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From tourist to student: Aggelos Makrigiorgos’ dream comes true in Greece
Last Monday, the news I had been eagerly anticipating finally arrived. While I was having dinner with friends, an email popped up in my Outlook inbox from The National Kapodistrian …
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The Oakleigh Cannons Keep Rolling with Unstoppable Momentum
Hume City – Oakleigh Cannons Chris Taylor’s Oakleigh Cannons stopped Hume City in their tracks, proving their supremacy. The “Turkish” club tried to make things difficult for the “lads” from …
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Exploring Spetses through its historical archives
Spetses was never off my horizon, at least during my youthful summers on Hydra, or in subsequent years, when I visited my cousin’s house, with its unmatched sea views. A …
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Hellenistic Age: Lysimachus, Pergamon, the Attalids and Asia Minor after Alexander
One of Alexandros’s favourite generals, Lysimachus, of Thessalian origin and born in Pella, Alexander’s birthplace was a confidant of Alexander, conquered Thrace. A king who may not have been destined …
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Greek conservatives storm to victory in repeat election
Greece’s conservative New Democracy party has stormed to victory in a parliamentary election with voters giving reformist Kyriakos Mitsotakis another four-year term as prime minister. With 91 per cent of …
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Ex Labor leader Simon Crean dies
Labor luminary and former Labor leader, Simon Crean, has died at the age of 74. According to Neos Kosmos sources, his untimely death was due to a hiking accident while …
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Wimbledon fears for Kyrgios after Mallorca withdrawal
Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of his final competitive warm-up for Wimbledon, leaving the prospect of the injury-stricken maverick having another big run at his favourite event looking increasingly desperate. …
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Miltiadis Tentoglou clinches gold with top leap for 2023 at European Championships (video)
Greek Olympic champion Miltos (Miltiadis) Tentoglou has once more added to his winning streak for the year, achieving a gold medal for the men’s Long Jump at the European Championships …
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Wagner chief to leave Russia in deal to ease crisis
The chief of the rebel Wagner mercenary force will go to Belarus and will not face charges after calling off his troops’ advance on Moscow, the Russian government said, easing …
Dialogue –
How the ancient Greeks kept ruthless narcissists from capturing their democracy – and what modern politics could learn from them
Ancient Greece was in many ways a brutal society. It was almost perpetually at war, slavery was routine and women could only expect a low status in society. However, there …