Greece

In a table full of winners, the only loser was Democracy: European elections in Greece or how not to talk about the Far Right

Image source: https://hellas-first.org/2024/06/11/ethniko-fronima-kai-akrodexia/  In order to vote by post for the European elections, we Greeks abroad received a booklet with instructions (as it was the first time this system was implemented) which included a chapter on what are European elections (!), and why they are important. Even though I initially laughed it off, given the […]

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Dying isn’t scary, not living is: Happy Independence Day Greece!

Ευαγγελισμός (Evangelismos) is the word we use in Greek for the Annunciation of Virgin Mary (observed religiously on March 25th), meaning literally “the announcement of good news”. March 25th is also commemorated as the commencement of the Revolution against the Ottoman Empire which culminated in the establishment of an independent state, even though the Revolution

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Somewhere, over the rainbow? How Greece became the first Orthodox country to legalize same-sex marriage

“What do you mean you don’t allow gay marriage? And you are supposed to be a European country?” This is what a classmate of mine spontaneously exclaimed in a family law class when it was mentioned that Greece had not yet opened the institution of marriage to same-sex couples. Such legal moves took place in

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