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Finding Agapi
Do you remember professor Julius Sumner Miller? ‘Why is it so?” he would ask. Have you ever had a ‘Why is it so’ moment?” I have. Allow me to tell …
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Diatribe: Peter Jasonides and Epirus
My first conversation with the late Peter Jasonides relating to Epirus took place at a Pontian «παρακάθ’». The traditional Pontian song «Τρυγόνα» was playing and we were comparing lyrics, as …
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Video used to stave off challenges to Wills
In 2023, my firm, HWL Ebsworth Lawyers, represented Stefen Kourkoulis, a solicitor with 37 years experience who recorded the execution of a Will prepared for a 90 year old woman …
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50 years of occupation: Commemorating Cyprus and calling for justice
This year is a sombre milestone which serves as a reminder that the occupation of a large part of our island has been ongoing for far too long. In 1974, …
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Cypriots and Hellenes stand together 50 years after Turkish Invasion
For Cypriots the division of Cyprus is deeply and personally felt. Its Hellenic history dating back thousands of years is what Cypriots have in common with all Greeks, both in …
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Diatribe: The island of missing trees ‘The tragedy of Cyprus’
In Turkish author Elif Shafak’s 2021 novel: “The Island of Missing Trees,” the trauma of the division of two communities is highlighted through the discovery of her hybrid past by …
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A tragic ending and injustice for Zak Kostopoulos
I will start from the end to the beginning. Regarding Zak/Zackie, it ended badly and unfairly, with a crushing defeat. Today, Greek society learned that one can kill a person …
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The French democratic arc has worked as left and right united to block Marine Le Pen
I’ve argued often that the question isn’t whether a new crisis will occur but where and when. This time, it happened here in France, just a few weeks before the …
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The overlooked female ‘Xoomer’
If the hallmarks of market attractiveness are sustainability, market size and economic value, this broad demographic footprint has it all. And it’s growing. Of the 5.3 million Baby Boomers in …
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The Diaspora dimension of a forthcoming book on the Greek pension system
It was back in July 2021 when the (then) Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Diaspora Greeks addressed the Greek-Australian community as part of a special online dialogue series to …