The working group “Europe and International issues” of the German Green Youth met on the 21st till 23rd February in Berlin to discuss the EU enlargement, the Convention on a European Constitution and the sanctions on Iraq. The representatives of the Polish and the Hungarian embassy were self confident and (too) positive thinking as they…
Cyprus alternative news
Yenicag newspaper under police investigation allegedly for the crime of insulting the military The Turkish Cypriot police started an investigation against Yenicag Newspaper on the 21st of March 2003, a weekly published in the northern part of Cyprus. The pretext of police for the investigation is a news item published on the 18th of May…
Brutal reaction against demonstrators in Spain
On the 21st of March 2003, we were witnesses of the brutal reaction of police against demonstrators in Madrid with clubs, rubber balls and even gas. On one of the televisions that was on site, “Localia”, it was showing just incredible images about the brutal and nonsense reaction against the demonstration and just to give…
Human trafficking
Human trafficking, a term used to define a situation where people including children are tricked, forced or threatened in order to be transported to other parts of that country or another country all together where they are coerced to work in factories or enter the sex trade. Those destined for factories become imprisoned with no…
Elections in Finland
In the elections for the Finnish parliament on 16 March, the Greens League increased its seats from 11 to 14 (8,0% of votes, 28 000 new votes). This is a victory for the party: we were able to grow from the category of around 10 seats (the result in the three previous elections 1991, 1995…
Tear down the walls in your head!
As it was mentioned in the last issue of “Ecosprinter“, the Migration Campaign is going to be the main topic in the agenda of FYEG this year. The idea evolved from the summer camp 2002 in Topola, Serbia. Some people continued working on the issue and now we can declare that the Migration Campaign is…
Editorial
I had to change this editorial several times as the Iraqi situation has changed and deteriorated rapidly. Early this morning the pre-battle stage ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’ has started and Baghdad military targets have been hit…all in the best of international interest. In the press conference, George Bush said that the coalition is made up of…
Speak up for Cyprus petition
The Mediterranean island of Cyprus has been split into a Greek Cypriot south and Turkish Cypriot north since Turkey’s invasion in 1974 following an abortive coup by Greek and Greek Cypriot supporters of union with Greece. Only Turkey recognizes the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state, keeping 40,000 troops on the island. Around 100,000 Turkish settlers moved…
Cyprus overview
Cyprus, an island kept captive of its history, learns to look ahead of past grievances towards a common future between Greek and Turkish Cypriots After 28 years of separation Greek and Turkish Cypriots are hopeful that a “solution” will be found now for the divided island. Significant, historic changes are prompted by the fact that…
Are there alternatives to a eurocentric world?
When Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were busy arguing their thoughts with their disciples little could they have imagined how their principles would have been imposed on the whole world over millennia dominated by European expansion. Greek philosophy was adopted by the Romans as their own, as they recognised the superiority of Greek thought over their…