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A critical overview of the updated strategic plan of Greece for its diaspora

The Department of Foreign Affairs of Greece is seeking public recommendations for its updated version of its strategic plan for Ecumenical Hellenism for the period 2024 – 2027. The plan …

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Diatribe: With Syrmos in Agioi Saranta

The sun, bruised and swollen as if ripe to burst from the repeated blows and ravages of the centuries, leaned exhausted over the sea, shining upon it a phosphorescent path …

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Hypocrisy and reality in Australian foreign policy

While it may be the reality that selective government sanctions on companies and individuals are of limited value in the real world, they serve as powerful symbols. They state that …

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Both sides of Cypriot diaspora must stand together

On July 21, 2024, Melbourne’s Federation Square was filled with more than 2,000 Greeks and Greek Cypriots and their supporters. The event was to commemorate the beginning of the brutal …

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Exposing Black Cladding: The hidden threat to Aboriginal business integrity

Black Cladding is a practice which exploits cultural identity for financial gain and undermines Aboriginal entrepreneurs of opportunities. It is unethical and often illegal, and works against Closing the Gap …

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Diatribe: The judgement of Paris

“It may be that the tableau with the drag queens is not blasphemous, but none the less, but whatever happened to aesthetics?” my friend threw up her hands and winced …

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Rest in peace Efstathia Spiropoulos

Our beloved Efstathia Spiropoulos was born 10th June 1920 in the midst of the Turkish Greco War of Asia Minor. She was born in a little village called Flessiada outside …

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Institutional successes and failures of the Greek Third Republic (1974-2024)

I was seven-years-old on July 24, 1974, as Thessaloniki celebrated, and the chant “he’s coming!” sounded from cars, the streets and balconies. The optimism of those days was vindicated. Fifty …

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A Greek estate with a foreign divorce

Due to the fact that millions of Greeks emigrated from Greece to other countries mainly during the second half of the 20th century, there are now many estates in Greece, …

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Mutual respect

July 21, 2024 at approximately 1.30pm at Federation Square in Melbourne. The crowd was gathering. A cool winters day and fortunately the rain held off, unfortunately so did the sun. …

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