Alex Economou
Chaos ultra car designed to put Greece at centre of new era in automotive production
It is certainly no ordinary desire to build a car from scratch let alone an “ultra” car with performance figures that promise to leave everything, except possibly a jet fighter, …
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Surviving Greek naval officer in Australia’s World War Two navy tells his story
In 1945, 15 August was a day of special importance for the only Australian naval officer of Greek descent. James Paizis was on board the HMAS Colac which was being …
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A Greek-Zimbabwean Christmas story: strangers, old friends, welcome all
There was a Christmas in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, that had an Australian feel to it when my later father’s old friend, Vangelis, came to see us on a surprise visit from …
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COVID-19 forces shift from flower power to classy veggie hampers
Perhaps the one positive thing that may come out of the upheaval that COVID-19 has brought to our lives is the fact that life and business can go on from …
Children’s games we played on our street in Yiannina’s old castle
This is a reverse migration story. While so many Greeks were leaving to settle in Australia in 1967, my father had other ideas. He could see that Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) …
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Filmmaker Alex Proyas pushes on with projects despite the challenges of the year of COVID -19
If there was something COVID-19 could not do, it was to keep filmmaker Alex Proyas from getting on with his work. The pandemic may have slowed down plans to push …
Role of the travel agent may be less thanks to the internet but is still valuable in post-COVID world
Travel overseas is increasingly a possibility with Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham saying last week that it may be possible to travel next year providing an effective vaccine for COVID-19 is …
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Builder-cum-restaurateur Harry Tsoukalas finds a new lease of life from offerings of the ancients
If Socrates and any of the ancients were around today, they would feel at home with the offerings of the Hippocrates Healthy Eatery in Randwick, Sydney. That would because the …
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Students mobilise to stop La Trobe from shutting down Greek Studies
The drive to save Greek Studies department at La Trobe University gathered pace this week with students launching a petition on Facebook that by Monday morning had already gathered more …
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Air prices remain steady despite the many obstacles to travel
Air travel ticket prices have remained remarkably stable despite the gouging that the travel industry has experienced since the advent of COVID-19 this year. Despite all the uncertainties and rapidly …