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Letter from Spain: My Greek School regrets
Growing up in Melbourne, I was just your average Greek-Australian kid who wasn’t exactly enamoured when told I had to attend Saturday morning Greek school. My father and uncle conspired …
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Running out of fuel
For the past twenty years, I have always kept track of French strikes, it is a fascinating topic in my opinion. Every time there is a strike, a wealth of …
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Diatribe: Antipodes and Asia Minor
I think that the members of the Greek Australian Cultural League of Melbourne would forgive me for expressing the wish that this year’s edition of their literary journal “Antipodes”, being …
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The Third YiaYia
Yiayia Alexandra was born on the 13 January 1929 in Drama, Greece and passed away on 9 August 2022. With her three siblings they lived through hard times as the …
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Multiculturalism – 50 years on
The 2022 Laki Jayasuriya Oration was delivered by Dr Anne Aly MP and titled, Why we need to recalibrate our approach to multiculturalism. The oration, organised by the University of …
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Greece has tilted towards air superiority over Turkey
The question of air superiority between Greece and Turkey in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean stems back to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 according to Vassilis Nedos …
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Diatribe: In a town of Osroene
My passionate Armenian friends are wincing. I am relating to them the story of a half Iranian, half Armenian friend who, being of mixed ethnic and religious heritage, was ostracised …
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Democracy festival
Spring in Victoria is renowned for festivals that provide ample opportunities for us to end our winter hibernation. This year there will be the Organs of Ballarat Goldfields music festival, …
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Ottomans: a misfortune for Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean
In the last 20 years Turkey has nostalgically promoted its war industry with the main aim of once again becoming a major regional power in order to impose its will …
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Building the future together
Once again, congratulations to all Lefkadians, friends and their families in Victoria, on achieving this milestone anniversary. It is a fabulous achievement. For a club to survive 80 years requires …