Greece has one of the worst records in the European Union for racism against ethnic minorities. Anti-immigrant sentiment is still high, especially against ethnic Albanians, who form the largest minority. Until the 1990s, the BBC notes, Greece had been an extremely homogenous society. Even though Greece is gradually becoming more ethnically (but not yet racially) diverse, there is no real sense of multi-ethnic integration.
No wonder xenophobia is a word of Greek origin.
This is one sociopolitical aspect where the Cypriot attitude is in agreement with mother Greece
Wiki says: Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou (Greek: Γεώργιος Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου, born 25 June 1963) best known as George Michael, is a two-time Grammy Award winning, English singer-songwriter, who has had a career as frontman of the duo Wham! as well as a soul-influenced, solo pop musician.
He has sold over 110 million records worldwide, encompassing 12 British #1 singles, 7 British #1 albums, 10 US #1 singles, and 2 US #1 albums. His 1987 debut solo album, Faith became one of the best selling albums of all time, as well as the first album to produce six top 5 singles in the United States. It has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
All four of his solo studio albums have all reached #1 on the U.K. charts and have gone on to become huge international successes.
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