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Kon Karamountzos celebrates 25 years in ABC Radio Melbourne which marks its centenary this week
Kon Karamountzos has clocked 25 years as a producer for Radio ABC Melbourne, “A quarter of its 100 years of the station’s life.” The station, which began life in 1924 …
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Corinth honours WW2 veterans of the Battle of the Corinth Canal
Approaching the Corinth Canal crossing recently I stopped on the northern side and walked over to an area adjacent to the new Peloponnese Tourism Information Centre. It is here that …
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Push to screen Anzac The Greek Chapter documentary in Kalamata
Recent talks have advanced proposals for the screening in Greece of the unique new Australian documentary on the Anzacs in the Greek campaign. The Municipality of Kalamata is joining that …
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No children left on Greece’s famed but emptying island
When winter draws in on Antikythera, the already meagre population of the isolated Greek island shrinks to almost nothing. “There are 20 to 25 of us, no children, no bakery,” …
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Mike Zervos takes on Melbourne Marathon in a ‘race against racism’
Mike Zervos OAM is all set to complete his 21st marathon when he features in Melbourne’s annual event, with the 69-year-old putting his body to the limits in a ‘race …
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Kastellorizo’s Australian Diaspora – A tale of cultural endurance
“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” – T. …
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The Peloponnese’s Mani to join Greek Campaign commemorative trail in April 2025
Recently I made the journey across the Mani region of the Peloponnese to visit again the lovely coastal towns of Kardamyli and Trahila. I did so at the invitation of …
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After 30 years of searching, Australian Greek woman reunites with biological family in Greece
Theodora Sullivan is jetlagged and emotional after a whirlwind trip to Greece where she met her biological sister, Maria, her birth mother, and another sister, a three-decade search. She was …
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The Greek professor who spearheaded a novel drug for schizophrenia
Professor Arthur (Athanasios) Christopoulos, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash University, is at the centre of a significant discovery that promises to bring radical changes to the …
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Cousins from Australia and Messinia reunite on the paths of their ancestors
Last Saturday the village of Karveli in Messinia became the centre of an emotional family reunion, where the past met the present. Descendants of the Ligouris, Kourambas, and Valsamaki families …