Monthly Archives: January 2017

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Petia Petkova in Greek and Bulgarian (Greece)

„АВСТРИЯ” 02.03.2001г. (край някое околовръстно шосе) След 24часово пътуване с малък неудобен микробус, превозвачите (двама) спряха на крайпътен паркинг и ни казаха, че трябва да слезем. Бяхме 7 души а бусът беше 6-местен. Шофьорите се излегнаха в задната част на колата и захъркаха. Една от жените плачеше непрекъснато. Беше оставила болен мъж и две деца [...]

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Petia Petkova from Patra has many stories to say (Greece)

History No 1   "ο Χατζάρας" Στο χωριό όπου δούλευα είχε ένας "κύριος" οποίος απέφευγα με όλους τους τρόπους. Οι άνθρωποι λέγανε κακές ιστορίες για αυτόν! Το πάνω όροφο του σπιτιού του ήταν ασκεπαστό. Λέγανε πως πριν δύο χρόνια, είχε πάρει καμιά δεκαριά αλβανούς για να το χτίσουμε το όροφο, με την προϋπόθεση πως θα τους [...]

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A letter from Zvetanka Nikolova (Greece)

Zvetanka Nikolova Didnt manage to come to the experiential workshop in TOPOS ALLOu and prefered to write and send a letter. Translated by V.Alexandrova from Bulgarian into Greek       Facilitator: A.Kougia    Translation into English: D. Mylonas It is with pain in my soul that I will tell you a story that will always stay in my [...]

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Ellora and her parents (Greece)

Experiential workshop at Theatre “Topos Allou”, 8 January 2017 INTERVIEW: Ellora and her parents Ellora’s parents both came to Greece together in 2001, leaving their 3 children (Ellora and her 2 older brothers) in Bulgaria to be looked after by their grandparents. Her parents decided to both come to Greece to work after they had [...]

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Emy From Petrich to Kastraki (Greece)

Interview by D. Mylonas  04-01-2017 at Kastraki (Dorida, West Greece) (At her home, on the morning of the birthday of her youngest daughter Georgia) Emy was born in 1979 and used to live in Petrich, southwest Bulgaria, adjacent to the Bulgarian-Greek borders. When she was 14 years old she got together with her “husband” (they [...]

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Girgina Stoikova wrote a poem (Greece)

Interview by D. Mylonas (21-12-2016 at a café in Athens) Girgina used to work in Bulgaria as a Physics professor for 25 years in a high school in Sofia. She lived there with her two daughters. Her husband had died earlier, when she was at the age of 36. She had her job, and in [...]

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VIKI NESHEVA –Interview 23-11-2016 (Greece)

Interview VIKI NESHEVA – 23-11-2016 (her home) Duration – 2.5 hours Interviewed by Dimitris Mylonas 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 (Sofia 68) for 19 years, and her husband had a liquor store. Her and [...]

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Bulgaria – Greece. Relationships, immigration, work.

In last years the subject of immigration as a way to change your life is widely discussed. I don’t mean to say that it was not an important subject before, however, today we can observe the consequences of change in all political regimes as well as the welcoming of democracy in some countries. It is [...]

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Iustinian Pintea (ROMANIA)

Iustinian Pintea interview   - What's your name? - Iustinian Pintea. - How old are you? - I'm 20. - What grade are you in? - 12th grade. - I understand you've also been abroad with your family. Where exactly? - Grova. That's about 20 kms from Rome. My parents have left since 1998 and [...]

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Diana Popovici (ROMANIA)

Diana Popovici interview   - Hello! - Hello! - Would you agree to take part in a study about families split by contemporary migration? - Certainly. - What's your name? - My name is Popovici Ioana Diana and I'm 18 years old. - Glad to have you with us. Who migrated from your family? - [...]

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