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Generosity of Greek Australians astounds

In the past few weeks, I’ve received hundreds of them. Painstakingly drafted. Delivered with lots of love. Some even with cash wrapped inside them. All these letters have come from …

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Missing the bus

Eaton Mall does not exist. It has never existed. Instead, if GPY& R advertising agency, on behalf of Public Transport Victoria (PTV) are to be believed, the space occupied by …

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Skopje’s identity crisis

In 1983, Benedict Anderson developed a theory of nationalism known as the imagined community. Put simply, Anderson sought to establish how people who would likely never meet each other, and …

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Are children of newly-arrived migrants snubbing Greek School?

There is a variety of different providers of Greek language courses for school children in Melbourne: Government schools, independent schools, VSL and what many of us have grown up with, …

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Op-ed: Who says that English is proof of Australian values?

There is a quote that I came across, a while back, that resonated and I think it best describes a certain aspect of our lives: “broken English is the language …

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One-on-one with Alex Bhathal

I know Alex Bhathal. We would meet at our sons’ soccer game every Sunday for a season. She also used to ferry young African boys to the games when their …

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FYROM rally: A weekend of hate

When Slav-FYROM members of the community burnt Greek flags at their protest last Sunday, to the chant of “F*ck Greeks”, I became distressed. Had they chanted “F*ck Greece,” I would …

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Greek football reaches a new low

There are 195 countries in the world today. Imagine a country where a football match is played, the home team scores a goal, the referee after consulting with his assistant …

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A story about kourabiedes and identity theft

The whole affair took place while I was having a coffee with a friend at one of the cafes on Toorak Road, near my office. My friend a particularly patriotic …

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The Board of Management of the Greek Community of Melbourne responds to John Vithoulkas’ opinion piece ‘Whose hall is it anyway’

We refer to the opinion piece, written by a John Vithoulkas in Neos Kosmos, which was published on the online edition of Neos Kosmos on 2 March 2018, under the …

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