Opinion
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Macedonia and the Macedonians: A journey through history
The Macedonians are Greeks to the degree that the Spartans are Greeks, too. The Macedonians are Greeks of the Doric tribe, just like the Spartans, while the Athenians are Greeks …
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A letter to Alexis Tsipras from a frustrated Greek Australian
Dear Mr Tsipras, I am aware you have more pressing issues that need your attention, however, I feel the need to express some concerns and advocate for the average Greek …
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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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Your guide to Sunday’s Turkish elections, and what they mean for Greece
Since March 2014, Turkish voters have gone to the ballot box five times; two parliamentary elections, one local election, one presidential election and one constitutional referendum. Tomorrow, Turkey is heading …
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Godsiblings and avoiding ‘incest’: navigating the rules of Orthodox baptisms
It was time to baptise our son in the Greek Orthodox Church. He was now 10 months old, and I knew the priest wouldn’t be pleased; he preferred babies to …
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Macedonian maladroitness
In the 90s, which is the time that most Greek-Melburnians became aware of the ‘Macedonian’ issue, the natural inclination of the community was to express its solidarity with the Greek …
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Macedonia malign
Though the omens were there for those who could read them, it was an article in what is now the oldest newspaper of northern Greece, Macedonia, that provided the spark …
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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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Why ‘Prince’ Nikolaos?
A photographic exhibition by Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark is being launched at the Hellenic Museum in Melbourne. Titled ‘Phos: A Journey of Light’, the photos were captured in …