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Wills without the Trojan War

17 / 10 / 2025

After nearly 15 years in the legal industry, I’ve lost track of how many matters I’ve worked on involving family disputes over estates.

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A dark side of Greece – Part 1

05 / 09 / 2025

Unlike other more carefree summers in which financial ease more often than not corresponded to “getting away”.

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Late disclaimer of inheritance: How it can be recognised as valid by court decision

05 / 09 / 2025

By law, an heir may disclaim within four months of learning that the estate has devolved to them and of the reason for this.

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Low birth rates and ageing: The silent enemy of the Greek nation

29 / 08 / 2025

From the late 1990s it had become clear to Greek demographers and social scientists that the number of births in Greece was falling.

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‘Is it just fun, or do they learn?’ A guide to Greek immersion

29 / 08 / 2025

This Pharos Tip arose from a parent at a ‘bilingual homes’ seminar who asked how to encourage children to actively use the Greek they were learning.

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Basic things you need to know about the acceptance of inheritance

Sooner or later, we will all be called upon at some point to settle the inheritance matters of a beloved relative.

29 / 08 / 2025

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Changing your name and surname abroad and in Greece

It is generally known that in Greece to live and work many foreigners have acquired Greek citizenship by naturalisation or by determination.

22 / 08 / 2025

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Action over inertia: Building the future of the Greek diaspora in Australia

It is necessary that we now be led to the need of finding mechanisms that will halt the demographic withering, the social inertia and the cultural thinning.

22 / 08 / 2025

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Wills without the Trojan War

17 / 10 / 2025

After nearly 15 years in the legal industry, I’ve lost track of how many matters I’ve worked on involving family disputes over estates.

Opinion

A dark side of Greece – Part 1

05 / 09 / 2025

Unlike other more carefree summers in which financial ease more often than not corresponded to “getting away”.

Opinion

Late disclaimer of inheritance: How it can be recognised as valid by court decision

05 / 09 / 2025

By law, an heir may disclaim within four months of learning that the estate has devolved to them and of the reason for this.

Insight or Perspective: If we lose the language we lose everything!

11 / 12 / 2020

Eleni Kostakidis, a teacher of Modern Greek and University lecturer is writing about the preservation of the Greek language in Australia.

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‘The time for waiting to decide on vaccination is over,’ says Dr Costas Costa from Hurlstone Park

17 / 08 / 2021

Dr Costas Costa from Hurlstone Park Medical Centre is telling his patients the time for waiting to decide on vaccination is over.

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Opinion: Learn Greek, you owe it to yourself

20 / 11 / 2020

But the greatest issue, I believe, is that we as a Greek community do not value our language enough to encourage our students to continue it to University level.

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Greek language attainment award, from yiayia’s kitchen to the classroom

‘This time is different’: Loverdos speaks on belonging, bureaucracy, and bridging gaps

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister visits Greek community in Tasmania

Team Greece edges out Serbia in All Nations Cup thriller

Kokkinakis confirms plans for doubles reunion with Kyrgios

South Melbourne, Heidelberg triumph while Sydney Olympic fall in Australian Championship

Bouzouki Night 2025: A celebration of youth, culture and Hellenic pride in the Capital

Cretan and Kalymnian youth in Sydney unite for a night of dance, music and kefi

Greek language attainment award, from yiayia’s kitchen to the classroom

Full house for Billy Cotsis’ ‘The Greeks of South America’ at Sydney’s Greek Film Festival

Remembering the Battle of Giannitsa

Echoes from the past: The Mask of Agamemnon

Sweet simplicity: Niki Louca’s Chocolate Hazelnut Shortbreads

Two Greek Australians among NSW’s most influential food innovators

Greek Australian Jono Petrohilos leads global fitness education evolution

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Wills without the Trojan War

A dark side of Greece – Part 1

Late disclaimer of inheritance: How it can be recognised as valid by court decision

Low birth rates and ageing: The silent enemy of the Greek nation

‘Is it just fun, or do they learn?’ A guide to Greek immersion

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Changing your name and surname abroad and in Greece

Action over inertia: Building the future of the Greek diaspora in Australia

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Wills without the Trojan War

A dark side of Greece – Part 1

Late disclaimer of inheritance: How it can be recognised as valid by court decision

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