@moiralavelle.bsky.social

Journalist based in Αθήνα. Covering migration, borders, politics, gender. Bylines @aljazeera.com, @thetimes.com, @the-independent.com, @npr.org, others. Previously @tovimagr.bsky.social.

Υπάρχουν μεγάλα σχέδια για την άνυδρη κοιλάδα ανατολικά της Αθήνας. Ανάμεσα στη γαλήνη των ελαιόδεντρων βρίσκονται 5 data center. Ήδη έχουν γίνει επενδύσεις αξίας μερικών εκατοντάδων εκατομμυρίων και έχουν καταρτιστεί σχέδια για αρκετά ακόμη. ✍️ για WIRED Greece wired.com.gr/article/data...

Data centers και το τίμημα της ανάπτυξης - WIRED Greece

Καθώς η Ελλάδα προσπαθεί να γίνει κόμβος data centers, τα ερωτήματα για την κατανάλωση ενέργειας και τις επιπτώσεις στις τοπικές κοινωνίες πληθαίνουν.

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At Inkstick, @moiralavelle.bsky.social reviews @mollycrabapple.bsky.social's 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country,' out next month.

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In her forthcoming book, @mollycrabapple.bsky.social "writes to make you fall in love with the Bundists — with their charm, their surety, their steadfastness, their loquaciousness — but more so to make you fall in love with their ideas." A new review by @moiralavelle.bsky.social

In her forthcoming book, @mollycrabapple.bsky.social "writes to make you fall in love with the Bundists — with their charm, their surety, their steadfastness, their loquaciousness — but more so to make you fall in love with their ideas." A new review by @moiralavelle.bsky.social

'For Your Freedom and Ours': The Lessons of the Jewish Bund

In a new book, author Molly Crabapple examines the story of the revolutionary Jewish Bund — and the lessons for resistance today.

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24 aid workers in Greece are being tried on trumped-up smuggling charges after they gave blankets and water to migrants. Some have been in pretrial detention for months in a case highlighting the EU’s authoritarian clampdown on migrant rescue.

Threatened With Jail for Offering Blankets to Migrants

Twenty-four aid workers in Greece are being tried on trumped-up smuggling charges after they gave blankets and water to migrants. Some have been in pretrial detention for months in a case highlighting the EU’s authoritarian clampdown on migrant rescue.

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Across Greece, fish farms are set to expand by 24 times their current acreage, supported by subsidies from the EU. Some Greeks are pushing back, arguing that aquaculture is damaging to the seagrass and the marine environment.

Greeks Challenge EU-Backed Fish Farms Amid Environmental Concerns - Inside Climate News

The country is one of the top producers of farmed fish in the EU, which has promoted aquaculture as an environmentally sustainable option for food security within the bloc.

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This past weekend thousands of Greeks protested the US military bases in Crete and their reported involvement in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. There is a long history of opposition to American bases in the country. My latest for @inkstickmedia.com: inkstickmedia.com/in-greece-an...

In Greece, Anti-War Advocates Want the US Military Out

From US intervention in Iraq to Israel's war in Gaza, an American base in Greece has facilitated conflict for decades.

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«Η 🇬🇷 απαγόρευση υποβολής αιτήματος ασύλου από Β.Αφρική είναι μια πολιτική εξίσου παράνομη &αποτυχημένη με την αντίστοιχη απόπειρα του 2020 για #πρόσφυγες από Τουρκία.» Μίνως Μουζουράκης, δικηγόρος στην RSA @jacobinmag.bsky.social @moiralavelle.bsky.social @vedatyeler.com jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...

Greece Is Shutting the Door to Refugees

Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union is hardening its borders, even if it means trampling on its own laws.

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Greece has announced it will suspend asylum for the next three months for people arriving form North Africa. It is another revelation that its government aims to reduce the protected right to asylum to smithereens. Reporting with @vedatyeler.com jacobin.com/2025/07/gree...

Greece Is Shutting the Door to Refugees

Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union is hardening its borders, even if it means trampling on its own laws.

jacobin.com

Why is Athens facing a housing crisis? Why do so many of the apartment buildings look alike? And what does "vertical segregation" mean in the context of the city? In this podcast I spoke with Social Geography prof Thomas Maloutas about housing in Athens: www.tovima.com/podcasts/exp...

Explaining Greece: Athens' Housing Crisis and History

In this episode we explore the history of housing in Athens, and look into how forces like Greece’s protracted economic crisis and short-term rental platforms like Airbnb have impacted the city's soci...

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