Iris Papathanasiou
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Andrew Vouliotis leads team that won prestigious awards for innovative dementia tools
In the past month, two groundbreaking tools developed by Dementia Australia and Deakin University’s Applied AI Institute to improve the lives of people impacted by dementia, have received significant awards. …
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Childhood dementia and the brave journey of Angelina Lati
“It’s definitely a shock when you are told that your child has a childhood form of dementia,” Niki Markou, told Neos Kosmos describing the day she received the devastating diagnosis …
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Physical challenges no barrier for this couple and their ‘miracle’ baby
Adrianna Contoleon has never let her physical challenges stop her from embracing life to the fullest. The birth of her ‘miracle’ baby in July is testament to her and her …
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Photographer Effy Alexakis unveils 40 years of the Greek-Australian experience in new book
As a documentary photographer, Effy Alexakis has dedicated much of her life to unveiling the often hidden narratives of the contemporary Greek-Australian experience. The book ‘Effy Alexakis: Forty Photographs – …
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The power of heartfelt conviction and empathy fuels Savvides’ leadership
Prominent businessman George Savvides, was recognised last Friday night in Melbourne with the Faith & Work Award by the Ethos Centre for Christianity and Society, an award that is given …
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Australian Cretan youth embrace culture and forge bonds during inaugural National Dance Group Tour of Greece
Twenty young Australians of Cretan descent returned from their tour of Greece full of enthusiasm and what will be lifetime memories of Greece. It was the first time third-generation Cretans …
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The lifelong bond of philhellene artist Michael Winters with Greece
At a time when Greeks were arriving in Australia en masse aboard the ‘Patris’, in search for a better future, Michael Winters, a young, recently graduated artist born in Frankston, …
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Antipodean Palette 2023: A celebration of Art and Culture ‘after the isolation’
There was a huge turnout at the Steps Gallery on Saturday for the official opening of the Antipodean Palette art exhibition 2023 ‘After the Isolation’, organised for the 13th consecutive …
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Dimitri Antonopoulos unveils art for Parthenon Sculptures and First Nations causes
Dimitri Antonopoulos has been drawing and sketching all his life as a practice in mindfulness. However, it is the first time he will share his art with a wider audience …
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Innocence Shattered: Ioanna’s harrowing eyewitness account of the Greek Civil War’s horrors at just 10 years old
It has been 62 years since Ioanna Gendis (née Paziou) set foot in Australia to reunite with her first love. Yet, memories of the Greek Civil War – in the …