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Being Christos Nikou: Interview with the director of the Greek Oscar nomination
As an unpredictable, sweeping pandemic causes people in Apples, the Greek nomination for the Oscars, to develop sudden amnesia, a man finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to …
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Rewriting the history of Hellenism in Australia
In 1988, when Australia celebrated its 200th anniversary since the commencement of its oppressive and violent white settlement, the then publishing house of McPhee Gribble/Penguin, published a four-volume thematic history …
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Orthodox church in Zimbabwe keeps flame alive with Greek community support
The churchgoers’ response to Fr George Glafcoss is immediate and their singing is spontaneous and continuous. The sound of the many voices rises above the rafters and seems to lift …
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Captain George Kailis unveils the reality of a career in aviation
For every pilot who has gotten you from A to B, there is a missed birthday, a missed wedding and precious time missed with family. Despite this being the path …
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Charged with keeping Victoria Police image in focus in all situations
It may be something to do with her Spartan heritage but there is something of the warrior in Anthoula Moutis. Not that she is a forbidding person, far from it. …
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Golden Greeks of Ballarat paved the way for generations of the future
What the Golden Fleece was to Jason and the Argonauts, the fabulous gold deposits of Ballarat were to the “Golden Greeks” of the mid 19th Century. Gold was discovered in …
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Howzat! The story of Hellenic Cricket – from Corfu to Lemnos and Melbourne
When we think of Greece we don’t usually think of playing or watching a game of cricket at a local village green. But cricket indeed has a long history in …
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RECIPE: Vasilopita with Chocolate Ganache from Sweet Greek’s Kathy Tsaples
New Year’s Eve is fast approaching, which means it is almost vasilopita time. Kathy Tsaples, founder of Sweet Greek, has generously shared a particularly special vasilopita recipe with a chocolate …
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Cross-cultural love and Christmas tidings
This story first appeared in Neos Kosmos on 24 December, 2019. By the mid 1980s up to 40 per cent of all Greek Australians were marrying outside their cultural …
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At a Greek Christmas the table groans with a rich and varied fare
Christmas in Greece does not have the carry the same religious weigh as Easter. The Greek festive season, which lasts from 30 November to 6 January, is a time for …