Press Conference on Our Joint Report on the State of the Rule of Law in Greece
On Wednesday, 11 February, a press conference on the current state of the Rule of Law in Greece was successfully held with significant attendance at the Irida Cinema Theatre. The event was organised by the independent organisations HIAS Greece, Refugee Support Aegean (RSA), Vouliwatch, the Greek Council for Refugees (GCR), the Hellenic League for Human Rights (HLHR), Homo Digitalis, Reporters United and Solomon.
You may watch the press conference here.
We would like to warmly thank omniatv for the organisation and online hosting of the press conference, as well as the Photography Department of POFPA for hosting the event at the Irida Cinema Theatre.
Representatives of the participating organisations presented the key findings of the joint submission that we submitted for the fourth consecutive year to the European Commission on the Rule of Law in Greece in 2025, as part of the Commission’s annual monitoring of national systems.
We underlined the now urgent need to address the longstanding rule of law concerns in Greece. The issues documented in the report are interconnected and have nefarious effects on an array of facets of the rule of law, from justice, law-making and transparency rules to press freedom, civil society and data protection.
Our organisations have submitted this report to the European Commission and thoroughly document the pervasive, interconnected issues and deficiencies within Greek institutions as we experience them in our daily work and reality. We will continue to defend the Rule of Law in Greece. We expect no less from the institutions tasked with safeguarding it.
We presented our Study on the Digital Omnibus package at the Privacy & Data Protection Conference
Last Friday, Homo Digitalis was invited to the Privacy & Data Protection Conference, organized by BOUSSIAS.
There, our Executive Director, Eleftherios Chelioudakis, presented our Study on the Digital Omnibus reform packages, highlighting the challenges that the proposed changes pose to our rights in the contemporary digital era.
You can read our Study here.
We would like to warmly thank the conference organizers, and especially Alexandra Varla, for the very honorable invitation. Congratulations as well to all the speakers for their insightful contributions.
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Our NGI TALER workshop at Journals n’ Spirits 2025 was successfully completed
On November 13, we represented NGI TALER at Journals n’ Spirits 2025, which was organized by omniatv together with the initiatives Vlavi (magazine), Copwatch GR, FactReview, Femicide.gr, Homo Digitalis, INFOWAR, inside story., Jacobin Greece, KRAX Radio, The Manifold, Reporters United, Solomon, The Untold, Vouliwatch, and YUSRA (magazine/publications), at the Kypseli Municipal Market.
More specifically, Eleftherios Chelioudakis from our team presented the GNU TALER digital payments tool, which functions like digital cash and radically reshapes the ecosystem of electronic micropayments. It is based on the principles of free/libre software and strict respect for privacy, offering a new way to conduct online financial transactions while ensuring full accountability.
We also spoke about the funding opportunities provided by NGI TALER for everyone who can contribute to our important mission. Do you have relevant ideas? Submit your application by February 1, 2026, here.
Homo Digitalis & EDRi speak to inside story on the proposed Digital Omnibus regulations
Ιs Europe moving away from the protection of our digital rights?
inside story. and journalist Eliza Triantafyllou published an in-depth article on Monday, December 1, examining the European Commission’s Digital Omnibus proposals. European Digital Rights (EDRi) and Homo Digitalis had the honor of contributing comments and arguments, represented by their members Blue Duangdjai Tiyavorabun, Ella Jakubowska (she/her), Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal, PhD, and Eleftherios Chelioudakis.
Is the EU giving in to pressure from Trump and major technology companies to deregulate rules protecting Europeans’ personal data and privacy, rebranding it as “simplification”? What exactly do the two recent proposals include? Read the article here.
We warmly thank the journalist for her interest in our arguments.
We successfuly concluded our pre-litigation project with DFF on electronic communications metadata retention
We are excited to announce that Homo Digitalis has successfully concluded its pre-litigation project on the mass surveillance of electronic communications metadata in Greece, funded by the Digital Freedom Fund (DFF).
With the support of this grant, we carried out extensive legal and institutional research into Greece’s data-retention and surveillance framework. This included an in-depth analysis of Law 3917/2011 and a thorough assessment of all potential legal avenues to challenge the existing regime. As part of the project, we developed the legal arguments, collected evidence, and built the strategic foundation required for future litigation.
This project is a crucial step toward protecting the privacy and digital rights of over 14 million people in Greece. With the pre-litigation groundwork complete, we are now preparing the next phase: strategic litigation and advocacy efforts!
We thank the Digital Freedom Fund for their support and for standing with organisations fighting to uphold democratic freedoms across Europe. Read our papers and learn more on a piece prepared by Thomas Vink here
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Homo Digitalis gives an interview on ATHINA 9.84
This Friday, November 28, at 19:30, tune in to ATHINA 9.84!
Homo Digitalis is delighted to be a guest on the radio show of the Hellenic League for Human Rights, where we will talk about our work in the field of digital rights.
Our Co-founder and Treasurer of the Board, Konstantinos Kakavoulis, will represent us, while the show will be hosted by Taygeti Michalakea, Board Member of the Hellenic League for Human Rights.
We warmly thank them for the kind invitation and the honorable interest in our work!
Participation of Homo Digitalis in a Conference on Spyware
On Friday, November 21, Homo Digitalis was represented by our member and Lawyer admitted to the Supreme Court, Melina Skondra, who delivered an outstanding contribution in the third panel of the conference “The Rule of Law Today in Greece and Europe,” on the topic: Spyware, surveillance, and human rights.
We had the honor of sharing the panel with Thanasis Koukakis, journalist and victim of surveillance, and Maria Alexandri, Lawyer admitted to the Supreme Court and member of the Research Group on Information Law at the University of Macedonia.
The conference was organized by DEMOTRUST with the support of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, under the auspices of the Centre for European Constitutional Law and syntagmawatch.gr, with ROSA MEDIA as the media sponsor.
We thank the organizers for their kind and honorable invitation!
We are co-organizing Journals n’ Spirits 2025 and we look forward to seeing you there!
Join us at Journals n’ Spirits 2025, organized by omniatv at the Kypseli Municipal Market, on November 13 & 14!
Sixteen independent journalism, research, and print media initiatives—including Homo Digitalis—will host workshops, discussions, and live broadcasts. All of this while enjoying our favorite drinks, and, in collaboration with the Skrip Bookstore, publications by members of the participating initiatives will also be available throughout the two-day event.
We will be speaking on November 13 at 14:00 about digital payments and the GNU Taler tool (NGI TALER | Taler Systems S.A.), which is based on the principles of free/libre software and is reshaping the model of electronic micropayments with respect for privacy.
Learn more about the workshops, broadcasts, photo exhibition, and documentary screening in the detailed two-day program available here.
Participating initiatives (in alphabetical order):
Vlavi (magazine), Copwatch GR, FactReview, Femicide.gr, Homo Digitalis, INFOWAR, inside story., Jacobin Greece, KRAX Radio, The Manifold, OmniaTV, Reporters United, Solomon, The Untold, Vouliwatch, YUSRA (magazine/publications).