in the 1990s, analytical technology advanced to the point where researchers were able to analyze the DNA and other molecular residues left in or on long-dead individuals. That’s when paleomicrobiologists took things a step further and began searching for traces of pathogen DNA, proteins, and lipids in ancient remains such as skeletons and mummies.

Hollande : recession is “threatening the very identity of Europe” - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22551511

Refworld | Europe : End forced evictions of Roma in Europe

http://www.refworld.org/docid/5177d75d4.html

Signalé par @cdb_77 qui n’aura peut-être pas pensé à le seenthiser...

Europe: End forced evictions of Roma in Europe by Amnesty International

IMF demands further austerity in Greece - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/05/10/gree-m10.html

Dans la série le FMI n’apprend rien

IMF demands further austerity in Greece
By Robert Stevens
10 May 2013

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a “Concluding Statement” May 3 demanding there be no relaxation of the austerity programme it has imposed on an already severely impoverished Greek population.

The statement follows the IMF’s recent inspection mission to Greece, alongside the European Union (EU) and European Central Bank (ECB).

The reaction of the bourgeois media in Greece and internationally to the report was to stress its call for the coalition government to do more to prevent tax evasion. Typical was the BBC’s headline, “IMF hails economic ‘progress’ but warns on tax evasion.”

#grèce #crise #fmi #austérité

Imam Baildi’s first concert in the USA by IMAM BAILDI — Kickstarter
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/imambaildi/imam-baildis-first-concert-in-the-usa

Imam Baildi is the first young Greek band that managed to bring Greek music of the 1940’s, 50’s and ’60’s to an audience around the world. Our music is based on remixing songs by legendary composers and singers such as S. Vembo, M. Linda, V. Tsitsanis and M. Hiotis, and combining them with new sounds and production techniques in order to embed them into a contemporary musical context.

Une petite Playlist sur http://www.balkanophonie.org/grece-imam-baildi-mezze-hip-hop (oeuf corse) ...

Adolescence denied

Hundreds, thousand, hidden in the abandoned industrial areas that surround the port of Patras; I stayed with them in the old disused train station in the centre of Corinth; I found them in the ‘urban holes’ that dot the landscape of an Athens wounded by the crisis. They are the kids I followed for this project, some of whom are very young. After desperate journeys, they arrive from the wars which have tormented their countries in recent years. But war, for them, was only the beginning of the tragedy. Those who come from the Middle East and Central Asia try to reach Europe, the land I am lucky enough to call home, through its eastern door, Greece. They then get stuck there, amidst increasingly harsh security checks and racism which tragically often degenerates into neo-Nazi violence. For many, there is the hope of being able to rebuild the sort of life which would be impossible in their country of origin. The young Afghans I met are mainly fleeing the forced militarization practiced by the Taliban in Afghanistan, subsequent to the war that affected the country in 2001. For many others who are fleeing a scorching North Africa in revolt, the hope is to have the rights they were denied by the radicalization of the violence in their country of origin, recognized. Persecution for religious and ethnic reasons, or due to political opinion, could allow them to obtain refugee status in European Union countries, but certainly not in Greece. There, the rules are so tight that more than 99.5% of requests for asylum are refused. For this reason, they are forced to hide, because having a Greek police record would mean the end of the dream of safe reception in Europe. I learned that this is set out by the Dublin Regulation, the EU law with responsibility for granting asylum. According to the regulation, the country where a person is first identified is the country that has the duty and right to decide whether to grant refugee status or not, irrespective of where the application for asylum is made. Attempts to harmonize regulations on asylum in Europe have been dramatically swept away by the economic crisis. The Mediterranean countries have been the most affected by the flows and at the same time, have the fewest economic resources to manage them. What’s more, the difficult social conditions in these countries are providing an outlet for the phenomena of cultural closure, xenophobia and violence, which represent, for those who arrive, an insurmountable obstacle to obtaining the enjoyment of even the most basic human rights.

http://c0875922.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/67375.story_x_large.jpg

#photo #photographie #Grèce #migration #Patras #réfugiés #asile #Dublin #droits_humains #xénophobie

Fleeing Syria, Refugees Arrive to a Different Kind of Hell in Greece

Thousands of Syrians are seeking refuge in Greece, but the country’s economic and asylum problems make for an unwelcome new home.

