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“2021 has seen the birth in Greece of a renewal of the feminist movement, young, radical but also unitary, which already occupies the forefront of popular struggles against the Holy Alliance of neoliberal reaction and nationalist and orthodox obscurantism.”
June 23, 2021 ATHENS (AFP) – In the offices of a small Athens charity offering vocational courses, a group of women are busy editing short films and podcasts under the supervision of an American director. Refugees from Congo, Syria, Afghanistan and Iran, the women are being trained by GlobalGirl Media, an organisation teaching digital media and journalism skills to young women from under-served communities. But although some have come to Greece from halfway across the world, they have found that the problems they face are not so different after all. “I was not aware of the difficulties ex...
The Athens Olympic Museum has its own exhibit inspired official Gift Shop and a Café - Restaurant ‘1896’ alongside the wall-to-wall displays and video screens on the history of the ancient and modern Games.
Athens opens Olympics museum ahead of Tokyo Games AFP 1 hr ago AFP © Aris MESSINIS All the different designs of Olympic torches are on display starting from the first one used in Berlin, in 1936 It's been a long time coming -- around 3,000 years by some reckoning. But Athens finally has a museum to celebrate that most famous of Greek sporting achievements. The Olympic Games trace their origins to Greek athletic contests so ancient their history is lost in myth. The country has been at the heart of their revival too: Athens hosted the first games of the modern era in 1896,...
Friday, 9 April 2021 The Hellenic Gymnastics Federation says it will investigate complaints from former athletes after 22 published a letter saying they had suffered decades of abuse at the hands of coaches. The letter was sent to Greece’s President and Prime Minister, as well as the Deputy Minister of Sports, the Hellenic Olympic Committee and the Hellenic Gymnastics Federation. Greek newspaper Efimerida ton Syntakton reported that athletes have said they were subjected to training methods which "reached the limit of torture, corporal punishment, and mandatory fasting", adding that there...