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(Greece) does anybody know this as first hand?

(Greece) does anybody know this as first hand? Is it true that only ‘neutral’ languages like English, German etc are permitted in Greece? Is it true that languages of neighbouring nations like Turkish, Macedonian, Albanian etc are forbidden in Greece? How strict is legislation about it?

Public Comments

1. No, no, and it's not strict because it doesn't exist. Yes, I know this first hand.
2. there's no any kind of legislation that doesn't allow specific languages........ They are all permitted, there are newspapers written in these languages too........
3. I am greek, and i can tell you that what you say doesnt exist my friend, because in Greece the only language you dont hear is greek. Concerning turkish language, we have the turkish minorities, who dont have any problem here...And we also dont have with them. The problem in Greece is with the other immigrants...And especially in Athens you just hear albanian, russian,yugoslavian, bulgarian,but not greek..So, what are we talking about?Greece is one of the few countries which accepts so well immigrants..Of course i wouldnt like to express my opinion about it,it will cause problem.But if your problem is this, if you come you ll not be allowed to speak your language, i think you got wrong information, i know it is not your fault...If you come, you ll understand, and you ll remember my words... Certainly, lately there is a racism, because of many events with Skopje, with Albania, this doesnt mean that there are not families who work with dignity...But the racism begins from the fact that the deliquency has increased, and they dont recognoize the hospitality our country gives to them...And I repeat, we dont generalise things...there are exceptions...
4. Wherever you go in Greece there are newspapers, printed in Greece, in the languages of the various minorities (immigrant minorities and "native" minorities like Turks, Slavs etc). They also have television news broadcasts in Turkish, Russian, Albanian, Serbo-Croat, Italian etc etc. I've lived in the UK, in France and in Austria and I saw nothing like that. It makes me angry that the Greeks get accused of racism when they are certainly no worse than everyone else, and maybe even a little better. Of course there is racism there, but NOTHING like banned languages. Don't believe the crap you read on the Web. I loved Greece when I lived there. Like everywhere it has problems with immigration and minorities, but they do GENUINELY try to solve them, unlike countries like the UK where ALL politicians, regardless of where they are (left, right), talk about throwing immgrants out as though they are some kind of disease.
5. Not at all. ALl languages coexist in Greece, however it seems as if they dont at times being that over 90% of the peoples are Greek speaking. The neighboring countries such as Bulgaria, Turkey, FYROM, Albania, are represented, but in the minority rich areas. Much like here in the US. I cant find a Greek newspaper where I live, I have to go to the Greek community areas to find one. Same goes for speaking Greek. Not different than any other area. P.S. Referring to FYROM as Macedonia is falsification. The International COmmunity knows it as FYROM. The educated world knows the history, culture and all it is for was, is and always will be Greek. Slavs which broke free from Yugoslavia have claimed Macedonia as their own because they have no history aside from their Slavic origin. Macedonia is a Provence in Greece!