Christmas 1992, my first official Christmas as a permanent resident of Greece. I had arrived in the summer of that year, wide-eyed and daisy fresh, with a passion for Greece …

One month before my sixteenth Christmas, my uncle in Athens telephoned my maternal grandmother to tell her that he would be over for lunch, as soon as he finished work. …

In the days leading up to Christmas, an expatriate nurse tells the readers of Neos Kosmos about how the state has taken the children from Greek-Australian drug users and has …

All is not looking rosy for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s authoritarian president. Once feted for presiding over what was generally considered a regional success story, his stock is falling rapidly …

Unlike the far-reaching Athenian direct-democracy (508 until 322 BCE) where people had a direct say and influence on the decision-making affairs of the city-state, the noble principle of direct democracy …

Victoria’s Liberal Leader Michael O’Brien has added his voice to those of other politicians from all side of the political spectrum for the continuation of Greek Studies in Victoria with …

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison addressed Australia’s multicultural communities in an end-of-year wrap.  This year has asked a great deal of our multicultural communities. You’ve all been called on to …

When I was first invited to become a Board Director of Australia Greek Welfare Society (PRONIA), I was not aware of the magnitude of the responsibility I was accepting. Although …

Tributes flowed following the death of Greek-American senator Paul Sarbanes, a Maryland Democrat who served in the US Congress for more than thirty years. Born to Greek immigrants in Maryland …

The term “deep state” was coined in the 1990s to refer to bureaucratic resistance to government strongmen (eg. Tayyip Recep Erdogan). Yet, it characterises a traditional concept in political science, …