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Facebook group for Greek orphans seeking answers
Aside from greater access to DNA testing, social media has proven to be invaluable in connected displaced individuals like Ioannis Kalos with their families. This month marks three years since …
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Free Pronia information session on foot health
As part of Pronia’s Exercise Program and Health Literacy, a free information session on The Health of our Feet is being offered. Open to all members of the community, it …
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Famous food vlogger Emmymadeinjapan tries Greek special forces food
One of the world’s most famous foodies, Emmy Cho known – widely known on YouTube as Emmymadeinjapan – has taken it upon herself to taste and rate the weirdest foods. …
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‘The Lady of Ro’ comes to Australia, a play about a heroic woman
Despina Achladioti, otherwise known as the “Lady of Ro” is the woman who single-handedly raised the Greek flag every morning on the remote island of Ro, off Kastellorizo. The woman, …
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Vissi reduced Australian tour fee after threat to fill Rod Laver with homeless hecklers
Facing financial disaster after disastrous ticket sales, desperate times had called for desperate measures during Greek superstar Anna Vissi’s 2002 Australian tour, so promoter Michael Chugg called in his ‘Mr …
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Vallejo Gantner brings experience and excellence to Onassis Foundation in New York
Afternoon mid February in Athens it is cold and sunny and we sat on the balcony of an apartment sipping cloudy ouzo and eating salty olives. We did this almost …
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Medea in the era of #MeToo
As part of the Festival Hellenika 2019 program, a second talk will be presented on the Greek mythological figure Medea. But this time around with an entirely different and fresh …
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Greek Australian doctor instrumental to changing clinical practice in most IVF clinics
Dr Christos Venetis’ work has gained international recognition and has been instrumental in changing the clinical practice in most IVF clinics worldwide. Currently the Senior Coordinator of Clinical Research at IVF …
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What? You won’t eat the meat? – ‘It’s a sin!’
No, this is not a piece on the Pet Shop Boys’ iconic song. It’s a piece on a phrase I haven’t stopped hearing since going full vegan in January. Oh, …
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Beauty, make-up and female bonding at the Make-Up Workshop Master Class at Vogue Ballroom
Young women were transformed on Monday evening during at the educational Make-Up Workshop Master Class at Vogue Ballroom. Make-up artist and hairdresser Chrissy Tasios hosted the workshop for women of …