Billy Cotsis
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 …
Features –
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, …
Features –
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 …
News –
From Maria Callas to Giannis Haroulis: the biggest multicultural festival in Australia returns for 16 weeks
Billy Cotsis looks at the Darling Harbour extravaganza and picks his ‘must see’ events on the cultural program for the next few weeks.
Features –
Restoration: Tunisia with a touch of Hellenism
Billy Cotsis takes us through a Hellenic history of Tunisia.
