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Australian artist finds inspiration in Greece and wins Best Visual Arts Award

Josephine Fagan’s winning installation ‘Diaspora’ is a symbolic representation of the perilous journey of Syrian refugees attempting the sea crossing from Turkey to Greece.

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A jazz vocalist improvising her way back to her Greek roots

One of the most acclaimed singers within Melbourne’s thriving jazz scene, Georgie Darvidis is set to embark on her first foray into the Greek songbook.

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Ikaria: nourishment for the soul

Mary Valle gives insight into the healthy lifestyle habits of Ikaria, one of the world’s Blue Zones where people are known to live longer, healthier and happier lives.

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Amerika Square: a modern-day Casablanca

Filmmaker Yannis Sakaridis talks about Athens, racism and his film Amerika Square – Greece’s official submission for the Oscars set to screen at the Greek Film Festival.

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‘Being yourself is the best way to go’

One of the finalists of the 2017 National Jazz Awards, 21-year-old trumpet player Tom Avgenicos shares his journey into music, competition and resilience.

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Aussie filmmakers win for Lesvos

Billy Cotsis and Basil Genimahaliotis have won Best Documentary Short Film at the Barcelona Planet Film Festival for Lesvos: Fall In Love.

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Mary Katrantzou impresses at London Fashion Week

The Greek designer’s Spring/Summer 2018 collection was named by Vogue as one of the Top 10.

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Lexikopoleio: An Athenian bookstore specialising in dictionaries of all kinds

Book and language lovers will relish in finding this well-hidden gem in Athens’ historical neighbourhood of Kallimarmaro.

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Four seasons for visiting the olive groves of Greece

While in Greece head to one of the country’s olive groves to see people and nature working together to make olive oil in its homeland.

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‘Mum, are you going to die?’

Penny Pandeloglou shares the moving story of her mother’s ongoing battle with metastatic breast cancer.

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