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Biden marks Greek Independence Day with Tom Hanks and a Kokotas tribute

The annual Greek Independence Day function held at the United States’ White House returned this year to a positive reception. This special honour paid to Hellenism by the American government …

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Greek Independence Day parade to return after three years, expected to be “held in grandeur”

Melbourne’s Greek Independence Day parade marking the celebration of the Greek Revolution of 1821 will return to the city this year on Sunday, 19 March at 1pm. Held at Albert …

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Greeks put politics aside to rush aid to Turkey

Aimilia Balta’s mother fled Turkey after a vicious war with Greece a century ago but it has not stopped the elderly Greek donating clothes for the thousands left homeless by …

Dialogue

Diatribe: Tolkien and the Greeks

J R R Tolkien’s fantasy world of Middle Earth, populated by Hobbits, Dragons, Dwalves and Elves has been rightfully considered to have been inspired by Old English, Germanic and Norse …

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Diatribe: Trevor in time of mourning

My good friend Trevor (which is short for Aristogeiton) is in mourning. The object of his most ardent affection and veneration is dead. Constantine, the deposed king of Greece has …

Dialogue

When I met the former king

*Editor’s note: The following opinion was submitted by Paraskevi Kakridas Stavrianakos. It is published as a community member account of a personal encounter with Greece’s last king Constantine II, a …

Features

What did the Ancient Greeks look like?

The topic of ethnicity and racial identity is a hot potato. Dark memories of Nazi Germany’s eugenic racism from the 1930s and early 1940s and more recently ethnocentric rhetoric from …

Dialogue

Το Κάπι

«Του Κάπι φτεύουμι τς ντμάτις», my grandmother would always say in response to my question as to why for yet another year she would not attend the extended family’s traditional …

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Greek Americans do well in the US Midterm Elections

Results of the US midterm elections are still rolling in, and with 500 seats in the House of Representatives and Senate it could take weeks to get final results. However …

Sport

Kyrgios asks Australian Open to allow Djokovic to compete

In his latest interview Nick Kyrgios has urged the Australian Open committee to revisit Novak Djokovic’s exclusion from the competition nine months ago and to allow him to compete at …

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