Alex Economou
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Drew Pavlou plots a life in politics after university studies
Drew Pavlou is eyeing a political career with a tilt at a seat in the Federal Senate as part of his plans for the future he told Neos Kosmos. The …
Greek author’s first novel focuses on the widow’s struggle to bury Nikos Kazantzakis in Heraklion
In world literature, Nikos Kazantzakis, the author of Zorba the Greek, is probably the most internationally acclaimed and recognised of modern Greek authors, yet in Greece he was one of …
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A chance to ‘run’ with ultra-marathon legend Dean Karnazes in Australia
If Dean (Konstantine) Karnazes, 58, were a car and you had one look at his odometer, you would probably balk at the mileage – by his estimate, it would over …
Prof Cambitoglou’s $6 million bequest to University of Sydney Archaeology Institute
In 1963, the late Alexander Cambitoglou AO was the first Greek to be appointed to a professorship at an Australian university. A professor of the University of Sydney’s Classical Archaeology …
TV organisations need to fine tune COVID message to communities, says former news anchor George Donikian
The advent of COVID has shown up the need for a more inclusive, multicultural response in the media and in television in particular, if Australia’s many communities are to understand …
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Parks ranger Marcus Antonopoulos cherishes Aboriginal and Greek roots
Marcus Antonopoulos, 30, may have grown up in the Hampton area of Melbourne but beach life held little interest for him. He is animated by a love of the land …
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Australia’s Greek guru of gardening shares the love of land and its bounty
With his stocky frame, magnificent flaring beard and eyes alive with energy, it is hard not to see Costas Georgiadis, as the embodiment of ancient Greek nature figure of Pan …
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End of an era for the deli that was a focus of Albert Park community
Last week saw the end of an era when the Albert Park Deli passed from the Xynas family, who founded the business in 1974, to new owner, former employee Jeanette …
Darwin’s first Greek Lord Mayor reflects on his pride for his city
Darwin is unique among Australia’s capital cities, it is the smallest, northernmost, wettest and warmest of them all and one of its biggest fans is the city’s Greek-born Lord Mayor …
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Small businesses suffer as snap lockdown begins
The new snap lockdown that was imposed as of midnight on Friday morning and hopefully set to last until Tuesday, has again dampened hopes of recovery just weeks after the …