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Semaphore Greek Festival marks 45 years of Greek culture and community leadership
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Theatrical performance ‘Efiges Me To Patris’ in Athens ‘a necessity’
19 / 01 / 2026
Yet another play at the Aggelon Vima Theatre in Athens prompted me. The theatre’s November 2025–April 2026 season, dedicated to Australia.
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From Australia to Athens: Six acclaimed Australian plays find a Greek voice
14 / 01 / 2026
Australian plays are being staged in Greek at Athens’ Aggelon Vima Theatre, introducing local audiences to contemporary Australian drama.
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When winter is winter: Finding uniformity and comfort in Greece’s cold months
29 / 12 / 2025
Kathy reflects on winter in Greece as a season of cultural uniformity, when the tourist crowds fade and streets grow quieter.
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Alternative Christmas celebrations of two expats in Greece
23 / 12 / 2025
A reflective look at how Christmas in Greece is becoming increasingly commercialised, told through the quieter celebrations of two expats.
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Inside the migrant trunks: Australian memories unearthed in an Athens home
05 / 12 / 2025
Most of the stuff in the house is vintage as my uncle and aunt had spent over a decade in Australia from the early 1960s.
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A dark side of Greece: Part 2
07 / 11 / 2025
I came across a book of short stories in English by author Konstantina Sozou-Kyrkou, called Black Greek Coffee.
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‘Una Faccia, Una Razza’: The politics of memory and the power of saying ‘OXI’
25 / 10 / 2025
The annual homage to “OHI” Day stems from Greece's Prime Minister Metaxas firmly stating “OHI” (NO) to Mussolini's request.
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‘Greece is for the brave’: Why one man couldn’t stay in Australia despite its comforts
13 / 10 / 2025
John first went to Australia in the 1990s with his Greek Australian wife, whom he met while she was on a working holiday in Greece.
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Maria and Arthur: A second generation Greek Australian love story
23 / 11 / 2024
Maria, Arthur and I grew up together in a working-class, inner-city suburb of Melbourne. This was in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Meet three ladies who dared to leave Down-Under for Greek island bliss
13 / 09 / 2024
Christine Murfitt-Varzakakos lives in Aegina, Greece with her husband George, a native of the island who she married in 2019.
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‘Greece is for the brave’: Why one man couldn’t stay in Australia despite its comforts
13 / 10 / 2025
John first went to Australia in the 1990s with his Greek Australian wife, whom he met while she was on a working holiday in Greece.
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Kiato: Greece’s seaside town loved by locals and the diaspora
22 / 08 / 2025
Kiato is a seaside town, about 25 kilometres from Korinthos on the northern coast of the Peloponnese. On the national highway.
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Christiana Aloneftis: Reflecting on her role in the upcoming ‘Maria’ Callas film
08 / 10 / 2024
A Greek-Cypriot Australian, born and bred in Melbourne, Christiana Aloneftis is in the early stage of her international artistic career.
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Adelaide Writers’ Week and Ariadne’s Thread: Can cultural institutions navigate complexity?
14 / 01 / 2026
The immediate debates in the wake of the Adelaide Festival Board’s decision to remove Randa Abdel-Fattah from the 2026 program.
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What happens to a lease in Greece when a landlord dies?
09 / 01 / 2026
When a landlord passes away, their rights and obligations do not disappear. Instead, they are transferred to their heirs.
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Greece’s new framework for orphaned estates: A challenge for diaspora Greeks
25 / 12 / 2025
Greece is entering a historic phase of reform in inheritance law, the most extensive overhaul in nearly 80 years.
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