There has been lots of discussions in my environment about why jobless Greeks do not go strawberry picking. Of course, it’s not only strawberries growing in Manolada, Peloponnese. It’s the peaches in Naousa, Macedonia or the apples in Zagora, Pilio just to mention a few of the agricultural products flourishing in Greece. But …

Greek police arrested the three foremen suspected of shooting at immigrant workers demanding outstanding wages. Two of the suspects,  27 and 39 years old, were arrested at a lawyers’ office in Amaliada on Friday morning, just hours after the youngest suspect, 21, was arrested while on the street of the …

Several people lay down, unable to move. Others suffer in pain. More people are standing exciting and speak in a language we don’t understand. The exclusive video uploaded by daily Kathimerini on its website, displays footage filmed short time after the shooting at immigrant workers near the Manolada strawberry fields …

At least twenty-eight strawberry pickers from Bangladesh were transferred to hospital with light injuries on Wednesday afternoon after being shot by the foremen of their employer. The incident occurred  at 6 p.m. Wednesday on the 41st kilometer of the highway between Patras and Pyrgos in Peloponnese. A large group of …

The tolerance towards the incredible racism expressed by members of extreme-right party Golden Dawn was of very short duration. Hours after the video started to flood Greek media and internet sites, police intervened and sent the excerpts from the documentary broadcast on UK Channel 4 News to the prosecutor. The Department against …

National Film and Television student Konstantinos Georgousis spent a month in summer 2012 filming members of extreme-right party Golden Dawn – wandering through the streets of Athens, harassing migrants. The result is shocking. So shocking that I refuse to display the video footage here. Speaking to UK Channel 4 News about …

Golden Dawn (Chrysi Avgi) launched the indoctrination of school starters with the ideals of the extreme-right party. Children of even 6 years old that are described as  “the little friends of the movement” recently visited local offices of the party together with their parents and underwent an ideological brain-wash. Referring to …

The director of a public hospital in Tripoli, the Peloponnese, has been removed from her position after allowing members of Golden Dawn to enter the premises and check the details of private nurses. Health Minister Andreas Lykourentzos ordered Eleni Sourouni to leave her post after complaints that members of the …

The Council of State on Tuesday deemed unconstitutional a law passed almost three years ago which allows second-generation migrants to apply for Greek citizenship and to stand in local elections. Greece’s highest administrative court ruled that only Greeks could stand for office. It also decided that the criteria for offering …

Greek public opinion is divided.  Part of the society condemns the apparent beating of the four suspects arrested in Velvento, Kozani. But another society part hails the beating claiming it was deserved as the “kids” (as they are called here) were armed with heavy weapons. Minister of Justice, Antonis Roupakiotis, openly …

The decree issued last October by Greek health ministry separates patients into two categories: Greeks and foreigners. This health care scheme separating patients in two classes will charge foreigners receiving treatment in public hospitals with double prices and thus for the same service received by the Greeks. According to the controversial decree, the daily fees …

A migrant from Senegal got electrocuted when he jumped into the train track to escape municipality police chasing him. The incident occurred on Friday evening at Thission station of urban train ISAP in downtown Athens. According to Greek media citing eye-witnesses, the man was an illegal street vendor and the incident …

How long does it take until Greek society explodes under the heavy load of austerity measures? “How long will these proud people put up with such degradation?” asks himself Bill Frezza, a Greek-American whose columns appear in Forbes and The Huffington Post. Frezza’s article appears in KTG with the author’s …

Greek communities in Germany are in uproar and vehemently oppose the establishment of a branch by extreme-right, neo-nazi party Golden Dawn (Chrysi Avgi) and thus in Nuremberg,  the Bavarian city that became the centre of Nazi propaganda and the place where the notorious  racial laws against Jews were adopted by the then …

Greek police started a service where victims and concerned citizens can report incidents of racist attacks. Under telepone number <11414> any Greek or foreigner can report racism motivated attacks. Departments and Offices of Racial Violence Response went in effect on Monday, January 17th 2013. The assigned offices will  collect data …

With central slogan “Athens, anti-fa city” members of migrants’ communities, students organisations, municipality unions and people from art and culture gather in central Athens on Saturday to protest the rising phenomena of violence against migrants. The mass protest is supported by several migrants and human rights organizations and city councils of …

Greece has completed the barbed-wire fence at its North-East borders to Turkey. With 10,365 meter length and 4 meter height the fence extends all along the land borders, from  Kastanies posting until the Evros river. According to Greek officials, the fence cannot be climbed without mechanical means. Of course, illegal immigrants …

Controversial extreme right-wing Golden Dawn (Chrysi Avgi) recently opened a branch in Montreal. Reason enough for Canadian CBC broadcast to have an interview with the local deputy leader, who defended the party’s policies that are considered as ‘racist’ by the majority of Greeks and the international community. The members of Montreal branch …

US Embassy in Athens updated its safety and security information on Friday raising the awareness of US citizens of African, Asian, Hispanic or Middle Eastern descent. The American diplomatic mission explained the update with ‘unprovoked harassment and violent attacks against person perceived as foreign migrants.’ US Embassy Excerpt: “Security Message …

 Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras gave orders to immediately scrap the migrant citizenship law and asked the Minister of Interior to work out a new draft that will comply with the Greek Constitution. The fast-track decision of PM comes a day after the Council of State, Greece’s highest administrative court, casted …