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A Greek coffee a day keeps old age away
Researchers found that Greek coffee is the richest in polyphenols, helping arterial circulation and therefore reducing the risk of heart disease without making a coffee drinker as edgy as other …
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6-year-old piano prodigy Stelios Kerasidis to play at Carnegie Hall [WATCH]
It was a little bit over a year ago when young Stelios Kerasidis made his first TV appearance on ‘Greece’s Got Talent’ playing Beethoven like a professional pianist. The 6-year-old …
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Ten + 1 traditional Greek delicacies you need to try or stir away from
When travelling to Greece, a non-Greek is usually advised to try certain staple Hellenic cuisine dishes like moussaka, dolmadakia, souvlaki, gemista, giouvetsi, stuffed calamari and so on, and compare the …
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Alexis Panselinos: ‘A writer must stand courageously in front of the mirror that is his art’
Alexis Panselinos (born 1943 in Athens, Greece) is an award-winning Greek novelist and translator. He is the son of the poet and author Assimakis Panselinos (1903-1984) and Ephie Pliatsika-Panselinos (1907-1997), …
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Singing her way to glory
Nine years of age seems to be a little early in a person’s life to be accomplishing anything too significant, or setting life goals. And yet, Olivia Giannikopoulos seems to …
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Art as part of a resistance movement
“I thought I knew what viral was, but I was wrong,” John Mavroudis says, laughing. “I turned away from my Twitter and Facebook notifications for a day because I was …
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Rising from the ashes, the Greek restaurant that’s a home away from home, but better
It was just days before Mother’s Day, Spitiko’s busiest day of the year, that the South Melbourne institution was engulfed in flames, causing severe damage to the front kitchen and …
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How Maria Mercedes’ career came full circle
By now, the TV audience is used to the aesthetics of the talent show and the arena conditions; the contestants hoping to see their star shine, the studio audience cheering …
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Calling all contemporary Greek music lovers
Melbourne is a fair distance from Greece, but when an OPEN JAM ‘Καφενειο’ session is underway, you’d be convinced otherwise. Organised by Anna Vithoulkas in the heart of Northcote each …
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Vasiliki Mitropoulos: The Last of the Bonegilla Girls
The Last of the Bonegilla Girls by Victoria Purman captures what life was like in Australia in the late 1950’s through the lives of four friends from different cultural backgrounds. …