It’s all Greek to me… and it was, as Athens Fashion Week opened it’s doors last week to present the 2010 Spring/Summer collections of some of the best local designers. Held in downtown Athens, the week featured creations by Makis Tselios, Nikos-Takis, Aslanis, Dimitris Zafiriou, Angelos Bratis, Katerina Alexandraki and Vassilia. In addition, 23 new young designers presented their work in a special group show called ‘Next Generation’ on the last night of the festival. Photos: EPA/Orestis Panagiotou
Greek Culture, News, Entertainment, Sport & Lifestyle
Opinion
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11 Mar 2010
The release of the Federal Government’s National Curriculum proposal and the review of which priority languages to include in the National Curriculum presents a historic window of opportunity to lobby for the teaching of the Modern Greek Language in Australia.
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11 Mar 2010
Dr Nick Economou opines: with a general election imminent Labor needed something big to restore its ascendency in the policy debate.
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10 Mar 2010
On The Spit looks at why Tarpon Springs is the centre of international relations and asks whether the next election campaign for the Greek Community of Melbourne and Victoria has just commenced.
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9 Mar 2010
If Athens were a mysterious brown paper package, it would tick. Guy Rundle continues his exploration of Greece's seemingly cyclical political upheaval.
Sport
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4 Mar 2010
Greek Australian golden-girl Lydia Lassila touched down in Melbourne last week, following her Winter Olympic triumph in Vancouver. Thomas Andronas was there to greet her.
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4 Mar 2010
A disappointing Greece suffered a friendly 2-0 defeat to Senegal in Volos on Wednesday in a match supposed to mirror Greece's World Cup match against Nigeria this June.
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3 Mar 2010
Panathinaikos are back on top of the Super League and Olympiakos are still in hot pursuit after both sides beat Athenian opposition 2-0 on Sunday.
Features
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How a tiny Greek island between Rhodes and Cyprus became an Australian outpost.
Features
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11 Mar 2010
Yorgos Tserexidis and Dean Hewett, who met in St Kilda fifteen years ago, talk to FOTIS KAPETOPOULOS about their successful accommodation venture in the inner city of Athens.
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7 Mar 2010
Renowned anti-apartheid campaigner, George Bizos, speaks to Jean Vithoulkas about his life and his involvement in the anti-apartheid campaigns.
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2 Mar 2010
Controversial former Victorian politician and Minister, Theo Theophanous, talks to Neos Kosmos about his intense 22 year political journey.
Business & Profiles
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11 Mar 2010
Artemis Floratos Racovalis is one of the owners and the Director of Chocolate Master. She talked to Neos Kosmos.
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2 Feb 2010
Greek bonds fell to a fresh record low last week, reflecting falling investor confidence in the country managing its fiscal woes
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2 Feb 2010
Terry Anassis is the owner of Anassis Seafoods in Blackburn. He talks to Neos Kosmos English Edition.
Greece
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14 Mar 2010
Twenty percent of Greece’s population are facing poverty according to a survey conducted by the National Statistics Service on living conditions and income earned in 2008.
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12 Mar 2010
More than 30,000 people took to the streets of Athens on Thursday as part of the second nationwide strike in Greece against the austerity measures announced by the Papandreou government.
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9 Mar 2010
Greek police arrested two men last week for trying to sell several artifacts, including a bronze sculpture of emperor Alexander the Great from the 4th century B.C.
Australia
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9 Mar 2010
Alphington Grammar School took the first steps towards its redevelopment last week as the first sod was turned on two major projects.
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9 Mar 2010
All funds raised through the 2010 Radiothon will be going towards the expansion of Anesi in Thornbury turning it into a 120 bed facility at an estimated cost of $13 million.
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9 Mar 2010
Greek Australian mountain climber John Kazanas is preparing to take on the challenge of a lifetime.
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22 Feb 2010
A crackdown on the international education industry will weed out the education providers of dubious integrity and stop exploitation, according to industry insiders of Greek background.
Community
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11 Mar 2010
Nicole Tsotras, who loves yiayia’s tiropita and describes herself best as passionate is our Young Greek of the Week.
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9 Mar 2010
About 120 students from universities across Melbourne flocked to
Latrobe University’s Eagle Bar last Tuesday to celebrate the Latrobe
University Greek Club’s (LUGS) first ever Greek night. -
9 Mar 2010
For the seventeenth year in a row the people of Hobart
will experience a Greek style panygiri.
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Fashion
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2 Mar 2010
A shoe fetish is more than an expensive hobby or a desire, it is a way of life as well as being great therapy.
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23 Feb 2010
Move over bikinis. Enter the new A/W collections. Here's a look at the Winter fashion trends and how to get them.
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12 Feb 2010
Marie Hatzis is one of Australia's leading fashion designers, whose cutting-edge high fashion labels Hussy and Madame Marie are sought-after the world over.
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Entertainment
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11 Mar 2010
When someone says ‘Bluejuice,’ most people stare blankly. Those who have heard of the band respond, ‘Vitriol.’ And those in the know say, ‘Broken Leg.’ No one says, ‘Greek-Cypriot front-man.’ Thomas Andronas chatted with said front-man, Stav Yiannoukas.
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11 Mar 2010
George Xylouris is back to perform in Australia, where he learnt to meld diverse musical cultures.
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11 Mar 2010
Local double bass player and modern art music composer Nick Tsiavos
returns to the stage with the first of a two part concert series
entitled Is this what you believe?
Health & Beauty
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4 Mar 2010
Greek skincare company Korres Natural Products puts the buzz back into natural skincare. Catherine Kladakis speaks to founder George Korres, who is leading the way in natural beauty cosmetics.
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12 Feb 2010
Beach volleyball is a great way to have fun while getting a hot volleyball player body at the same time.
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12 Feb 2010
Swimming in chlorinated pools appears to increase the risk of developing asthma and hay fever according to new Belgian research.
