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NGNS-Dag 2026: ALV NGNS en film screening Locatie: UvA, zaal 1.04, PC Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 134, Amsterdam Programma NGNS-Dag 15.00 – 16.15 uur ALV 16.15 – 16.30 uur pauze 16.30 – 18.00 uur inleiding (door Georgios Evgenios Douliakas, Docent Cultural Analysis, Universiteit Leiden) & film screening 18.00 – 18.45 borrel
Plaats: Podium Mozaïek, Bos en Lommerweg 191, 1055 DT, Amsterdam Datum: zaterdag 23 november 2019 Tijd: 19:00 uur Voorprogramma lezing: 19:00 uur – 19:45 uur (gratis toegang) Muziekprogramma: 20:15 – 22:15 uur Voorprogramma: Lezing ‘Still waiting for barbarians’, Prof. Dr. Maria Boletsi (UvA en Universiteit Leiden) in het Engels met…
Title: “Still waiting for barbarians” (gratis toegankelijk/free access) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Maria Boletsi, Marilena Laskaridis Chair of Modern Greek Studies, University of Amsterdam Language: English Location: Podium Mozaïek, Bos en Lommerweg 191, 1055 DT Amsterdam Date & time: November 23, 2019, 7.00 – 10.00 p.m. Abstract: Short lecture with Q&A questions in English…
However promising this may seem, once again we are witnessing a significant divide among Greece’s lenders on the issue of debt relief. …
30 augustus 2016 – Vluchtelingencrisis. Het aantal migranten dat aankomt in Griekenland stijgt weer. Op Samos wachten honderden tot ze verder kunnen. „Dan kunnen we het eten dat we krijgen weggooien.” „Syriërs mogen door naar Athene. Pakistanen niet. Waarom?” „Die mensen willen hier niet zijn en wij kunnen niets voor ze…
IMF admits disastrous love affair with the euro and apologises for the immolation of Greece 29 juli 2016 – The International Monetary Fund’s top staff misled their own board, made a series of calamitous misjudgments in Greece, became euphoric cheerleaders for the euro project, ignored warning signs of impending crisis, and…
24 mei 2016 – Nikos Koulousios, journalist, radioproducer en media-netwerk deskundige, onderzoekt de beginfases van de Europese crisis en focust op de ingewikkelde relatie tussen Frankrijk en Duitsland. “Now that we are closer to ground zero for the EU as we know it, it’s time to think back at the Franco-German alliances and…
24 mei 2016 – No violence reported as Greek authorities order 8,500 residents of Europe’s largest informal refugee camp to leave Greek police have begun to clear Europe’s largest informal refugee camp, where thousands of people have been stranded for months. About 400 riot police entered the camp at dawn on Tuesday…
12 mei 2016 – Het ergst denkbare scenario dat we ons voor konden stellen is werkelijkheid geworden. Met het recente verdrag tussen de EU en Turkije zijn de vluchtelingen en immigranten, tegen hun wil, gevangen in ons land, zonder dat wij in staat zijn om hen de primaire middelen te verschaffen…
15 april 2016 – The Independent journalist Lizzie Dearden reports on the appaling conditions in which 2,900 refugees have to live in Moria, Lesbos. The refugee camp at Moria was turned into a detention centre as part of the EU-Turkey deal and from that moment the situation deteriorated substantially. Pope’s visit led to last-minute improvements, but as…
3 april 2016 – The Greek government is bracing itself for violence ahead of the European Union implementing a landmark deal that, from Monday, will see Syrian refugees and migrants being deported back to Turkey en masse. Rioting and rebellion by thousands of entrapped refugees across Greece has triggered mounting fears in…
5 april 2016 – The Associated Press (AP) reports that Greek authorities have temporarily suspended deportations to Turkey. They acknowledged that most migrants and refugees detained on Greek islands have applied for asylum. The European Union began sending back migrants Monday under an agreement with Turkey, but no transfers were planned…
2 april 2016 – Julian Assange publishes in WikiLeaks the records of a 19 March 2016 teleconference between the top two IMF officials in charge of managing the Greek debt crisis – Poul Thomsen, the head of the IMF’s European Department, and Delia Velkouleskou, the IMF Mission Chief for Greece. During this IMF…
2 april 2016 – Guardian journalist Damien Gayle reports on the EU-Turkey deal. Peter Sutherland, the UN secretary general’s special representative for international migration and development, said that deporting migrants and refugees without considering their asylum applications first would break international law. Read the complete article at: theguardian.com Source: Damien Gayle,…
30 maart 2016 – Asieladvocaat Wil Eikelboom, van het Amsterdamse mensenrechtenkantoor Prakken d’Oliveira, stapte een paar dagen na het gesloten EU-vluchtelingenakkoord met Turkije op het vliegtuig naar Lesbos. Hij wilde met eigen ogen zien hoe het er in de kampen aan toe ging, want, zo verklaarde hij deze week bij…
31 maart 2016 – Greece and Turkey are rushing through changes to their asylum rules in a race to implement a EU-Turkey agreement on the return of refugees and migrants from Greek islands to Turkey from next Monday, EU officials and diplomats said. Both Athens and Ankara must amend their legislation to…
23 maart 2016 – As the humanitarian crisis taking place in Greece because of the border closure and the new EU-Turkey deal is escalating, Karolina Tagaris reports on the consequences of the EU-Turkey deal for Greece and the refugees. Hotspots are turned into detention centers where thousands of people (mostly women and children) have to stay…
15 maart 2016 – Social anthropologist Dimitris Dalakoglou, professor at the VU, is studying the Greek borders and human mobility to/through Greece since 2003. Together with PhD researcher Antonis Alexandrides, who has worked within refugee solidarity organizations in different European countries, Dalakoglou addresses the problems which are inherent to the recent EU’s agreement with Turkey. Where…
20 maart 2016 – The deal of shame between E.U.-Turkey. Stratis Bournazos, historicus en hoofdredacteur van AnalyzeGreece!, geeft een eerste reactie op de EU-Turkije deal zoals die is bekend gemaakt op 18 maart. In zijn analyse zet Bournazos vraagtekens bij de inhoud, het doel en de implementatie van deze overeenkomst. En hij vraagt zich af: “All…
24 maart 2016 – “Pregnant women, people with disabilities, and young children in particular are stuck in limbo without dignity or hope,” said Eva Cossé, Greece specialist at Human Rights Watch. “The suffering in Piraeus is a direct consequence of Europe’s failure to respond in a legal and compassionate way to…