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August holidays begin for thousands
A woman waves goodbye to relatives who have boarded a passenger ferry leaving Piraeus yesterday. Winds of up to 8 Beaufort created difficult conditions for those traveling to Aegean islands. Thousands of Athenians also chose to fly to their holiday destinations. |
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Fathoming the depths of illogic
The fact that parents had to provide a written explanation as to why they were pulling their child out of religion classes at school was a ridiculous requirement that was very rightly abolished by the Ministry of Education in a circular this week.
The practice, after all, served no real purpose, because any reason put forward by the parent was accepted and no one - quite rightly - questioned it, so one could even lie.
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Broken from the start
For the past 10 years, during which Greece has had an immigration policy, the state has been anything but welcoming. Hundreds of thousands of people from many non-EU countries have suffered without reason, over and over and over again. But this has also served as a warning: Choosing to live in Greece is not all that it seems. Because, as foreigners will learn, on the other side of the fence is no paradise of sensible rules and just laws. They need only look at the current panic, in which 3 million Greeks were given just three months to register their homes and other property or risk heavy fines and even confiscation.
The procedures and the staff involved in dealing with immigrants display all the problems that plague everyone who lives here. Unreasonable demands are placed on citizens and foreign residents alike, whereas the state usually fails to honor even its most basic obligations. |
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