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Mourning the vanishing Greece of my childhood

Posted: November 6th, 2012, 9:19 am
by momopi
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20178915

Mourning the vanishing Greece of my childhood
By Theopi Skarlatos
BBC News, Athens

A gas mask is now a must for reporting a protest

Biting austerity, protests with tear gas, and the growth of the far right - it's a far cry from the Greece I knew as a child and have visited regularly throughout my life.