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The Greek-Australian community mourns the loss of Professor George Kanarakis, OAM, a pioneering academic, linguist and cultural historian, whose scholarship and passion for Hellenism left an indelible mark on both Australia and Greece. Born in Piraeus in January 1936, Professor Kanarakis studied Greek and English Philology at the University of Athens before furthering his postgraduate…
3 months ago
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“Our voice becomes a cry” was a powerful slogan that rang out in Athens on Wednesday 18 June when an anti-war concert held at the Technopolis cultural centre and the surrounding streets in support of the Palestinian cause attracted a huge crowd estimated to be over 15,000. In what was an evening full of emotion,…
6 months ago
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The case of the Parthenon Marbles taken by Lord Elgin from the Acropolis in Athens more than 200 years ago, and then ‘acquired’ by the UK Government and transferred to the British Museum in London where they remain to the present day, still rankles in the minds and hearts of many. Greece has been lobbying…
6 months ago
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Negotiations for Parthenon Sculptures See Progress, But Key Hurdles Remain According to an article just published in the leading Greek newspaper Kathimerini, titled "Last Mile for the Marbles “by K. P. Papadiochou and Sakis Ioannidis, the Greek Government and the British Museum have made substantial headway in discussions regarding the Parthenon Sculptures, with one source…
6 months ago
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Oscar-winning actor George Clooney has called for the United Kingdom to return the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece, expressing unwavering confidence that the 2,500-year-old masterpieces “are going to come back” to their place of origin. In exclusive comments to Yannis Andritsopoulos, the London Correspondent for the Greek daily newspaper Ta Nea, the Hollywood star emphasised the…
7 months ago
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The return to Greece of the controversial Elgin collection of Parthenon Sculptures, currently held in the British Museum, has in recent years been the subject of countless media reports and seemingly endless conjecture as to the prospects of resolving what is arguably the world’s most famous cultural heritage dispute. However, recent developments in both Westminster,…
7 months ago
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The British Museum has just unveiled the winning design in an international architectural competition for the substantial revamp of the so-called Western Range of the museum which constitutes about one third of its overall gallery space. But what is intriguing is what fate now awaits the Parthenon Sculptures which Greece has long campaigned to have…
10 months ago
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On 12 February 2025 a trio of young folk musicians hailing originally from the rugged mountains of Crete performed at the Factory Floor theatre complex in Marrickville in the inner-west of Sydney. For the audience, it was a chance to savour the sounds of the latest generation of artists and musicians descended from Cretan musical…
10 months ago
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The highly successful Greek Film Festival 2024 in Sydney has finished with the premiere screening of The Aegean, a movie shot on the idyllic Greek island of Kythera but with an underlying message that still resonates in today’s turbulent times. The mood of the film is set early on when a young Congolese refugee befriends…
about 1 year ago
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On 25 September, 2024, eighty years after the liberation of the Greek island of Kythera from the Nazis – the first part of the Hellenic homeland to be freed - the Greek Minister of National Defence Nikos Dendias, accompanied by General Dimitris Houpis, the Chief of the General Staff of the Greek Armed Force, together…
about 1 year ago
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There is a heritage battle currently being played out in New York over a rare Greek mural that once graced the New York headquarters of the powerful pharmaceutical corporation, Pfizer, and which involves the artistic and cultural legacy of a pioneering Greek-American artist, Nicholas Baloyannis. In 1960 Pfizer commissioned the artist who by now went…
about 1 year ago
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