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Celebrating the ‘failed’ FYROM name referendum? Not so fast!

If you want proof that the ‘name issue’ that has plagued relationships between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is a very complicated one, you should just …

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Let’s talk about discrimination and homophobia and the impact on mental health and relationships!

Pronia through SKEPSI Mental Health Project provides information, support, education, advocacy, counselling and referral service to specialist services for people with various sexual orientations and their families who may be …

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Inherent cruelty

“Why are you leaving? Where are you going? Stay here, we will all be poor together,” my wife’s friend said when we announced that we were migrating. “It’s not poverty …

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Saturday sport and the Greek resistance

“Galamoo!” the freckled, red haired sports teacher roared across the astro-turf, sending flecks of spit in my direction. I glanced at him nonchalantly, marvelling at how the Australian sports teacher …

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The Greek Academy of Melbourne reloaded

“Myrivilis’ «Η Ζωή εν Τάφω» is an anti-war novel.” “No! Did you read that bit where they meet the Russians on the hill and they are speaking Greek? It glorifies …

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‘Star Wogs: The Ethnics Strike Back’

The title to the show currently playing at the Comedy Theatre is particularly apt, though regrettably, no reference to Star Wars, a genre that lends itself to infinite parody, is …

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Moscow and Constantinople clash over Ukrainian autocephaly

Ukraine’s pressing ecclesiastical issue has provoked a fierce rift between the Orthodox churches of Russia and Constantinople, with the powerful Patriarchate of Moscow warning the Ecumenical Patriarchate that the latter’s …

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The Hangover

“Βρε, what’s that on your arm?” I pointed to my friend’s prodigious muscular upper arm, bulging from within the confines of a particularly tight t-shirt. He looked at me warily …

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Looking for hope

For all the talk about a ‘brain-drain’ that has deprived Greece from a much valuable human capital, minimising the country’s resources, which would lead to growth and prosperity, there is …

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Fading light

The death of a child is always heartbreaking, but when it is by suicide, it is as devastating as it gets, with long term negative psychosocial effects for those left …

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