Nikos Fotakis
Life –
Telling stories through fashion, stitch by stitch
For Vivian Dourali, each of the garments she creates is a conversation starter and in the social media era, this conversation begins on Facebook. That is where she demonstrates her …
Dialogue –
United we stand
Last Wednesday morning, when we were all still in shock after the devastating fires that claimed so many lives in Attiki, I was called to speak to Jon Faine’s show …
Life –
Back to basics with acclaimed play Scaramouche Jones
It’s millenium eve, a date charged with symbolism, as most of humanity took time – in an almost obsessive-compulsive way – for reminiscence. For one man, it was the day …
Dialogue –
Vote in Greek elections? No thanks!
Do you remember the Greek elections of January 2015? It seems like it was decades ago, the way Greek politics work. But I remember it as if it was yesterday. …
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Renée Marie Petropoulos: ‘I want to film a dark comedy in Greece’
“It has been crazy!” Renée Marie Petropoulos exclaims, as she talks about the fairly recent experience of having her short film Tangles and Knots screened in two of the most …
Dialogue –
Patriots and pawns
To say that the agreement between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), that sees the latter changing its constitutional name from ‘Macedonia’ to ‘North Macedonia’ did not …
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‘We have to produce locally, but think globally’
It’s been four years since Wines of Greece, the association representing the country’s winemakers and vine growers, first organised a deployment in Australia, and each year has been more encouraging …
Life –
Kaliopi Stavropoulos: ‘Music saved my life’
Kaliopi Stavropoulos has kept her first guitar, the one she started playing when she was just a child, the scratch marks on one side paying testament to the difficulty she …
Dialogue –
Is the Greek president afraid of the Greek Australian wrath?
As soon as news of the cancellation of Prokopis Pavlopoulos’ visit to Australia broke, the Greek Australian social mediasphere caught fire – here are a few comments gathered from the …
Dialogue –
So, Alexis Tsipras wore a tie last week, and this means a lot
Some of us are old enough to have seen the theatrical movie teaser trailer for Rambo: First Blood Part II. It consisted of a sequence of close-up shots of various …