Greece has a new Humanist organisation. The Humanist Union of Greece, founded this month, has 48 members so far. It announces that it

“aims to promote a secular view of humanity and of cultural, social and ethical values and to work for social and cultural progress. To achieve these objectives, the Association intends to publish statements on specific matters relating to its purposes, to provide information to the public on their rights to intervene against the administrative and judicial authorities. It will promote the principles of a secular society and the consequent individual and collective rights. It will organize educational, scientific and cultural activities, will propose legislative initiatives that may facilitate the development and promotion of its objectives, and will promote coooperation with voluntary organizations working for the same purposes.”

The interim Secretariat of the Union (whose Greek acronym is ENO.OUM.E., for Ένωση Ουμανιστών/-τριών Ελλάδας) will be undertaken by Panayote Dimitras, Nikos Theodorou, Eleanna Ioannidou and George Sarigiannidis.

In its initial press statement it welcomed the judgement in Lautsi v Italy and announced that the various draft resolutions about the case in the European Parliament were not now to be voted on.

The Union plans to join the EHF. It has a Facebook page at www.fbook.me/enooume.

(Reported by the European Humanist Federation.)