Australia
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Playwright competition brings back ancient tradition
In a throwback to ancient times, audiences are being given the final say on the winner of the 2017 Lysicrates Prize.
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Greek and Australian academics meet to discuss philosophy and literature
LOGOS hosts the 12th International Conference on Greek Research in Adelaide.
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Sydney’s Greek bookshop closes its doors
As the only cultural meeting place for Sydney’s Greek community, the bookshop will be truly missed.
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Xenophon: ‘People who commit serious crimes while on ‘ice’ should be treated the same as terrorists’
Senator calls for nationwide law reform after Melbourne’s deadly car attack has been dismissed by the Law Society of South Australia.
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Who is ‘Lou’, the Greek hero of Friday’s car rampage?
Henry Dow’s Facebook status was shared 18,000 times, in a way ‘forcing’ low-key Lou, Greek Australian Ilias Bougias, to come forward.
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Is he one of us?
Nobody blames Greek Australians for the crime that Dimitrious Gargasoulas is accused of. But we should not be so hasty in distancing ourselves from him.
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Melbourne welcomes new literary fest
Celebrating the best in literature from Australia and South Asia, taking part will be local George Megalogenis.
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Objections against committee’s Bulleen proposal
A long serving member of the GCM committee claims the so-called ‘proposals’ to develop the site in Bulleen were not made with the good of the community in mind.
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Bulleen project to set Melbourne up as Hellenic global diaspora headquarters
GCM president Bill Papastergiadis gives his personal account of events surrounding the ambitious project, describing his vision for creating a hub for Greeks in Melbourne.
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Teaching resilience to the most frail victims of the crisis
Two academics from the University of Western Macedonia present their work with primary school children struggling with the after-effects of the crisis in Greece.