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Christos Tsiolkas: ‘If you can’t see the humanity in the other person then I’m scared of you’
Christos Tsiolkas’ short story Tourists, published in his fifth book Merciless Gods, features an Australian couple Bill and Trina visiting an Art Gallery while on holiday in New York. Bill …
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Birdman dives into Athens and gets personal
On recently opening a sleek new Japanese pub in the burgeoning multicultural foodie neighbourhood just below Syntagma Square, Athens butcher and chef Aris Vezene told Neos Kosmos that the motivation …
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Giannou Scores Maiden Socceroos Goal
Footballer Apostolos Giannou wasted little time setting out to vindicate new Socceroos boss Graham Arnold’s decision to give him the opportunity to revive his international career and show that he …
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Skibbe under heavy fire as Greece suffer another loss in Nations League, 2-0 tο Finland
Michael Skibbe isn’t enjoying a lot of support as manager of the Greek national team, after the team’s recent string of poor performances in the Nations League. The 2-0 loss …
Dialogue –
Putting names and faces to the Battle of the Atlantic
I have had the pleasure of writing for Neos Kosmos on occasion for the past several years. This is truly one of the best publications in the Diaspora, and I …
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Multicultural art exhibition exploring globalisation to open in Melbourne
Art plays a significant role in creating dialogue of substance. Tapping into this notion, the Greek Australian Cultural League (GACL) is set to launch its latest exhibition titled Destinations, which …
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Abduction victim meets her saviour 60 years later
Fate works in strange ways sometimes; at least that is the case for Victorian resident Helen Perikkentis and Queensland hotel owner Miltiades Neofytou. It was almost 60 years ago, when …
Dialogue –
Mosaic identities and curvy culture
We should be celebrating much more, and stop feeling sorry for ourselves. Aristotle must take much of the blame for our current gloom. His idea, that “If it’s this, it …
Life –
When Leonard Cohen made his debut at a tavern in Hydra
One of the most picturesque islands of Greece, Hydra became the focus of attraction for a community of international artists who settled there in the 1950s and 1960s. From acclaimed …
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Malta and the Marbles
September 1802. Pireaus. The crates were heavy, too heavy thought Captain William Eglen as he watched his crew curse and sweat, manhandling 17 large timber boxes onto the boat. There …