Balkans. Thessaloniki. Human Rights. Youth Participation.
The 30th of July is World Day against Human Trafficking, worth $150 billion annually Inside the fiction “It’s a hamster wheel, chicas. You can’t run away from the club because you’re in debt. You can never run away from the debt because you’re being threatened. And you can’t run away from the threats because you’ve […]
Plastic waste in the oceans is one of the most discussed topics related to the environment within the last years, and also one of the biggest challenges. As volunteers based in Thessaloniki, we can clearly see a big consumption of this material in our daily life in the second largest city of Greece. Not only […]
Nîmes is a city situated in the South of France in the Gard department. Living there for 3 years, I had time to discover a lot of places. Nîmes is a city which has a lot of heritage. It has a rich culture and history and remains a city with a strong identity. Plus with […]
In this interview we meet Giorgos, who studied finance, but decided to become a tour guide in Thessaloniki. Cities we visit or where we live become postcards in our memory. The postcard of a city or a place can sometimes be more beautiful or more clear thanks to the help of tour guides. They are […]
Recently, in A Coruña, Samuel Luiz was brutally beaten to death by 12 youngsters in a homophobic attack The last few weeks in Spain have been hardly influenced by the series of LGTBI+ and homophobic attacks. On Friday 2nd of June, Samuel Luiz was brutally beaten to death in A Coruña, Spain. “Disgusting faggot”, said […]
“Flowers are the music of the ground. From earth’s lips spoken without sound”, said the poet Edwin Curran. Flowers also bring color to our world, and sometimes, they can make our days brighter. But behind every flower, there is a story and a person. Florists put effort and time into making sure that the flowers […]
Everything you need to know about the gay culture in ancient Greece We learn about ancient Greece but nothing about the different Bisexual or Homosexual traditions that also existed in ancient Greece. Did you know, for example, that Alexander the great had several male lovers? Is the cutting out of this information just a sign […]
There are many movies out there featuring the stormy but heavenly place in the mountains with 12 Gods sitting on top of it. I have always felt so small watching this on a tv screen. The reality isn’t that much different, to be honest. On the day of our sightseeing there was no storm, or […]
We are proud to present our 35th issue of Balkan Beats, a special edition put together in collaboration with the Anna Lindh Foundation! Here is a foreword by Aris Paraschou, co-head of the Greek network of the Anna Lindh Foundation: Τhe Mediterranean basin has always been the womb of civilization from which prominent cultures were […]
Refugee Day, celebrated on the 20th of June, offers a chance to raise awareness of the plight of refugees around the world and of the efforts to protect their human rights. Hamid is an asylum seeker from Syria, from the city of Latakia. He finished his Master’s degree in accounting before he and his brother left Latakia for a […]