After his impressive lecture in Sydney, NSW where he talked about ‘The significance of the Greek language in today’s society and as a second language,’ Dr Nick Lygeros visited the Cyprus Community of Melbourne and Victoria at Brunswick on Wednesday.
Dr Lygeros was brought to Australia by a local Greek man in Melbourne named Kon Antoniadis. He is known for his exceptional intellectual giftedness having an IQ level of 189 on the scale of Stanford–Binet.
During his visit on Wednesday, Dr Lygeros gave a lecture focused on the topic of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and energy.
Dr Lygeros stressed the importance of Cyprus sharing its EEZ borders with Egypt, Israel and Lebanon, whilst explaining also that the Turkish side will not be able to prevent Cyprus from taking maximum advantage of the energy resources.
The topic was discussed in detail for an hour and a half, with the crowed interacting through asking various questions.
Afterwards, Dr Lygeros spoke to The Greek Herald about his impressions of the Greek and Cypriot community during his visit to Australia.
“I really enjoyed it. It was very well organised. It allows me to come close with the people here. I see that they have concerns also for Greek and Cypriot topics. I like that because they mostly see the topic ethnically and from the other side, because they have the Greek Australian element,” he said whilst highlighting the importance of the community creating a bond with Greece.
“I believe that it is good to look at things geopolitically and to be prepared and have an alliance that is activated.”
He added that Greeks and Cypriots here in Australia can help “Australians” get a better understanding of Greek issues and offer a way of thinking which is important for the future and Australia.
Dr Lygeros then told The Greek Herald about the importance of Greek language being used as a tool here in Australia for the development of the brain.
“It is important that Greek language is not presented only as a language of minority but as a tool of developing the brain, something that interests the whole Australia,” he said.
All photos copyright: The Greek Herald / Giorgos Psomiadis
