Nikos Fotakis
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Eurogroup deal far from ‘clean exit’ Tsipras government was aiming for
Last week, the Greek government celebrated the ‘end of the memorandum era’ after the Eurogroup meeting reached an agreement on the final bailout program and an outline of the next …
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Running on edge
It takes a certain kind of mindset to get to compete in a Marathon. It also takes hard training, resilience, determination, willpower and patience. It takes ten time these qualities, …
Dialogue –
Will the ABC meet the fate of ERT?
There are coincidences and then there is this. My social media timeline had barely recovered from the flood of posts commemorating the five-year anniversary of the abrupt closure of the …
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The strange case, and stranger arrest, of Artemis Sorras
In a turn of events that serve as a definition of ‘irony’, Artemis Sorras was arrested last weekend in the south-eastern Athens suburb of Alimos, after 16 months in hiding. …
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Oakleigh left cold by the uneventful game between Australia and Denmark
The most vivid, remarkable reactions of the people watching the soccer game between Australia and Denmark last night in Oakleigh are not easy to put on paper. Not only because …
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An electronic wallet fit for a currency revolution
When he tries to explain the concept behind his latest venture, George Parthimos uses the Gold Rush metaphor: “People are going to look for gold,” he says. “What we do …
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Australian media and academia riding the #MeToo movement
It’s been eight months since the Harvey Weinstein scandal took Hollywood by storm, creating a chain reaction to the film industry as a whole. Australia could not remain unaffected and …
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‘The modern purpose of a royal family in Greece doesn’t exist’
The story, posted on the ABC News website, makes for a very fascinating read: “For five very brief hours in 1981, Prince Nikolaos was allowed to enter the country his …
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‘The santouri is my surfboard, I travel the world on it’
It’s been 15 years since Marios Papadeas was last in Melbourne, playing with Apodimi Kompania. In the meantime, the santouri virtuoso has continued to broaden his CV, playing alongside some …
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‘We are the first who said that we’ll remove the level crossings and we did it’
“I’m not a champion of level crossings” Steve Dimopoulos says, when we start talking, but anyone following the Labor MP on Facebook may have a different view. For the past …