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Immigration Museum backtracks to the future
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” said Shakespeare, but the proposed name change of the Immigration Museum to the Museum of Shared Humanity has become a …
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History matters: Lonsdale Akropolis Club bombing of 1928
At 10pm, on Saturday evening, 1 December 1928, Melbourne was rocked by the sound of two explosions. The Akropolis Club in Lonsdale Street, a premises owned by Samian immigrant Nikolaos …
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Letter: Farewell of a Laconian community President
It has been a great honour to lead the Laconian Community as President of the Pallaconian Brotherhood – Leonidas. I wish to thank all members of the Laconian Community for …
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Human Rights Watch pens open letter to Greek PM Mitsotakis
Dear Prime Minister Mitsotakis, On behalf of Human Rights Watch, I would like to extend my congratulations on your swearing in as Prime Minister, following Greece’s national elections. Human Rights …
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Web Words: Smoking ban to be enforced in Greece
Greece’s newly-elected government has committed to implement a law, banning smoking in enclosed public places. This law is of course not new; it has existed since 2008 but in over …
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Greece: Was it suicide or murder?
Pundits from the left, from the right and from the centre cannot stop reporting about Greece’s misery. And rightly so because the vast majority of her people live in deep …
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Cyprus caught in a geopolitical quandary: problems and opportunities
I noted with interest the speech of the Cyprus Ambassador to Greece at The Athens of World Hellenic Interparliamentary Association which contained a message of optimism and a message of …
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How to stop the free fall and get young people back to Church
I read Jeana Vithoulkas’s opinion piece recently and was not surprised to find many valid points. Shared experiences too. But I’d like to raise the stakes. Up the ante. Instead …
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Language of love: a quarter of Australians are in an inter-ethnic relationship
Australians have become much more diverse over the last few decades. In 2018, 29 per cent of Australians were born overseas, the most it has ever been since the late …
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ECCV Chairperson Kris Pavlidis responds to Immigration Museum name change
Dear Neos Kosmos reader, The Immigration Museum has become an iconic Victorian institution, recognised internationally for preserving our shared immigrant heritage, valuing our rich and vibrant multicultural society and honouring …