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The best fish and chips in Victoria are Greek – again!
Greek fish and chip shops are winning one award after another. Following the Greek-owned Golden Flake’s top gong award at the 2019 National Fish and Chips awards, the people have …
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Pomegranate fruit, the Greek elixir that France can’t get enough of
The multiple benefits of pomegranate fruit are no secret. It fights cancer, helps in cell rejuvenation and is easy to grow. Producer and exporter Stefanos Kassidis, whose company in Ditiko, …
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Memories of Armenia, a Greek Armenian photographer shows fortune sealed by history
The last developments in the Middle East recalled the memories from 2015 when the Armenians were marking the 1915 Genocide and I was doing my documentary photography project on the …
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Nick Gnafakis a future master chef
Nick Gnafakis won the National Apprentice Cookery Competition in Canberra earlier this month. The Melbourne Polytechnic student won best third-year apprentice in the Victorian state final (Australian TAFE Culinary Trophy), …
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Feast day of Archangels Michael and Gabriel: see whose name day it is today
Today is the name day of those bearing the names Michael, Mike, Taxiarchis, Angelo, Efstratis, Efstratia, Matina, Michelle, Michaela, Stamatia, Stratigos, Panormitis, Gabriel, Mikayla, Mihalitsa, Taxiarhoula, Gabriella and more! The …
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Why Greek Australians are up to three times more likely to be misdiagnosed with dementia
When Matthew Staios first entered the field of neuropsychology, he was told that the cognitive tests available for the diagnosis of dementia were gold standard. And they are, if you …
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WHAT’S ON Guide: Greek-inspired events across Australia, 8 November onward
80th ANNIVERSARY GALA The Lemnian Community of Victoria is presenting its 80th Anniversary Gala this month. Formed in 1939 by Dimitrios Katakouzinos Blablanis, the community was created so that those …
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Go to the Greek islands if you must, but then there’s Nea Kerdillia
I went to Greece in May for four months. Throughout the duration of that time, I didn’t go to one single island. I stayed put in the village where I …
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Rebetiko Jam: Get your Greek on every Wednesday at the Triakosia
A jam between friends of rebetiko which was born last April as the brainchild of Con Kalamaras and Wayne Simmons has evolved into a weekly event that is always booked …
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‘Heroes & Hoplites’ display explores ancient Greek warfare at the Hellenic Museum
War was a constant reality in ancient Greece. The heroic stories of the Iliad and Odyssey were in many cases considered by the ancient Greeks as records of their cultural …