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From Nicosia to Melbourne: 134 love letters emerge 60 years on
In 1962, Neophytos Charalambous who lived in Melbourne got engaged to Eleni Georgiou, a girl seven years his junior from Maroni, a small village in Larnaca, Cyprus. They had never …
Choice of hampers that will send you on a gourmet journey to Hellas
“Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes” is a Latin phrase that means “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts” The words, from Virgil’s epic The Aeneid, that were uttered by a Trojan, but would …
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Free online seminar on elder abuse and family violence
Family violence is a topic that has made the headlines much too often lately, mainly due to the pressure of COVID-19 on many families. Informing the community about the issue, …
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Filmmaker Alex Proyas pushes on with projects despite the challenges of the year of COVID -19
If there was something COVID-19 could not do, it was to keep filmmaker Alex Proyas from getting on with his work. The pandemic may have slowed down plans to push …
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Greek language learning in the pandemic era: Interview with Dionysios Arkadianos
As language loss becomes a key issue of concern in the antipodes, updated research is focused on helping the diaspora keep Greek alive. Dionysios Arkadianos, a computational linguist and instructional …
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Early Christmas treat laid out for Pankoaki Brotherhood children
After many months in COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne, third- and fourth-generation children of Koan heritage could not contain their excitement when they received a visit by Santa on Sunday, December …
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‘Athens is the new Athens’, virtual event explores the creative wave in Greece’s capital
“Athens is the new Berlin” was a catch-cry that echoed throughout Greece and the diaspora from the moment the statement was uttered by Nicholas Bellavance-Lecompte, co-founder of Carwan Gallery in …
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Redefining the Dowry Box: Bringing tradition into the modern age
Have you ever walked into a room in your family home and wondered what that ginormous chest covered in doilies was hiding? In many traditional ethnic societies, it was understood …
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Register for THI’s webinar with Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, President of Greece 2021 Committee
In 2021, Greece will celebrate 200 years since the start of the War of Independence and the creation of the modern Greek state. Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, President of the Greece 2021 …
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The fascinating world of nanotechnology and the LTFN lab of Aristotle University
What is the connection between a sunbed that generates energy from the sun or a bus stop where passengers can charge their mobile phones and a university research laboratory? The …