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Looking for Athena in Ukraine as Russian bombs rain down
“I’ve lost touch, since then … I can’t reach her,” an emotional Bill Cotsis says to Neos Kosmos about his friend Athena, or Afina Khadzhynova. Bill Cotsis met Athena on …
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Esacaping Kyiv “…for thirteen days all I heard was sirens, explosions, and shelling”
“We woke up on Thursday February 24 to the Russian invasion… for thirteen days all I heard was sirens, explosions, and shelling in and around Kyiv,” says Lana Nicole Niland …
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Christos Tsiolkas seeks beauty in the new world of puritans
We meet in Christos’ back-alley office in Thornbury. Our orbits crossover every few years. We first met in the early 1990s both sons of post-war Greek migrants who shared similar …
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The Religious Discrimination Bill is shelved indefinitely
The Religious Discrimination Bill has been pulled by the government and will not go to the Senate for debate. Senate will next sit in March and there is doubt that …
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Martin Foley urges parents and carers to vaccinate children
Victorian Government Minister for Health Martin Foley said that “35.6 percent of Victorians aged 18 years and over have now been third dosed, but it is still a long way …
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Sidney Nolan: Ancient Greece, War and the never changing realities of humanity
They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn In Aeschylus’, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1) Sidney Nolan: Myth …
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“Everybody is frustrated” says Victoria’s Acting CHO Prof. Cowie as Omicron sweeps through the community
Victorian COVID response Commander, Jeroen Weimar, and Acting Chief Health Officer (CHO), Professor Ben Cowie, briefed ethnic media on the government’s new COVID restrictions. Professor Ben Cowie presented the media …
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Opposition leadership heap praise on the Greek Cultural Centre
On Monday 20 December, the President of the Greek Community of Melbourne Victoria (GCMV), Mr Bill Papastergiadis, and members of his committee hosted the federal Deputy Opposition leader Richard Marles …
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Impressive ‘ancient Greek warriors’ exhibition launches in Canberra
A once-in-a-lifetime exhibition opens in Canberra tomorrow showcasing the competitive spirit of the Ancient Greek world. Ancient Greeks: Athletes Warriors and Heroes display was launched at the National Museum of …
Confusion, misinformation over vaccines have tragic results
Nick (not his real name) reached out to Neos Kosmos because he was surprised and concerned with the “confusion over COVID-19 tests” at his mother’s pensioner club. Nick’s mother who …