Proverb

Antisystemic forces are sending shockwaves through mature democracies in the Western world. Compared to them, Greece is like an oasis of calm. In order to maintain this status quo, however, the country needs to deal with the social problems and inequalities that act as fuel for populism.

The Family and Social Services Ministry along with the Turkish language body have initiated a joint effort to address the use of everyday expressions containing violent and sexist tone.

It takes a village to raise a child, as the old African proverb goes. But what happens when you need to hire - and, of course, pay for - that village? It is currently estimated that it costs around €13,000 per year to raise a child in Greece.

The saying of the late conservative leader Evangelos Averoff is well-known and validated by history. There are few exceptions that confirm the rule: When the sheep leaves the pen, the wolf devours it. I won't dwell on specific examples.

The non-governmental Coalition Margini together with the Network for Protection against Discrimination has filed a lawsuit, demanding the removal of a university textbook that blames women for the rising number of divorces, condemns abortion and classifies same-sex partnerships as debauchery.

“The world is an oyster” is a proverb that fist appears in a Shakespear’s play “The Merry Wives of Windsor”, and its meaning has changed to mean the world is ours to enjoy. We can travel wherever we want around the globe and accumulate experiences that will make us grow as human beings.

A Turkish proverb say, it's better having an intelligent enemy than a stupid friend.

Why are we suddenly supposed to be united as soon as the subject is foreign policy? 

Are we going to give in unconditionally to steps taken by whoever rules the country? Are we going to salute whatever decisions they make? If we criticize them, are we going to be declared "children of Moscow"? 

According to University of Pennsylvania linguistics professor Mark Liberman speakers of English, Spanish, Polish, Norwegian and Swedish all use … Greek as a metaphor for the incomprehensibility as a language, as in “It’s all Greek to me”.

Yet, what do Greeks use to describe the incomprehensible?

It’s Chinese.