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Australian researchers investigating drought-tolerant grape varieties from Cyprus
With Australia increasingly experiencing high temperatures and low rainfall, the country’s wine producers are facing a huge challenge, with more and more pressure being placed on water resources. To help …
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Greek film director Athina Rachel Tsangari signs to direct BBC TV series ‘Trigonometry’
Athina Rachel Tsangari has an exciting new project coming up, this time turning her attention to the small screen. The award-winning Greek film director has signed up to direct BBC …
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WHAT’S ON Guide: Greek-inspired events across Australia, 12 July onward
VIC ‘THALASSA’ ART EXHIBITION Stella Zicopoulos-Greig’s latest solo exhibition of oil paintings ‘Thalassa’ explores the artist’s cultural identity and lifelong relationship with the sea. As a child of Greek migrants, …
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Meet the Greek Australian founder of Byzanfest, the world’s first online Orthodox Christian short film festival
It was in 2013 at the foothills of Meteora, one of the largest complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, that Chris Vlahonasios, a longtime cinephile, was first struck with the idea …
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Etiko gets Good Design Award for Fashion Impact
Melbourne-based clothing label, Etiko, has received a Good Design Award Winner Accolade in the Fashion Impact category in recognition for outstanding design and innovation. The Good Design Awards Jury praised …
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Brexit and Alcibiades: Populism, demagoguery and fake news
Does the ancient Greek world of politics – from which ‘democracy’ and indeed ‘politics’ are ultimately derived – have any light to shed on the current UK Brexit catastrophe (another …
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Oldest human skull outside Africa identified as 210,000 years old
A 210,000-year-old human skull found in Greece shows that the human species left Africa much earlier than previously thought. The exciting discovery was published in a new study in Nature …
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Cyprus tells Sweden to stop “defaming” its halloumi cheese
Swedish food expert Anna Richert of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said that eating Cyprus halloumi could be worse than eating meat because of the high levels of antibiotics Cypriot …
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Graffiti in Cyprus paints a rich and complex picture of this divided society
All too often, graffiti is categorised as either art or vandalism, when in fact it’s so much more than that. When read with special attention, graffiti can offer deep insights …
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Events seeking justice for Cyprus being held around Australia
JUSTICE FOR CYPRUS SOUGHT IN NSW 14 July: The Justice for Cyprus Co-coordinating Committee are organising a fundraiser lunch, to raise money for the expenses for the Commemoration of the …