Alex Economou
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Paul Iliopoulos dedicates his life to promoting football in Victoria
The beautiful game has been steeped into Paul Iliopoulos’ life since he could remember – where he once played the game at a high level in Victoria, he now enjoys …
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Sam Iliades’ world revolves around life in the air
You ask Sam Iliades which aircraft he likes flying, big, small, propeller-driven or jet powered and he offers no preference. The chief executive of Australian Corporate Jets loves flying, he …
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Thessaloniki festival a valuable launchpad for award-winning documentary
There were a number of good reasons why after six years of production, Canadian director/producer Jason Loftus chose the 24th edition of the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (TDF) in March for …
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Young Greek and Iranian migrants win Robocup award for Australia
The scene is not from The Matrix, but it was a dilemma that confronted George Sempelidis and his Team Pashmam partner Koosha Kayani in their hotel room the night before …
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Greek Australian legal champion to sue the Pope
Angela Sdrinis is working on a class action against the Ashley Youth Detention Centre in Tasmania, a case which is receiving national attention. For much of her career, Ms Sdrinis …
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Family’s story inspires Peter Prineas to write acclaimed trilogy on Kythera and Ionian experience
The surprise of seeing an important Australian settler artefact in a Kythera’s modest museum led Greek-Australian writer Peter Prineas OAM on a sojourn that yielded two books in his Greek-Australian …
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Councillor Tachos to contest state elections on her own bat
After six years in local politics as a City of Brimbank councillor, Virginia Tachos is spreading her net wider when this year she stands in Victoria’s state elections in November …
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Dendias: digital platform for Diaspora to be ready in 18 months
Greece’s Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias said on Thursday that over the next 18 months his ministry would implement the digital tools that would enable members of the Greek Diaspora …
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Feta which ever way you slice it is a key issue in EU-Australia trade talks
After smoothing the waters over last year’s contentious nuclear submarine deal which derailed relations between France and Australia, negotiators are tiptoeing across a minefield to navigate resumed trade talks between …
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Turkish academic records Turkey’s Greek community’s memories for richer historical narrative
Turkish academic Dr Gönül Bozoğlu, a lecturer at Newcastle University is documenting the stories of minority communities in Turkey – in particular the Greek community. Most recently, her documentary, Life …