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Iris Papathanasiou

Features

100 years in a lifetime and a marker of modern Greek history

Pelagia Iakovidou (née Pavlidou), recently turned 100. Her long life is part of the narrative of modern Greek history. Still in her mother’s womb in the summer of 1922, her …

Features

Emmanuel Dakis: The Legend of Chapel Street

“I don’t want to exist. I want to live!” Emmanuel Dakis, the tailor of Chapel street, once said in an interview to Aron Lewin. This phrase sums up how the …

News

Owners corporation “pushes” Greek elderly couple to the brink of homelessness

Nitsa and Spiro Tzavellas, an elderly Greek Australian couple from Sydney are facing an impossible situation and even homelessness after their body corporate voted for an upgrade to their building …

News

Unvaccinated Greek elderly continue to die from COVID

Hundreds of people continue to die due to COVID-related complications and the medical community stresses the importance of a fourth dose of the COVID vaccination for those eligible, especially the …

Dialogue

Who would send their children to a school without a gate?

It’s been a week since the pedestrian entrance to Alphington Grammar was taken down by the City of Yarra, and more than 500 children are going to school every day, …

Life

Debut novel a love letter to Greek heritage

A novel set in the island of Ikaria in Greece, with a half-Greek Australian protagonist couldn’t have come at a better time. “Most of us haven’t had a decent holiday …

Life

Tina Stefanou calls for mass humming event

Greek Australian artist, Tina Stefanou, is in the Art Festival Cementa 2022, that runs from May 19 to May 22, in the post-industrial town of Kandos, in New South Wales. …

Dialogue

Mother’s Day – A day to leave your guilt behind

I love Mother’s Day. It makes me feel special. But after the celebrations I have a secret wish to hide away. Breakfast in bed, and flowers, is the best way …

Life

A heart attack can occur in an instant… but there are ways to prevent it and minimise the risk

Every four minutes one Australian is having a heart attack or stroke. In the aftermath of such a distressing and many times fatal event, these incidents are often referred to …

Features

8-year-old Jamie Betsis immediately fell in love with the stage… but then again her mother is Mary Coustas

Seldom do you meet a kid like 8-year-old Jamie Betsis who can drop a punchline with a dry sense of humour and deliver it with the imagination of her youth. …

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