Fotis Kapetopoulos
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Cyclists brave storms, in their London to Athens race for the Parthenon Sculptures make it to France
Vasiliki Voutzali and Dionisis Kartsambas from Greece, Steffen Streich from Germany, Christopher Ross Bennett from New Zealand, and Paul Alderson from Britain had, by Sunday, August 6 (Australian time), ridden 240 …
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London to Athens ultra-endurance race for the Return of the Parthenon Marbles
Vasiliki Voutzali, and fellow Philhellene ultra-endurance cyclists, intend to race from London to Athens to bolster the Return of the Parthenon Sculptures campaign. The race starts from the British Museum, …
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New US bases a possibility for Greek islands in amended bipartisan ‘National Defense Authorization Act’
On Tuesday, August 1 (AEST), U.S. Democrat for New York in the House of Representatives, Grace Meng, who is a member of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus and the House Appropriations …
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Victorian Labor MP stands in parliament to denounce Turkish occupation of Cyprus on 49th anniversary of invasion
Kat Theophanous, the Victorian Labor Member for Northcote today, August 2, addressed her parliamentary colleagues, to remind them of the 49 years of Turkish occupation of Cyprus’ north. The member …
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Eighty-Six Festival ignites High Street in a week-long music extravaganza
On Tuesday morning, a new festival, Eighty-Six, was announced at Capers on High Street, Thornbury. Eighty-Six will run from 23rd to 31st October, aimed at celebrating Melbourne as a global …
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Perth mayor wants to save Commonwealth Games
On Tuesday morning Premier Daniel Andrews announced that his government would no longer support the games because it was clear the cost would exceed $6 billion. The Opposition called the …
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Australia’s beloved feta under siege in EU trade negotiations
While Australia remains committed to the pursuit of a free trade agreement with the European Union, negotiations came across a major roadblock last week. The root of the issue strikes …
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Mitsotakis pledges historic reform to extend voting rights to all Greek citizens living abroad
On July 7, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced, during the debate of the Ministerial Programmatic (Draft Bill) Statements in Greek parliament that during the new term of his government, he …
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A new play that defies assumptions about family, love and illness
Maria Theodorakis is very happy to play someone her age in This is Living, a new production written by Ash Flanders and directed by Matt Lutton for the Malthouse Theatre …
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Greece hijacks Australian creatives and leaves us envious
It seems that almost everyone I know from the Australian creative industry is in Greece for the Mediterranean summer. Jennifer Barry, an arts leader, and former Footscray Community Arts Centre …