Time for an Open Thread I think….
There has been a lot of heated discussions about Greek identity. It would be interesting (to me at least) to have a discussion about it. So here are some questions to get started:
What does it mean to be Greek ?
Can someone become Greek and if not, why not ?
If [...]
Some of you may have noticed my comment on one of the threads here, saying that I am having internet problems and have been unable to access my dashboard. We switched from OTE to Forthnet a couple of weeks ago and have had problems ever since. We THINK the problem might be the old line [...]
Via the Athens News
A SHOWDOWN is looming over a historic overhaul of Greece’s decades-old system of citizenship rules on the naturalisation of immigrants and their children.
Ruling socialist Pasok on February 8 tabled a watered-down version of a bill aimed at putting most children of immigrants who were born and raised in Greece on a [...]
Via Neoskosmos
Walking on Thessaloniki’s Aristotelous square some leaflets draw my attention.
“You are born Greek, you don’t become Greek” it was the slogan on them, while they were calling people to condemn government’s proposal for granting Greek citizenship to immigrants.
A few meters away, in the wall you could clearly see the graffiti-written message “Solidarity to all [...]
Via the Athens News
YIANNIS Dimitriadis says he was always aware of his family’s wartime role in helping Greek Jews and that it still makes him very proud.
At a ceremony held in the Old Parliament building in Athens on January 18, Dimitriadis and his brother accepted the title Righteous among the Nations, awarded posthumously to [...]
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