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/international/sy%20refugee%20family%20banner.jpg

#Syrie #Grèce #migration #réfugiés

ECB indicates south Europeans can endure more austerity – The European Sting | Les #faisans!
http://europeansting.com/2013/04/10/ecb-indicates-south-europeans-can-endure-more-shock-therapy

According to a European Central Bank report which was published yesterday, the average household in south European countries like Cyprus, Greece, Spain and Italy possess more net wealth than their peers in the north (net wealth is defined as the difference between total assets and total liabilities). The obvious conclusion is that they can endure more austerity and shock therapy measures. For example the study finds that the mean net wealth of a Cypriot household is €670,900, of a Spanish one €291,400, of an Italian € 275,200, in comparison to only €195,200 in Germany, in the Netherlands € 170,200 and in Finland just €161,500. The authors of the report note that, “The data for Cyprus appear not to be comparable with those for other euro area countries in a number of dimensions and should therefore be interpreted with caution. However, once the above mentioned factors are accounted for, the net wealth figures for Cyprus appear less of an outlier”.

May Day protests and Greek strikes - Eurozone crisis live
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/may/01/eurozone-crisis-austerity-may-day-letta

With unemployment at record highs and the eurozone in recession, Europe’s annual May Day holiday will be marked with a strike in Greece, and rallies in major cities Source: The Guardian

Brendan Simms: Can Angela Merkel forge a United States of #europe? - Comment - Comment - London Evening Standard
http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/brendan-simms-can-angela-merkel-forge-a-united-states-of-europe-8594908.

Tags : #allemagne europe

Is Greece in shock?
http://www.enetenglish.gr/?i=news.en.article&id=766

According to bestselling author Naomi Klein, the systemic use of shock and fear by the power elites to undermine vulnerable communities is very much evident in post-bailout Greece. From the rise of racism to the sell-off of the country’s oil and natural gas resources – much of what will shape Greece’s immediate future are, she argues, predictable consequences of the politics of austerity Source: (...)

Un article sur le grillisme en #Italie par un collectif d’écrivains, anciennement #Luther-Blissett.

Grillismo : Yet another right-wing cult coming from Italy | #Wu-Ming Foundation
http://www.wumingfoundation.com/english/wumingblog/?p=1950

Several Left-wing and progressive commentators tend to look with a certain sympathy to the Five Star Movement. They heard that even Dario Fo, a famously leftist Nobel Prize Winner, endorsed Grillo during the campaign. They think that Grillo’s fiery, pied-piperesque speeches are just a bit of theatre – he used to be a comedian after all.
Indeed, news from Italy are baffling as usual, but in the end, many have the impression that the #5SM is a populist movement oscillating between the progressive and radical quarters of the political spectrum. A movement having features in common with other anti-austerity movements and mobilisations across southern Europe (Portugal, Greece, Spain, Slovenia).
People who make that assumption should – literally – know better.
Trouble is, many Italians should know better too.

Simone Di Stefano: «Are you an antifascist?»
#Beppe-Grillo: «This question doesn’t concern me. 5SM is an ecumenical movement.»
(Conversation between Grillo and one of the top leaders of neofascist party CasaPound, 11 January 2013 )

Qatar returns statues to Greece amid nudity dispute | World news | The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/28/qatar-returns-statues-greece-nudity

It was a spat that nobody wanted – neither the Greeks, the Qataris nor, say officials, the two nude statues that sparked the furore.

But in a classic clash of cultures, Greece has found itself at odds with the oil-rich state – a nation it is keen to woo financially – over the presentation of masterworks depicting athletes in an exhibition dedicated to the Olympic games.

“The statues are now back at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens,” said a culture ministry official.

The dispute, though authorities are not calling it that, broke when Greece’s culture minister, Costas Tzavaras, arrived in Doha last month to discover the “anatomically challenging” treasures cloaked in cloth for fear of offending female spectators.
(...) It remains unclear why Qatari authorities had taken such umbrage over the antiquities in question, although officials in Athens described the young athletes – both from Eleusis – as being especially beautiful.

Unemployment hits record highs in Spain, France - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/26/euro-a26.html

Unemployment hits record highs in Spain, France
By Alex Lantier
26 April 2013

According to figures published yesterday, the number of unemployed workers in Spain and France has reached all-time highs, as Europe’s economic collapse accelerates under the impact of the global economic crisis and austerity measures imposed throughout the continent.

In Spain, the National Statistics Institute (INE) reported that the country had 6,202,700 unemployed workers, the first time in history that over 6 million Spanish workers were jobless. Spain’s unemployment rate rose 1.14 percentage points, to 27.16 percent, as 237,400 jobs were lost. Spanish youth unemployment has reached 57.22 percent.

#chômage #emploi #travail #france #espagne

Chômage en Europe : puisque le chiffre du jour c’est le chômage en Espagne, voici le chômage des jeunes de moins de 25 ans en Europe.

