Opinion
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Strong words advanced against Australia from the Serbian President over the Anti-Vaxxer- Djokovic
Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić posted a four-minute video on Instagram on Saturday titled: “Support for Novak Djokovic and response to the Prime Minister of Australia”. President Vučić said it was …
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Goodbye my friend – Ulysses arrives in Ithaca
Monday 3 January was warm and bright. Ulysses, Odysseus, died. If there is god, then Ulysses Kokkinos was on-side that day. The man who entertained a generation of fans, on …
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Love people, use things: John Vithoulkas in response to worry over the fate of Greek associations
I would like to thank Dean Kalymniou and Alex Economou for their articles relating to the future of Hellenism in Australia and the position of the many Greek organisations. Beyond …
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Diatribe: Ancient Greeks – Athletes, warriors, heroes and… thieves
One of the first things that I discovered about my late lamented father in law upon meeting him for the first time was that unbeknownst to us, we had crossed …
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The Passion of the Greek Diaspora for their homeland
Last year’s bicentennial celebrations of the Greek revolution of 1821 have spotlighted the passion of the Greek Diaspora for their homeland. The celebrations revealed that the contemporary Greek Diaspora has …
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Diatribe: Selling the farm
Of all Greek brotherhood buildings around Melbourne, one of the ones I have the fondest memories of, is that of Pontiaki Koinotita in Brunswick. For years, its Friday night Taverna …
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Peter Adamis shares his New Year’s resolutions
As humans we live on in the knowledge that life will become better no matter what challenges we have yet to face. For some, life can change in a twinkling …
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Diatribe: A Nightingale in Greece
In 1850, British public opinion of Greece had hit rock bottom. Some years earlier, in 1847 James Mayer de Rothschild had been visiting Athens during the Greek Orthodox Easter to …
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Dora Houpis sees more in the classical Greek alphabet than COVID-19 ‘variants of concern’
The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced in May 2021 it would use the letters of the classical Greek alphabet to identify COVID-19 “variants of concern”. Doing so was a simple, …
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Billy Cotsis on testing issues and COVID-19 crisis management in NSW
The State had essentially relaxed ways to proactively enforce some of the measures which were in place until 15 December. In fact, from the start of December. The Premier seems …