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Greek Storytime program launches in Melbourne’s Clayton, Northcote suburbs
Welfare organisation PRONIA is launching Family Story Time, a program for preschool-aged children of Greek heritage, as part of the Victorian government initiative for multicultural storytelling. The Greek family story …
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Federation of Pontian Associations pays tribute to Peter Jasonides
An outpouring of grief has followed the sudden death of Pontian community leader Peter (Panagiotis) Jasonides, this week. The Federation of Pontian Associations of Australia was among those who paid …
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Appetite for sugar tax to fight diabetes and obesity
A 20 per cent tax on all sugar-sweetened drinks should spearhead efforts to stem Australia’s diabetes epidemic, a parliamentary inquiry has found. The year-long inquiry into the nation’s fastest-growing chronic …
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Diatribe: The other Olympics
According to the International Olympic Committee’s homepage, the ancient Olympic Games ceased their operations in 393AD. The various neopagans that punctuate our paroikia blame Christian intolerance for this and in …
Dialogue –
Confessions of a… greasy wog
Isn’t it incredible how social norms have changed. At the tender young age of 56, I sometimes hark back to my teenage years in high school. It was 1979, disco …
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Echoes of Byzantium: An Indian philhellene navigates Constantinople’s complex cultural history
As a philhellene deeply immersed in Greek and Byzantine culture and history, my recent visit to Constantinople (Istanbul) stirred a profound sense of déjà vu. The sight of the Greek …
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New PM Starmer pledges action not words to fix Britain
Britain’s new prime minister Keir Starmer has pledged action to fix the country, not just words, but warned the voters who handed him a massive electoral majority and those who …
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Cretan Folkloric Group ‘Tzanidakis’ to tour Sydney and Melbourne for Arkadi Festival 2024
The Folkloric Group ‘Tzanidakis’ from Crete will tour Sydney and Melbourne in November 2024 as part of the Arkadi Festival, commemorating the 158th anniversary of the Holocaust of the Arkadi …
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U15’s and U16’s girls soccer players making a name for themselves in national tournament
The 2024 National Youth Championships Girls’ Tournament for U15 and U16s is currently underway in Melbourne. Kicking off on Wednesday July 3 at the Home of the Matildas at Latrobe …
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On target: Aussie archers earn Paris Olympic shot
From Sydney trains to the Paris Games, transport worker-turned-Olympian Peter Boukouvalas has been waiting 20 years to take a journey to the big time. It all started when the Sydney …