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Food, agrotourism, and Greece: perfect together
What is agrotourism? How does it overlap with food tourism? What good is it? We can explore these questions with examples from Greece, one of the European countries trying to …
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When ancient Greek statues speak
Every day in Athens people stroll past ancient statues; statues that were sculpted in classical times. But imagine if these statues could talk and tell their stories; stories of a …
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The Brothers Macedonian
A centuries-old conflict in a region known for discord has returned, once again, to the headlines. The so-called Macedonian Question—in this case, most specifically, what name to assign to this …
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Taking Melbourne’s Hellenic Anzac Story to Canberra
Last week saw Melbourne’s Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee travel to Canberra to promote and build support for its new initiatives in Greece and Australia. Vice President Christina Despoteris and myself, …
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Elena Tsolakis talks about taking her family’s architectural legacy to the next level
Elena Tsolakis is the director of Kyriakos Tsolakis Architects, carrying her father’s legacy while blazing her own path in the field of international architecture. Having been named Business Woman of …
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How Tony Rafty risked his life to cover the Cyprus conflict
Listen, if they wake up that you’re Greek we might start another war,” the late Australian journalist James Cunningham told Tony Rafty, as they attempted to cross into the Turkish …
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Nick Giannopoulos: ‘I’ll tell you what wog face is’
“I will tell you what wog face is,” Nick Giannopoulos says in response to accusations that the characters he has been playing on stage, television and film are akin to …
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‘Hi, I’m George and I build robots’
Imagine a robot traversing a field of crops detecting how healthy a plant is, how much water it needs, what disease it’s carrying, as well as pinpointing and destroying dangerous …
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Steve Tsoukalas, guardian of the Sydney Opera House
Steve (Skevos) Tsoukalas is a man of the arts. Not in the conventional denotation of the term, but that doesn’t really change anything; Steve is an artist, still. From 1968 …
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Wandering the Mediterranean
While major life events are often credited for instigating radical change, there are times when all it takes is a lightbulb moment for someone to reassess their priorities. This is …