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Welcome to Hellenism.Net How many years ago did you visit Greece? Greece went through some radical changes in the past 20 years or so. Not always to the better, but that's up to anyone's interpretation. In its core Greece remains the same. Part European part middle eastern. A crossroad of civilizations, as it's always been, with all the good and bad things that come with this. In terms of what's happening with the migrants from Syria (and other places...) over the past couple of years, the situation has been getting worse lately, mainly for the islands by the coast of Turkey. Kos and Lesvos are overwhelmed with thousands of migrants and can barely cope. I read that most of those migrants have now been moved to Athens and mainland Greece, but again this doesn't solve the problem. Greece cannot help those poor souls, not in the numbers they're arriving. These people want to move to the richer northern European countries anyway. Holding them "hostage" in Greece only makes the situation more difficult and more frustrating for them. To your question about safety, I don't think those migrants pose any threat to anyone. They're not there to hurt people or create trouble. They've been through hell trying to get out of their war torn countries so the last thing they want is more trouble. What they want is to get their documents processed as soon as possible so that they can move on to countries which can provide them with work and support to start a new life. Unfortunately Greece cannot offer this to them at this point.

If you think that the Acropolis (and ancient Greek architecture in general) is nothing impressive then you probably have a different point of view as compared to most of your compatriots as looking at German architecture from Reichstag to I don't know what else, most of it is directly influenced by the ancient Greek architecture. In any case, seems that you're more impressed by big things. Good for you.

I'd think that if that were the case then she wouldn't start looking for him 3 years later.

I fail to see the connection between VW and Greece. Please refrain from including Greece in anything we discuss around the VW emissions issue. Last warning.

I'm the kind of tourist who does both. I spend some time at the resorts where life is great and everything is perfect. I also spend time with friends and family in Pireas and live the life of a local, where things are not perfect yet they're not as bad as you make it sound to be. Sure, Greeks don't go out as much as they used to when the economy was in better shape, or they don't go to month-long vacations any more, but so what? Life in Greece, for me as a tourist, is still as idyllic as it has always been. People are great, the weather is awesome, food/drinks are amazing and on top of this it's safe to walk around without any fear any time of the day, no matter if you are on a busy touristy island or in downtown Pireas or Athens. Do this anywhere in the US if you dare, or even anywhere in Mexico, Caribbean etc. Heck, even in Canada you don't feel quite safe in most large cities when it gets dark.

This is a very open ended question. Do I see anything wrong in Greece? Sure, lots of things. But the same way, I see many things wrong in Canada too, and I'm sure each and every country has its own list of things that are not done right. At the end of the day, speaking for myself, I only visit Greece as a tourist over the past 20 years. I own nothing in Greece and I don't have to deal with government agencies etc. So from my point of view, that of a tourist, Greece is very close to perfect. The people are great, the weather is amazing, the land is wonderful, the country is safe, so I don't really have much to complain about. Sure, when I spend time in Athens I'd wish that the city streets were cleaner, there was less graphitti etc. but other than that spending a month in Greece once a year is a treat for me and my family.

Let's please get back in topic. We're talking about the VW scandal in this post. Moving forward all irrelevant posts will be deleted from here. Interesting article about how all this affects the car dealers selling VW vehicles. http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-volkswagen-dealers-emissions-scandal-20150928-story.html

If you hate Greece so much I'm sure your mom could easily visit you in Texas instead. Come on now, you know full well that deep inside you love Greece, that's why you're going back. ...and no, I'm not dense.

I really don't understand your point. Weren't you in Greece this summer? Why do you keep going back to Greece if you hate it so much there? Give it a rest and stay in Texas which is so much nicer. I thoroughly enjoy the "dirt" of Greece and I'll continue going back year after year to enjoy it.

Another interesting fact is that Athens is the sunniest capital/large city in Europe enjoying 2771 hours of sunshine every year. I don't need to tell you how many hours of sunshine you get in your cities. No wonder why you guys are so jealous of Greece. In short, you guys can continue producing hypermodern industrial commodities while we'll continue enjoying the sun and the sea.

It may come as a surprise to you, but Greece is the world’s leading producer of sea sponges. True fact!

That should be a good lesson for those morons who like to friend anyone and everyone in Facebook. Co-workers should realize that if we work together this doesn't necessarily make us friends.

What a stupid and ignorant thing to say... I hope you realize that in this day and age people are allowed to have an opinion for anything and everything.

You continue provoking users in this forum whenever they post something against Germany or against some German company. You called us "Christian Turks" and eyoismos retaliated with a Greek swear. Nothing wrong with it. If you don't want people swearing at you then stop provoking them. As you can see I didn't delete your insults (you also talk about Greek being a "dead language" in a later post), the same way I'm not going to delete eyoismos' insults. I don't need to remind you, one more time, that this is a Greek and not a German forum. You're obviously welcome here to post your opinion about anything, but if you expect respect then you should show respect to this website and to this forum and its users.

Who talked about VW's issues solving any of Greece's problems? I can't find any mention of this in any of the previous posts.

Huh? What personal insult? Dino is stating the facts. German companies have been cheating, bending the rules and paying bribes. All this is well documented. I don't think this is surprising to anyone. This is the nature of capitalism. Greed.

After Siemens we now have VW. German capitalism at its best! I guess that's the nature of the beast. Corporations need to show profits, and they'll do anything in their power - even cheat or bend the rules - in order to do this. Funny thing is that Americans point the finger to the Germans about all this shit In Greece we say "είπε ο γάιδαρος τον πετεινό κεφάλα". The closest equivalent in english would be "the pot calling the kettle black"

As I see it Texas operates more or less like Greece The laws are there but nobody bothers enforcing them. What would you expect from a bunch of cowboys anyway.

We're joking Patrick, no need to defend mighty Germany for using plastic cups.

Did anyone else notice that the cups are plastic? I mean Germany is such a wealthy nation. They should be able to afford regular glasses

Classic Texans

Ouch!

We do have something similar. It's called the "yiorti tou krasiou", wine celebration. It's usually done in early fall, when fresh wine in produced for the season. There are many regions/areas which hold popular and successful wine celebrations for years. Off the top of my head I can remember the Nemea region, and the wine celebration at Dafni in Athens.

Ok change "work" with "meet and agree to cooperate". Saying this, you can't say that all Syriza members are lazy bums. There were some good people in the mix.