Monthly Archives: December 2016

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About a country where the elderly are happy (Bulgaria)

Siika Ivanova I left in 2009. Money problem, the usual reason. In Bulgaria we used to live in a village where life was hard, the transport was not well developed and the wages were low. The first thing I have noticed in Greece were the water barrels on top of all houses – that is [...]

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Greece, Paris and five children (Bulgaria)

Aunt Lety ( Violeta Moskova ) from Gorna Oryahovitza The year is 1998. NATO closes the middle sergeant schools and I am left unemployed. And in that time finding a job as a teacher became impossible. My older daughter was third year in college and I decided that is time for me to take the road to [...]

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Viki’s story-GREECE

Viki used to live in Sofia, with her family – her husband and her 2 sons. She was working as a teacher in a primary school for 19 years, and her husband had a liquor store. Her and her family’s life was comfortable, until in 1989 there was an economic crisis in Bulgaria, and especially [...]

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Some thoughts from the interviews-Sweet and bitter. (GREECE)

“…I left my children behind … They grew up without my presence only because I thought I could find a better future here in Greece… But most people in Bulgaria they made it. And I think I regret that I came here and left them alone. Because they ‘ve been through too much stuff…” “…At [...]

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Me and four dogs in Athens empty train station-(GREECE)

“I came in Greece legally. I had my VISA because my husband is Greek. My first job was in Zakynthos. I worked there for 6 months and then I went back to Bulgaria to have my new VISA. But I had to return immediately in Zakynthos. I start my trip back to Greece but the [...]

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The white boots, leader coat and a man-(BULGARIA)

Aneta Capela in one page and her life experience in Greek. I didn’t leave Bulgaria, I escaped. Is this the moment to tell it was with a fake passport? I furnished it by making presents to the right person- coffee, chocolate, things that we haven’t had in Bulgaria in that time (these times). I escaped [...]

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