Iris Papathanasiou
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Increasing costs and interest rates heavily burden construction industry
A shortage of building materials, disruptions in the supply chain and soaring costs have hit the construction industry hard, tipping companies around Australia into administration. Every few week since the …
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Support Papou Chris’s ‘marathon walk’ and help him make a difference
Greek Australian grandfather, Chris Tsalikis is preparing to walk the distance in September, in order to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research. The 82-year-old from East Brighton plans …
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Marathon Uluru: “It’s just the sky and the ground. As far as your eye can see”
Greek Australian Monash lecturer, Dorothy Kapetopoulos, is now a marathon runner. Her last adventure, a once in lifetime experience, took her to the Australian Outback Marathon which is annually around …
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A school in Malaysia danced syrtaki thanks to Melbourne student Katerina Zikou
The Greek dance syrtaki accompanied by the music to Zorba the Greek delighted hundreds of students at a Malaysian High School, with several of them joining the dance with Katerina …
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Melville-Pappas receives bravery award for stopping the rape of pregnant woman
Greek-Australian, Andrew Melville-Pappas, from Melbourne, and 26 other Australians, were recognised for acts of bravery in the Australian Medals of Bravery presented by the Governor-General, David Hurley. Mr. Melville-Pappas intervened …
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Greek Australian man still fighting for his life after brutal attack in Rhodes
Greek Australian man from Darwin, Charlie (Sakellaris) Kathopoulis continues to fight for his life in the Intensive Care Unit of Rhodes General Hospital, almost three months after he was attacked …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …