Ioannis Sofianos
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A Greek Cypriot visionary at the top of the GRAMMYs
From experiencing the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus as a two-year old boy and listening to Dalaras and Marinella as a teenager, to rising to president of the organisation behind …
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Nikos Mingos, 100 years… young
Nikos Mingos’ (Tsilimingos) home in Bentleigh East, Melbourne, overflowed with love as his relatives recently gathered to celebrate yet another significant milestone in his life, his 100th birthday. Warm hugs, …
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Exemptions are no longer required even for the unvaccinated who wish to travel to Greece
Unvaccinated Australian citizens and permanent residents can now leave Australia without an individual travel exemption, but… you may still be asked about your vaccination status, if you’re asked by an …
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Tourism Minister Kikilias: “Establishing a Hellenic Tourism Organisation office in Melbourne is my priority”
The Greek Minister of Tourism Vassilis Kikilias, says his “priority is to set up the office of the Hellenic Tourism Organization (EOT) in Melbourne” He also emphasised wider Greek and …
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“Building” the dream of a better life in Australia
Australia was seen as the land of opportunity by tens of thousands of Greeks who, after World War II, began to emigrate in masses to the other side of the …
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The locked up Diaspora homes in Greece: Who will tend to them?
It’s the start of June and the Greek islands have begun to welcome their summer guests. Each year, prior to COVID, many Greeks living abroad, would visit their family homes …
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Rebetika lovers of Victoria invite you to their weekly jam sessions
“All the rebetes of the world love me…those who do not know me, will know me now,” sang Markos Vamvakaris. In his autobiography, the ‘patriarch’ of rebetika recalls writing the …
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Queen Vic Market traders worried about future five kilometre radius restrictions
There have been strong political and social reactions amidst the decision to have put Victoria in a stage four lockdown. Despite the lockdown ending on Wednesday 17 February at 11:59pm, …
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Maria Sakkari can’t wait to see flags waving at the Australian Open
“My love for Greece is something I cannot possibly put into words,” tennis champ Maria Sakkari told Neos Kosmos while in hotel quarantine in Melbourne. At a time when tennis …
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Aristotelis Sarrikostas, the Associated Press photographer who captured the spirit of the Polytechnic Uprising
It has been 47 years since the Polytechnic uprising and a plethora of articles, opinion pieces, books have been written about the events which took place at 3am, 17 November, …