kappa MYSTA: gr/en: 700 euro generation / Η Γενιά των 700 ευρώ

Just as you thought...

I am too moving away from my beloved Greece (hope not for long) due to the reality that this documentary presents... For those of you who do not read or understand greek, I tried to translate part of the story... For those who do, its worth watching this video:

700 euro generation
Live your myth in Greece!

I need to thank the people blogging on "yesmrbob.blogspot.com" for putting this up on the internet. This is an amazing documentary about the "700 euro Generation" in which I am a part of...

This documentary was played on air by ERT (the National Broadcaster of Greece), during a show called "Reportage With No Boundaries" (=Ρεπορταζ Χωρίς Σύνορα), devoted to the generation of people holding University degrees and getting paid a monthly salary of 700 euros.

It seems that in the beginning, the management of ERT denied the broadcast of this documentary, alleging a variety of unreasonable justifications, leading to a final decision to broadcast it on air at the same time with the Eurovision Song Contest of 2008.

ERT terminated the co-operation with Mr. Stelios Koylogloy, in the begining of May 2008, announcing the end of a cycle of his TV shows... According to the newspaper "Eleftherotypia - Enet", president of ERT broadcasting channel, Mr. Panagopoylos, explained that the reasons for such a decision are not of a political point of view, but simply because he doesn't like the chosen content of the TV show "Reportage With No Boundaries", and thus he believes that the need for such a show no longer exists [ (...)«Είπα στον κ. Κούλογλου ότι δεν μου αρέσει η εκπομπή, δεν μου χρειάζεται και πιστεύω ότι ο κύκλος της έκλεισε (...) Διέψευσε όμως τους ισχυρισμούς περί «πολιτικών λόγων» (...)]

Mr. Koylogloy explains on the above reportage the following:

"In order for the young people of Greece to get into University, they go through the most exhausting and stressful examinations, which cannot begin to be compared to the rest of the world.. Upon their graduation, they start working for as less as 700 euros. This fact undermines the future of this country. It is gradually preparing the ground for a new immigration wave. It is the first time after the war that the new generations are expected to live worse than the previous. This documentary is not serving any interests of any political opposition party, or governmental for that matter. This is so much more. It actually is an alarm for our country." (you can find the article in greek here)