Zoe Thomaidou
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Daring Cretan adventure: exploring Greece’s deepest caves thrills young Greek-Australian adventurer
Greek Australian parents get excited when their children travel to Greece on their own initiative, but maybe less so if your 22-year-old says they will begin their trip hundreds of …
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George Paxinos on ‘Greek Brain Shrinkage’ and the debate of nature vs nurture in science
‘May your brain shrink less than expected for your age.’ This is how Professor George Paxinos signs off his emails and the one wish he offers Neos Kosmos readers at …
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Melbourne’s young Greek dancers amass for #folkGRooves – the inaugural folk festival for and by the young
Some of Melbourne’s younger Greek dancers and musicians are excited ahead of the inaugural #folkGRooves, a festival on the last Sunday of this month at St John’s Greek Orthodox College …
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Opinion: How EU’s largest fire on record was met with Greek state silence
I am writing this from Alexandroupolis, capital city of the Evros region, the epicentre of Greece’s wildfires this summer. We are well into the second week since the first blaze …
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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 …