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Ouzo Festival is a bridge between Melbourne and Lesbos
You’d think that ouzo, a quintessentially Greek drink with protected designation of origin, would be an acquired taste. The dry anise-flavoured aperitif is made from surplus wine and lees from …
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Diana Rouvas gets set to battle it out on ‘Eurovision– Australia Decides’
For Diana Rouvas there isn’t a time she can remember before music. Her formal training started from just four years of age, though it started way before that. Her parents …
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National Archaeological Museum in Athens to host 1821 exhibition for Greek War of Independence bicentennial
As part of the celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the Greek War of Independence, the National Archaeological Museum in Athens has curated a special exhibition. Set to be inaugurated …
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Deep listening is essential to community engagement
Monday 2 February at Abbottsford Convent Arts Centre, a launch was held for the new book The Relationship is the Project. Respected Victorian Aboriginal Elder Uncle Larry, one of the …
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Greek migrants’ reunion to wake up “fresh off the boat” memories
Almost 70 years ago, in 1952, a bilateral agreement signed between Greece and Australia changed the future of many families and helped shape multicultural Australia as we know it today. …
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Neos Kosmos readers share their tips on making the best pastitsio
1. Love For most people, it’s not ‘what’ makes a good pastitsio, but ‘who’. Most of our readers nominated their mums and yiayiades as the makers of the best pastitsio. …
Zoe Ventoura’s gay kiss edited from Australian television
Greek Australian Home and Away star Zoe Ventoura, who plays Alex on the show, had one of her scenes, involving a lesbian kiss, cut out from the show. The scene …
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Can you say Gyros? Brits are getting it wrong
A study of 1,000 Brits by the Bolsover Cruise Club travel site tested foods that tourists mispronounce when abroad. Greek street food gyros, typically made of meat cooked on a …
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Greece ranks high as a travel destination in 2020 among British and Dutch travellers
Greece is hitting the mark as a holiday hotspot for 2020 with the Dutch and Brits indicating a preference for Greece as a choice destination. Dutch Greece won the Reisgraag …
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Legendary Greek fashion designer, Yannis Tseklenis has passed away, aged 82
Iconic fashion designer Yannis Tseklenis passed away on Wednesday, aged 82. Born in Athens, he went on to make a name for himself as Greece’s premier designer of the second …