Billy Cotsis
Life –
How a Greek Aussie DJ attacked in Istanbul has found solace in music and the locals
With a smile on his face and a bag full of house music classics, Greek Australian DJ JK (Johnny Kassimatis) has been entertaining masses of music-goers for three decades. I …
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The Greeks of Ukraine: from Marioupolis to Odessa
‘Ola kala, kai panta kala (always good, forever good).’ With the clink of our glasses and the downing of another vodka drink I started to feel very much at home …
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Agios Efstratios, an ideal island to forget to bring an iPhone charger to
Sometimes, it’s all about the risk. The risk of sailing to a quiet island with no advertised hotel and certainly it’s a risk to sail on what appears to be …
Dialogue –
Vale Tekno Manos: Live your life, be free
Few people on this earth have the true spirit of a Zorba; the spirit of being happy. Chris Manos, known as Tekno, from Sydney had that spirit. But on Wednesday …
Life –
Magna Graecia: How a dark cloud is lifting from the Calabrian Greko
Calabria was once a Greek lake, where one could not move around, nor through the entire south of Italy, without being able to speak the Greko language. This was a …
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When ancient Greek statues speak
Every day in Athens people stroll past ancient statues; statues that were sculpted in classical times. But imagine if these statues could talk and tell their stories; stories of a …
News –
How you can help save the language of the Greek people of Calabria
A new and inspiring campaign is underway in Calabria as the Greeks of Magna Graecia are slowly reversing the tide on what had appeared to be the end of the …
Features –
Freedom from the Ottomans: Koinon of the Zagorisians
Inaccessible mountains and rugged terrain, that is the way to look at Zagori. I have never been here myself, as a 1,200-metre climb to reach the capital, at my age, …
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Gallipoli: what the Hellenic town means for Greek, ANZAC, British and Turkish people
Gallipoli means many things to many people and countries. To the Turks it is considered a defining moment for Kemal Ataturk and modern Turkey; to the British, yet another example …
Dialogue –
Democracy. Seriously, does it actually work?
When Saddam Hussein would routinely win his presidential campaigns with around 97 per cent of the vote, I used to wonder how on earth he couldn’t attain a magical 99 …