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Mary Sinanidis

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Multicultural groups tell PM they want to travel, see loved ones

There were over 100 community leaders from around Australia and representatives of 30 media publications at the multicultural community forum with Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services …

Features

How your second pandemic Easter will look different from the first

Palm Sunday on 25 April marks the start of Greek Orthodox Holy Week. After the success of COVIDSafe Easter celebrations by other Christian groups earlier this month, Greek Orthodox Christians …

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Anzac Day: Greek-Aussie veterans glad to march, but not all Hellenic RSL members have the opportunity to do so

This Anzac Day the ability to gather in person to honour our service men and women is a welcome return. The 25 April ceremony, however, will be modest in order …

Features

Athens Mayor tells diaspora why Athens is the next big thing

Athens is alluring, even at the worst of times, when it does as it has done for millennia – survive, resist and prosper, while building from its hotchpotch of layers …

Athens defies curfews: conjuring the days of Papathemelis during the global pandemic

In February 1994, Greece’s former public order minister Stelios Papathemelis imposed a 2am curfew on the operating of bars and nightclubs. The goal was to limit noise pollution, but the …

Life

Ancient games for young and old to play at Kafenio talks and workshops

Candace Richards, assistant Curator of the University of Sydney’s Nicholson Collection, has always been interested in board games. As a child she played backgammon, and she was glad to turn …

Sport

Tsitsipas’ unlikely upset following Sakkari’s win against Osaka

Tennis player Hubert Hurkacz of Poland earned his first semi-final berth in a top-level ATP event after upsetting Greece’s tennis star Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Miami Open. The no. 26 …

Features

One Christian faith, two Easters: the search for religious unity

The standardisation of an Easter date for all Christian religions would solve many problems for Greek communities in the Antipodes who are prevented from celebrating Easter with the majority of …

Features

Wise Greece’s head for business, heart for compassion and taste for Greece’s culinary delights

For the past seven years, Wise Greece founder/director Melina Taprantzi has been “trying to prove that Greece is wise”, and is using social enterprise to do so. The business concept …

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Hellenic RSL President welcomes extra support to help veterans secure employment

Veterans will benefit from specialised one-on-one support to help them find employment or change careers through the Support for Employment (SFE) program launched this week. Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and …

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