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  • Mark Manopoulos will be exploring contemporary notions of deity.
    Greek writers at the Melbourne Writers' Festival
    26 Aug 2010 Laura Miller (0)

    What does it mean to be human? This is the question that local and international writers will attempt to answer at this year's Melbourne Writers Festival (MWF).

  • The substantial falls in tourism and the drop in consumer spending is biting har
    All things will pass: Greece will recover from financial downturn
    24 Aug 2010 Fotis Kapetopoulos (0)

    "Greece is at the crossroads, it either sinks or swims," says Panayiotis, the taxi driver who is pushing well over 100km-per-hour on the highway from the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport

  • Luka Haralampou has a strong social conscience.
    A young man of words and actions
    23 Aug 2010 Laura Burgoine (0)

    Hip Hop artist, poet, anthropologist, community artsworker, university lecturer...for Luka Haralampou it's all in a day's work.

  • Writer Nikos Kazantakis in his prime.
    Greek literary figures: Nikos Kazantzakis
    19 Aug 2010 Nick Trakikis (0)

    Nikos Kazantzakis is undoubtedly the best known modern Greek writer outside of Greece.

    He was born on December 2, 1885 in Iraklion, Crete, then still part of the Ottoman Empire.

  • The submerged settlement of Pavlopetri.
    Swimming in the waters of history
    17 Aug 2010 Anna Cominos (0)

    It's not often you hear whispers of a snorkelling excursion in the waters of a sunken ancient town.

  • Constantinos Pissiotis (Front) and Christoforos Peskias (Back).
    Recipe for success
    17 Aug 2010 Mike Sweet (0)

    Launching and sustaining a new business in Athens, as Greece grapples with its economic woes is no mean feat.

  • George Kyprianou (L) and Adonis Nicolau (R) of Cychefs.
    Reluctant gastronomes on the island of Aphrodite
    9 Aug 2010 Mel Reynolds (0)

    For a population fixated on trends, designer clothes and expensive cars it's perplexing to note that the national obsession with style has yet to reach the Cypriot dining table.

  • Thomas Andronas and his eight friends on the yacht in which they cruised.
    Sailing on the Aegean
    9 Aug 2010 Thomas Andronas (1)

    About three years ago, I had a crazy idea.

    What if I get a bunch of friends together and sail the Greek islands? That would be amazing, I thought.

  • Kalloroi Yelayotis made her debut at Kinsi on the weekend.
    Kalliroi lives the dream
    9 Aug 2010 Anastasios Barbadonis (0)

    Not many people are fortunate enough to wake up in the morning and do what they love for a living.

  • Maria Tsopanis is proud of the services provided by the hub she co-manages.
    The woman with the golden heart
    9 Aug 2010 Laura Burgoine (0)

    Co-manager of the Melbourne Multicultural Hub, Maria Tsopanis says she has always been in and out of working with migrants throughout her career.

  • Christian musician and producer, T Bone Burnett.
    If you're happy and you know it clap your hands
    3 Aug 2010 Chris Fotinopoulos (0)

    Out of all my unhappy childhood memories, the one that continues to haunt me relates to the classroom sing-along.

  • Georgia with Christina Aguilera, one of the many celebrities she has interviewed
    LALA Land from the front line
    3 Aug 2010 Catherine Kladakis (0)

    "Are you free next week to interview Angelina Jolie for a cover story?" the words flashed across her computer screen.

    It was an email from the deputy editor of Cosmopolitan.

  • Scene from Mamma Mia!
    Couples flock to Greece for ‘Mamma Mia!’ weddings
    27 Jul 2010 (0)

    "Where's the Mamma Mia!

  • Nia Karteris. Legend.
    24 carat Karteris
    26 Jul 2010 Laura Burgoine (0)

    Nia Karteris, the Chairperson for the Greek Festival of Sydney for the past eight years, has seen the festival grow from a small event held in a suburban Sydney park to the shores of Darling Harbou

  • Athens. Greece.
    Fear, uncertainty and doubt in Athens
    19 Jul 2010 Lambros Karavis (0)

    I witnessed the December 2008 riots in the streets of Athens following the shooting by police and subsequent death of Alexander Grigoropoulos in Exarhia.

  • Paula Masselos. Voice of diversity.
    “Hellenism is a great survivor,” says Paula Masselos
    19 Jul 2010 Laura Burgoine (0)

    Ms Masselos has made many trips to Kythera, in Greece, where her parents are both from, describing it as a "beautiful, beautiful place".

  • Aristotle Paipetis. Interantional students.
    A vocal advocate for overseas students
    13 Jul 2010 Laura Burgoine (0)

    Principal solicitor of Visa Lawyers Australia, Aristotle Paipetis, began his legal career in litigation and corporate dispute resolution, but was always interested in Immigration law.

  • Take a wonderous camel ride at sunset on the fanous Cable Beach.
    Bran Nue Broome: Reflections of a southern tourist
    29 Jun 2010 Gwenda Beed Davey (0)

    Western Australia's far north tourist mecca, Broome. Full of surprises, but not always the ones you expect.

  • The new Mercedes C-Class
    3 Point Motors moving forward
    15 Jun 2010 Fiv Antoniou (0)

    3 Point Motors Mercedes-Benz have been a Melbourne icon in the retail automotive landscape for almost half a century, in fact the company will be celebrating its 50th anniversary as a dealer in 201

  • Yiannis Paraskevopoulos
    The voice of new generation Greek wines
    15 Jun 2010 Victoria Kyriakopoulos (0)

    I first came across Yiannis Paraskevopoulos in 2003 at his Gaia winery in Nemea, where he was being interviewed for an American television show.

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