April 8 has been established as World Roma Day. In Greece, the presence of the Roma counts over ten centuries. In 2001, with a resolution of 46 member associations of the Panhellenic Federation of Greek Roma Associations, the self-identification of the Greek Roma was announced as follows:   “We Greek Gypsies declare unequivocally and, in […]

The sun is slowly setting on the horizon, on the island of Thasos, and Alex and Audrey, sitting on the balcony of the tavern “Giannis” in Kazaviti, gaze at the sunset and discuss what can accompany the wines that have opened in front of them. Alexander Heer is a German winemaker and Audrey is a […]

My admiration for the women of Olympus does not allow me to discriminate. Olympus is a special place. An autonomous place and as the locals proudly say, the only product they needed to import is sugar. Everything else is made by themselves. From the bread, and the clothes, to their shoes (the well-known stivania).  The woman of Olympus or the […]

On August 28, 1963, in Washington, DC, Martin Luther King, in front of 250,000 peace and human rights protesters, chanted the legendary “I have a dream.”  The Societies and history evolving from people who have a dream and who stubbornly pursue it, even if to others they look like modern Don Quixote’s. From people who […]

Every product of an artist, must be the expression of an adventure of his soul “.  Somerset Maugham, a British writer, once said.  Elina Papathanassiou, has been painting since she can remember. Her workplace is full of colors. Small and large brushes. Thin and thick. Brushes and pencils. Lots of Pencils. Harder and softer. A […]

When you enter the enclosure of Alexandroupolis University Hospital, between the first and the second building, there is a long dark tunnel, with the light of the sun, glaring as it appears on its two edges. About in the middle of the route, from one tunnel opening to the other, there is a white container […]

The night falls on the Evros Delta. Everything is quiet. Even the dozens of migratory bird species that find shelter there, roar quietly in the reeds and dense vegetation. Only the water flow and the wind whistling between the bushes and the reeds can be heard. Some lights hover over the horizon and break the […]

Elisabeth H. Grigoriadou comes from the prefecture of Kozani. In fact the inhabitants of the village where she is from are going to be rehoused after years of petitioning on their part. The reason? Because it is located close to the mines which are open excavation sites with a depth of more than fifty metres, […]

Zuhal Muhammadi envisions a different Afghanistan. She was born and she lives in the third largest city of the country.  In Mazar e Sharif of the province of Balkh.  From the time that she was still studying at the university, she was thinking that she could help Afghan society in order to change.  That she could mainly persuade […]

“Nothing will be left without searching, especially if the issues and subjects are about women in Afghanistan” promises Mursal Amiri. An Afghan journalist that is working as a reporter on MehrTV. A local TV channel in Balkh province.  “I am closer, to the problems of women in my country comparing with the male journalists. That […]