Et c’était au début de 2012, je pense que pour certains pays maintenant c’est pire.

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/4axm66ubob6ulbe/chomdu25.jpg

#chômage #europe #jeunes

Culture of disbelief works against asylum seekers

JOHANNESBURG, 24 April 2013 (IRIN) - Most asylum seekers arrive in host countries with no evidence to prove they have fled persecution. This means the success of their applications for refugee status depends largely on whether their stories are believed. But the credibility of asylum seekers is increasingly being called into question, particularly in countries that receive large numbers of asylum claims.

http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97906/Culture-of-disbelief-works-against-asylum-seekers

#migration #asile #preuve #statut_de_réfugié #réfugié #crédibilité

The Battle to Keep Water Out of the Internal Market - a Test Case for Democracy in Europe
http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/215-global-public-goods/52369-the-battle-to-keep-water-out-of-the-internal-market-a-test-case-

The European Commission has in recent weeks gone on a PR offensive in response to growing criticism of its pro-privatisation agenda for the water sector. The criticism centres around the water privatisation conditions attached to the Troika’s rescue packages for Greece and Portugal, and the proposed EU concessions directive, which could lead to increased privatisation pressure on public water municipalities across Europe.

The concessions directive, which has the stated object of opening markets and eliminating “discrepancies among national regimes”, would end the exemption that has so far existed for drinking water supply and for the first time bring it under the rules of the EU’s single market. Previous attempts to bring water under single market rules failed due to resistance from civil society and MEPs opposed to water becoming a commodity, but this time the European Parliament has been less vigilant. The directive would not directly force municipalities to privatise, but could lead to ’privatisation through the back door’.

#eau #privatisation #Europe

Child poverty in US among the highest in developed world - World Socialist Web Site

►http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/18/pove-a18.html

Child poverty in US among the highest in developed world
By Nick Barrickman

18 April 2013

A recent report by the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) details the growing levels of poverty facing children in the major capitalist countries.

Compiled with information taken in the final two years of last decade (2009-2010), the report reveals a staggering level of child poverty in the “developed” world, with the standards of living in the United States, which has the highest gross domestic product, ranking near the bottom on all metrics.

#états-unis #pauvreté #enfance #inégalités

En #Grèce, les #fraises se paient le prix du sang
►http://fr.myeurop.info/2013/04/18/en-grece-les-fraises-se-paient-le-prix-du-sang-7825

Effy Tselikas

Dans la région de Manolada, en Grèce, des exploitants agricoles ont ouvert le feu, mercredi soir, sur les #travailleurs_migrants venus réclamer leur paie. Trente ont été blessés. Ou comment, en 2013, des esclavagistes modernes sévissent en toute impunité en Europe. Récit.

Pour qui se promène à Athènes (...)

#Société #Politique #Social #économie_souterraine #esclavage_moderne #immigration #mafia #Traite_des_êtres_humains

Pressed by human rights activists, Greece pledges to stop deportations of Syrian refugees

Greece on Wednesday pledged to halt deportations of Syrian refugees, as human rights activists called for measures to ensure that asylum seekers from the war-torn Middle Eastern state have access to Greek territory and safety.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_17/04/2013_494371

#Grèce #Syrie #asile #migration #réfugiés

Council of Europe : report on Greece

Strasbourg, 16 April 2013
CommDH(2013)6
Original version

REPORT

by Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

Following his visit to Greece, from 28 January to 1 February 2013

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Summary

Commissioner Nils Muižnieks and his delegation visited Greece from 28 January to 1 February 2013. In the course of this visit the Commissioner held discussions with state authorities and non-governmental, national and international organisations. The present report focuses on the following human rights issues:

I. Intolerance and hate crimes in Greece - the need for urgent action

The Commissioner is seriously concerned by the increase in racist and other hate crimes in Greece, which primarily targets migrants and poses a serious threat to the rule of law and democracy. A number of the reported attacks have been linked to members or supporters, including MPs, of the neo-Nazi political party “Golden Dawn” which won seats in parliament in June 2012. Whilst welcoming the fact that the Greek authorities have adopted new measures to combat racist violence, the Commissioner regrets that rhetoric stigmatising migrants has been widely used in Greek politics and that immigration control measures have led to the further stigmatisation of migrants. The Commissioner calls on the authorities to condemn firmly and unequivocally all instances of hate speech and hate crime. Political parties and the parliament in particular need to adopt self-regulatory measures to effectively counter and sanction intolerance and hate speech on the part of politicians. Far-reaching and systematic anti-racism and human rights awareness-raising campaigns should also be implemented, targeting particularly young people and schools. The completion and execution of a national human rights action plan that is envisaged by the authorities may play a catalytic role in this context. The authorities are invited to design and implement measures to improve migrants’ integration as well as intercultural dialogue, drawing upon successful existing structures such as the Athens City Council for Migrants’ Integration. In this context, the construction of a mosque and a Muslim cemetery in Athens is noted as long overdue. Lastly, the Commissioner expresses his concern at the envisaged restrictive change in the law concerning the naturalisation of long-term resident migrant children and the political participation of long-term resident migrants at local level, and calls on Greece to accede to the 1997 European Convention on Nationality and the 1992 European Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at Local Level and draw on its human rights standards.

