Opinion
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Skopje’s identity crisis
In 1983, Benedict Anderson developed a theory of nationalism known as the imagined community. Put simply, Anderson sought to establish how people who would likely never meet each other, and …
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Are children of newly-arrived migrants snubbing Greek School?
There is a variety of different providers of Greek language courses for school children in Melbourne: Government schools, independent schools, VSL and what many of us have grown up with, …
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Op-ed: Who says that English is proof of Australian values?
There is a quote that I came across, a while back, that resonated and I think it best describes a certain aspect of our lives: “broken English is the language …
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One-on-one with Alex Bhathal
I know Alex Bhathal. We would meet at our sons’ soccer game every Sunday for a season. She also used to ferry young African boys to the games when their …
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FYROM rally: A weekend of hate
When Slav-FYROM members of the community burnt Greek flags at their protest last Sunday, to the chant of “F*ck Greeks”, I became distressed. Had they chanted “F*ck Greece,” I would …
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Greek football reaches a new low
There are 195 countries in the world today. Imagine a country where a football match is played, the home team scores a goal, the referee after consulting with his assistant …
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A story about kourabiedes and identity theft
The whole affair took place while I was having a coffee with a friend at one of the cafes on Toorak Road, near my office. My friend a particularly patriotic …
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The Board of Management of the Greek Community of Melbourne responds to John Vithoulkas’ opinion piece ‘Whose hall is it anyway’
We refer to the opinion piece, written by a John Vithoulkas in Neos Kosmos, which was published on the online edition of Neos Kosmos on 2 March 2018, under the …
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Whose hall is it anyway?
Making communities shouldn’t come at a cost, writes John Vithoulkas.
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Why Turkey wants to invade the Greek Islands
Although Turkey knows that the islands are legally and historically Greek, Turkish authorities want to occupy and Turkify them.