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Greek Australian volunteers in Rhodes say ‘if it weren’t for locals, the whole island would have burnt’

It took 11 days for the bushfires in the Greek island of Rhodes to be officially declared under control. Early estimates paint a bleak picture of over 200,000 acres burnt, …

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Greco-Japanese dance collaboration unites cultures

Nicole Kiriakidis had made all arrangements for her husband’s 50th birthday celebration. “She asked me a year ago whether I prefer to have a party or a holiday.” George Kiriakidis …

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Identifying as a curvy female adventurer? Hannah’s Greek solo travel story is for you.

Before her first trip outside of Canada in 2011, Hannah Logan had never been on a plane. But travelling became a ‘love at first sight’ moment for the Ottawa native …

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Melbourne family delivers Greek folk dance workshop in first visit to Japan (video)

Greek Australian folk dancer and musician George Kiriakidis is travelling in Japan these days with his family for a special 50th birthday milestone celebration. Alongside wife Nicole and their children …

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Natasha Papasavas: ‘Without dad I wouldn’t have done law; but he never expected me to’

“Dad was always an inspiration to me,” Natasha Papasavas tells Neos Kosmos in a candid conversation, sharing publicly for the first time, insights into their relationship. The Melburnian mother of …

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‘I think I know this man’: When your Greek mum serves Ed Sheeran a burger

“You go anywhere in the world with his photo and people know him,” Greg Pappas tells Neos Kosmos with a giggle over the phone on Wednesday. A day earlier, the …

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‘Dying at home’ can be your best last choice, and there’s a program for it

When her husband Gerard passed, Helen-Anne Manion (née Servetopoulos) and the whole family were by his side. Literally. “My grandchildren, and four children they were all here, my son came …

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Natasha Papasavas: remembering Dad, ‘the Father of the Antipodes Festival’

We’ve all been to Melbourne’s biggest Greek Festival on Lonsdale street. But not many of us are familiar with the story behind its creation, or those leading figures who helped …

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Dream Greek wedding with a non-Greek? Here’s how Penelope and Lorenzo did it.

Brisbane journalist Penelope Pelecas had a typical Greek Australian upbringing with the lot. “I went to Sunday school, Greek school, did Greek dancing and things like perform at the yearly …

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Emerging director Margaret Thanos on her London move, activism and ‘Meraki’

The year looks busy for Margaret Thanos. Five months in Sydney, seven months London and a stint in the United States. All this is after a brimful 2022. “It was …

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