II. Combating the impunity of perpetrators of hate crimes; victims’ access to justice and protection

The Commissioner calls on the Greek authorities to be highly vigilant and use all available means to combat all forms of hate speech and hate crime and to end impunity for these crimes. International law, especially the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination and the European Convention on Human Rights, which are ratified and have a supra-statutory force in Greece, make possible the imposition of dissuasive, criminal and other sanctions and restrictions on the activities of individuals who advocate for and are involved in instances of racist and other hate crimes. The same holds true for such activities of political organisations, including parties such as the neo-Nazi “Golden Dawn”, on which it should be possible to impose effective penalties or prohibition, if necessary. Greek law, although insufficiently or completely unused so far, has the potential to curb and prevent manifestations of racial and other forms of discrimination by individuals and political organisations. The Commissioner urges the authorities to accelerate the modernisation of domestic anti-racism legislation and to carry out systematic, continuous training and awareness-raising in anti-discrimination law and practice for all police and coast guard officials, prosecutors and judges. As regards victims’ access to justice and effective remedies, the authorities are urged to remedy the long-standing serious shortcomings concerning excessively lengthy judicial proceedings, notably by enhancing the human and material resources available to prosecutors and judges. The newly established post of the anti-racism prosecutor in Athens needs particular reinforcement and expansion to other Greek regions so that anti-racism law is effectively applied throughout the country. Lastly, the state authorities are called on to reach out to victims of racist and other hate crimes and establish advice centres near the areas where they live, to clearly exempt them from criminal complaint fees, and to provide them with adequate legal aid, if necessary, as well as assistance.

III. The role of law enforcement authorities in combating racist and other hate crimes

The Commissioner is deeply concerned by persistent reports of ill-treatment, including torture, committed by law enforcement officials notably against migrants and Roma. The Commissioner calls on the authorities to ensure that the definition of torture contained in the criminal code is fully aligned with the definition in the UN Convention against Torture and that allegations of torture are effectively investigated and sanctioned. Ethnic profiling by the Greek police is also an issue of serious concern. In addition to strongly and publicly condemning all instances of abuse or misconduct by law enforcement officials, the Commissioner urges the Greek authorities to eliminate the institutional culture of impunity and establish an independent and well-functioning complaints mechanism covering all law enforcement officials, usefully drawing on the experiences of other Council of Europe member states. Law enforcement officials who are motivated by racism or act against democratic principles should be sanctioned and removed from their posts. Additionally, the Commissioner stresses the need to reinforce the capacity of the police to respond adequately to incidents of racist and other hate crime, particularly to examine and record all evidence related to hate crime motivation. The 70 newly established anti-racist units and the hotline for reporting racist incidents are a welcome step forward. However, these units need to be adequately resourced and their staff, which should include persons with knowledge of languages spoken by the complainants, needs to be systematically and adequately trained in human rights and anti-discrimination. Moreover, the authorities are called on to expand the mandate of these units in order to include all forms of hate crime.

IV. Asylum and immigration law and practice – certain major shortcomings that need to be addressed

The Commissioner welcomes the steps taken by the authorities since 2011 aimed at rebuilding the national asylum system. Nonetheless, the Commissioner remains seriously concerned by persisting gaps in law and practice which adversely affect the human rights of migrants, including asylum seekers and refugees, and increase their vulnerability notably to racist crimes. Among these gaps, he points out the highly insufficient asylum seeker reception capacity of Greece, the particularly dysfunctional system for lodging asylum applications in the Athens aliens police directorate, and the policy of systematic and prolonged detention of irregular migrants, often in substandard conditions. He urges the authorities to discontinue the costly and largely ineffective policy of migrant detention and to provide for possible alternatives in law and practice, drawing on the experience of other European countries. At the same time, the need is stressed for Greece to make sure that all migrant detainees have adequate access to health care. Expert NGOs may play a valuable role in this context. The Commissioner also calls on the authorities to provide effective protection to unaccompanied minor migrants, who are often left without any support and who are extremely vulnerable to racist violence and various forms of exploitation. Access to an effective system of guardianship and to adequate child protection mechanisms should be made available as a matter of priority.

