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Taylor takes charge of the Cannons
There’s a little bit of history between Oakleigh Cannons and their newly appointed coach Chris Taylor, and it revolves around finals. Rewind to 2011 when an Arthur Pappas-coached Cannons were …
Dialogue –
Will the Eurozone come to a final deal with Greece over the latter’s debt?
“In a couple of weeks’ time, a group of international debt inspectors will land in Athens, where they will gain access to the Greek government’s accounts and pore over its …
Dialogue –
On bin scabs and libraries
Most nights I read to my daughters from a rather tattered and worse for wear storybook by Georgia Tarsouli, entitled Στης Μαμάς την Αγκαλιά. It has been in my custody …
Dialogue –
Legalising property before selling it in Greece
When it comes to real estate in Greece, no transaction can take place unless a civil engineer issues a certificate that the property does not have illegal constructions or parts. …
News –
An opera with no technical enhancements to be held on Delos island
In what has been described as the most important opera event of 2018 acclaimed composer and and artistic director of Greece’s National Theater Thodoris Abatzis has chosen the ancient theater of …
News –
Turkey’s tourism sees record breaking increase, leaving neighbouring Greece light years behind
Proving last year’s predictions wrong, international tourists were not deterred by president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s polarising internal and external politics with arrivals breaking all records between January and March 2018. In …
News –
A call to arms for sustainable tourism
Imagine being in Santorini, perched on a balcony in Oia overlooking the cliff, a glass of asirtiko in hand, waiting to see what is, arguably, the most photographed sunset in …
News –
Ancient Greek town in Turkey being sold
A 2,500-year-old ancient Greek town outside the historical city of Halicarnassus now known as Bodrum, is being sold for 35 million lira (AUD $11 million). Bargylia, the site that had …
Sport –
Tom Petsianis is living La Liga loca
Picture this. You’re a 16-year old boy from the inner west of Sydney with a dream to play football overseas. Born with a Greek father and a Chilean mother you …
Life –
The Greek Australian tragedy of Stamatia X
Effie Carr’s debut novel Stamatia X uses Greek mythology, religion, and the study of grammar to tell the story of a strong minded intelligent girl whose family are “like birds …