I haven’t written anything personal here for a very long time. There are a few reasons for this that I am going to share with you today. I actually know quite a few regular readers of this blog personally and consider them to be friends. There are some of you that I don’t know in [...]
Via Kathimerini
Residents of Hania as well as teachers and students staged a demonstration in the Cretan port yesterday to protest a string of racist attacks in the area in recent weeks, culminating at the end of last month in an attack on a teacher who had swastikas carved into her skin. [...]
Via Kathimerini
A bill granting second-generation immigrants the right to obtain Greek citizenship and vote in elections was voted through Parliament in principle yesterday. PASOK and the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) voted in favor of the draft law. New Democracy and the Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) voted against. The Communist Party (KKE) said its [...]
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 [...]
I am intrigued to know which people were living in trees while Greeks were building the Parthenon ?
Via Kathimerini
A bid to grant citizenship to thousands of second-generation immigrants caused more intense debate over the weekend as the right-wing nationalist Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) claimed it has the Church of Greece’s support in opposing the draft [...]
Via the BBC
Two British men have been arrested in connection with arson attacks on a medieval synagogue on the Greek island of Crete. The two men, who have not been named, are being held in the coastal town of Hania. A Greek man is also in custody and two Americans are being sought. Hania’s Etz [...]
Via Reuters
Greek police on Friday arrested two Britons and a Greek man in connection with two arson attacks against a synagogue on the Aegean island of Crete this month.
Police said they were still looking for a U.S. citizen, who is suspected of setting fire to the synagogue in the city of Chania on January 5, [...]
A positive article from Athens Plus
The government’s decision to grant citizenship to immigrants and their children makes sense on so many levels that it is difficult to see why it is the subject of such virulent opposition. It is reasonable to expect a lively and informed debate on an issue that will change the fabric [...]
Via the Washington Post
Dozens of prostitutes, most using headscarves or hoods to hide their faces, demonstrated in central Athens Wednesday, demanding working licenses for brothels across Greece.
Prostitution is legal in Greece, and sex workers have personal permits to exercise their profession. But they can only do that by walking the streets, not using brothels. As [...]
I wrote an update to my post about the arson attack on the Etz-Hayyim synagogue but I realised that this sad, shocking news deserved its own post. The same synagogue was targeted again early on Saturday morning, destroying much more than the previous attack.
Via CBC News
A synagogue on the Greek island of Crete was [...]
Via Kathimerini
Debate on religious symbols intensifies
The public debate about whether crucifixes and religious icons should be displayed in Greece’s classrooms is set to intensify after it was revealed yesterday that the country’s Ombudsman received several complaints about infringement of religious freedoms.
Four sets of parents have asked for religious symbols to be removed from their children’s [...]
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