“Lord Byron’s portrait on the wall And the cast iron statuette With folded arms and eyes bent low, Cocked hat and melancholy brow.” – Pushkin, Eugene Onegin Only the initiated …

Relay-runners are now carrying the Olympic torch to Paris. With the 2024 Olympics fast approaching, debate is again heating up about what countries spend on national Olympic teams. Our own …

This year, like every other, Anzac Day will be commemorated in Greece. Preparations are under way to ensure that here in Greece we remember the 700 Australians and 1200 New …

Ages are often defined by the media and technologies available. We now live in a world as a virtual café, where, however, the “sidebar chats” off-screen and offline may not …

Theia Tsintesa was not anyone’s auntie but try telling her that, when she fixed you with her penetrating green eyes and twirled the hairs on the mole that adorned her …

I am delighted to return to Greece almost 10 years after the end of my term as Australia’s ambassador, the first Greek-born Australian ambassador to Greece and the first woman …

Greek parliamentarians were in Australia last week to commemorate the 1821 Revolution of Independence. Konstantinos Vlassis of New Democracy, former deputy minister of foreign affairs for Greeks abroad; Theodora Tzakri …

Commemoration for the Battle of Greece and Crete is now upon us. As such Greeks throughout the world will do what they do best. Pay tribute to the fallen and …

In Athens, Nick is visiting the ruins of the Acropolis for the very first time. Well, not really, for there exists a dog toothed photograph of him being held in …

The Twenty Fifth of March, the day in which the Greek people celebrate the re-genesis of their nation should be a day of jubilation. Regardless as to whether chooses to …