by News Decoder | 28 Apr 2016 | Bournemouth University, Europe, Middle East, Student Posts, Syria
This story, written and illustrated by John Cottrell from the Greek island of Lesvos, was a runner-up in the university category in News-Decoder’s inaugural reporting contest. Cottrell visited Lesvos in November 2015. By John Cottrell Travelling across the...
by Anna Mavrikou and Stella Paisanidi | 26 Feb 2016 | Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Economy, Europe
Record unemployment has forced many young Greeks to leave their country, but the decision to uproot is not an easy one to take. This is the second in a series of articles by students at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on the effects of Greece’s economic...
by Katiniou Panagiota | 19 Feb 2016 | Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Art, Europe
In Greece, art, like the country’s economy, is in suffering from austerity. The question is whether it is going to evolve or hit the skids. Greece’s economy has been in crisis for six years. Economic output has plummeted, unemployment has soared and large...
by News Decoder | 14 Dec 2015 | Uncategorized
Name: Chelsea Boorman Birth place: Miami, Florida Age: 23 Occupation: Graduate student at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies Languages: English, French, Italian, Greek Currently reading: “A Brief History of Seven...
by Colin McIntyre | 18 Sep 2015 | Africa, Asia, Europe, Human Rights, Middle East, Syria
By Colin McIntyre At a time when the European Union’s borders are under siege from thousands of refugees and immigrants fleeing war, persecution and poverty, the prospect of enlarging the 28-nation bloc would seem a distant dream. Yet negotiations continue with a view...