'I love Greece... I'll wait patiently'

Every Wednesday, a 60-year-old man identified only by his initials - P.S. - attends a Greek language class in Tel Aviv. No one was surprised to see him take up the lessons, given the fact that P.S., who retired six months ago, is half-Greek.

"I started the process to acquire Greek citizenship 12 years ago," P.S. told Kathimerini in a recent interview.

"It is not a straightforward procedure because many of the archives from that era have been destroyed," he said, showing no evident sign of frustration about the long wait.

"I love Greece. I very often visit the country and I'll wait patiently for the ruling," he said.

His chances are strengthened by the fact that his family left the northern Greek town of Xanthi using a Greek passport in 1935. "I hope that my daughters and I can get Greek citizenship," he said.

Last week Parliament adopted an amendment...