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Tori Nikolaou: ‘One day I’d fly a bigger jet than my baba!’
Athanasia Tori Nikolaou does not know how to give up, only how to keep going higher, as high as it’s necessary to achieve her goals. At 20 years old, this …
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Photographer Tina Vlahos on celebrating the female form
Tina (Kostantina) Vlahos is a young fashion and portrait photographer, based in Melbourne and roaming the globe at every chance with a camera in hand. Apart from the distinct use …
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Large-scale prostitution enterprise in Greece exploiting migrant women dismantled
A major prostitution enterprise that had been exploiting migrant women has been dismantled by Greek authorities. Greece’s organised crime and human trafficking unit managed to coordinate the arrest of 13 …
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320 Greek intellectuals express support for Greece-FYROM deal
More than 320 Greek writers, artists, academics, politicians and other self-proclaimed “leftist, democratic, progressive citizens” have come forward in support of the agreement between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic …
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‘Hi, I’m George and I build robots’
Imagine a robot traversing a field of crops detecting how healthy a plant is, how much water it needs, what disease it’s carrying, as well as pinpointing and destroying dangerous …
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The hybrid paradox: both fascinating and disturbing
Looking back through history at humanity’s response, it is clear that there is something disconcerting about animal-human hybrids. One need only look at literary representations such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein …
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The Orthodox Church in the social media era: selfie anyone?
I can still recall the day. Mindlessly scrolling through my Facebook feed, a photo appeared from what appeared to be a wedding ceremony at the local Greek Orthodox Church. It …
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Back to the basics of the Mediterranean diet
A few weeks ago, a colleague and I attended the book launch of The Mediterranean Diet: Recipes from Mediterranean Kitchens, in a booked-out event organised by the Italian Museum in …
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Tackling the taboo of gambling
Australians spend more per person on gambling than any other country in the world, and more on gambling – $21 billion – compared to any other dangerous activity, including alcohol, …
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NPL status update
Sydney Olympic: Abbas Saad’s team wasn’t successful at the Ilinden Sports Centre against Rockdale, and was defeated 1-0 thanks to a late Urosevski goal. This loss brings them to the …