The report contains the Commissioner’s conclusions and recommendations to the Greek authorities and is published on the Commissioner’s website along with the authorities’ comments.

https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?Ref=CommDH%282013%296&Language=lanEnglish&Ver=original&BackColo

v. aussi :
http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/3685461-dangerous-dawn

#droits_humains #Grèce #rapport #Conseil_européen #racisme #migration #Aube_dorée #extrême_droite

Pour terminer ce soir le référencement de trois années de biblio en retard, cette série de liens cartographiques en vrac où il y a beaucoup de savoirs passionnants

Cartographie Blog
►http://www.savoirsenreseau.com/2007/11/23/cartes-heuristiques-et-performances-scolaires

Cartographie interactive
http://education.france5.fr/?EspId=1&DiscId=85&ObjId=17565
http://www.autrement.com/cartotheque.php
http://www.histoirealacarte.com

Cartographie Antje Lehn
http://socialtapestries.net
http://research.urbantapestries.net
http://diffusion.org.uk

Cartography Imaginary museum project
Tjebbe van Tijen - Imaginary Museum Projects
Avec quelqus planches des oeuvres d’Otto Neurath
http://imaginarymuseum.org
info@imaginarymuseum.org
t.tijen@chello.nl
http://imaginarymuseum.org/MHV
http://imaginarymuseum-archive.org/PILWARstat/PILWARstat01.html (Mapping Human Violence)

Histoire de la cartographie
http://maphistory.info/harlflws.html

Cartographie Peuples premiers
http://survivalfrance.org/related_material.php?id=508

Presse alternative En anglais
http://www.newsbatch.com
http://www.theglobalist.com
http://www.alternet.org
http://www.motherjones.com

Conflits, géopolitique
http://www.crisisgroup.org
http://www.grip.org

#cartographie #presse-alternative #cartographie-radicale #savoirs #connaissance #géopolitique

Encyclopedia of International Boundaries

International Boundaries Research Unit, Gideon Biger

http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-International-Boundaries-Research-Unit/dp/0816032335

An international group of geographers has compiled this first comprehensive reference source on the land boundaries of 200 contemporary independent states and 35 dependencies. The contributors are from academic institutions in Israel, the U.S., Croatia, and the International Boundaries Research Unit, University of Durham, England.

After an introduction about boundaries in modern states, the work is arranged alphabetically by country. Each entry includes a brief description of the state; its area, population, and political structure; and a summary of its history. Following this general information are sections on its relationship to adjoining nations, with a description of the boundaries, geographic setting, wars and treaties that determined the boundaries, and the present situation. For example, under Bulgaria, there are separate sections on each nation with which it shares a boundary—Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Turkey. A cross-reference notes when a boundary has been described in an earlier entry. As a result of the alphabetical arrangement, this results in seven references at the Serbia entry.

#bibliographie #livre #cartographie #frontières

« Les Etats-Unis occupent la 26e place sur vingt-neuf – juste derrière la Grèce – pour la mesure du “bien-être global des enfants” – » selon le classement de l’UNICEF. ►http://www.lemonde.fr/vous/article/2013/04/10/indicateur-de-bien-etre-des-enfants-une-invitation-pour-chaque-gouvernement-,

Avec des précisions supplémentaires sur le site “International Business Times”, http://www.ibtimes.com/unicef-report-child-well-being-shows-us-near-bottom-list-1186975

Les États-Unis se classent aussi deuxième à partir du bas pour la pauvreté des enfants. Le seul pays parmi les 29 qui a plus d’enfants vivant dans la pauvreté que l’Amérique est la Roumanie. Les États-Unis sont aussi près du fond pour les taux de vaccination contre la rougeole et la polio*, ainsi que pour la « satisfaction de vie des enfants. »

Par contre, rappelle l’auteur de l’article,

Les Etats-Unis sont No. 1 sur plusieurs autres listes : leurs dépenses militaires sont supérieures aux 12 nations suivantes sur la liste combinées ; ils sont les meilleurs au monde dans l’emprisonnement des gens ; et ils ont les personnes les plus obèses, le taux de divorce le plus élevé, et le taux le plus élevé de consommation de drogues illicites et de prescription à la fois.

Ce qui n’empêchera nullement certains de réclamer des Etats-Unis qu’ils assument une position de “leadership” dans la défense des droits humains.

(* Tout en insistant à vacciner les enfants des pays pauvres.)