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Lonsdale Street Greek Music Festival a joyful pointer to better things for the year ahead

It might not have boasted the numbers of previous years, but this year’s Lonsdale Street Greek Music Festival 2021 brought some light back to the Melbourne CBD. The numbers who …

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Greek Independence Day in Lego!

Three Greek figurines depicting heroes of the Greek War of Independence have been released by Australia’s “lego classicist” Liam D. Jensen. The three one-off special figurines depict Theodoros Kolokotronis,  Alexandros …

Hellenic remedies for life’s modern problems

The older I get, the more I return to my Greek heritage to help me deal with life’s great dilemmas and problems. In far-flung Australia, I find myself constantly consulting …

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“Lucky’s”: A must-read saga by Greek Australian author Andrew Pippos

“Lucky sat tucked at his kitchen table, newspaper spread across the surface, stripping rigani from the stalks. The herbs had hung inside a cupboard for a week -not long enough to properly …

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‘Heroes of 1821’ exhibition unveiled in Canberra over the weekend

Leading members of the Greek community attended the opening of Angela Kiki Konstantinopoulou’s exhibition “Heroes of 1821” at the Hellenic Club of Canberra on Friday, 19 March. The event which …

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US President Joe Biden glad to participate in 25 March, a “joyful anniversary”

US President Joe Biden on Monday sent President Katerina Sakellaropoulou a letter on occasion of Greece celebrating the bicentennial of the 1821 Greek Revolution. “I participate together with the Greek …

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Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets with the Greek diaspora of South America

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis participated in a video conference with representatives of Greek communities in South America. Mr Mitsotakis said he was “moved by the Greek flags set behind them, …

Lockdown: Mobile data suggests Europeans may not have followed rules as strictly in the second wave

Looking around, it sometimes seems like COVID-19 restrictions aren’t being adhered to like they were a year ago. In the UK, for example, there have been frequent reports of people …

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Channel 31 welcomes young Greek-Australian to Advisory Committee

Channel 31 has been the springboard for many big names in Australian media today, but more importantly it has given a voice to local communities across Melbourne and Geelong. The …

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New Whitefield novel keeps focus on Limnos in the 20th Century

Tony Whitefield’s new novel “George’s Café” continues to draw on his close connections to the island of Limnos. His wife, Despina’s family originates from the island and his grandfather Henry …

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