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1 week ago | 
neoskosmos.com | Fotis Kapetopoulos |Christopher Gogos
On the Wednesday before Easter, as I was writing up my interview with Peter Dutton for Neos Kosmos, I began to faint. Despite any natural instincts — Dutton is not to blame. He was pleasant, and I believe the distance between his views and those of the PM is less vast than most partisans like to think. There lies the great strength of our liberal democracy: often, there isn’t much difference between the major parties, no matter what partisans claim. Anyway, I blacked out, again and again.
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1 week ago | 
neoskosmos.com | David Pritchard |Christopher Gogos
The Olympic Games immediately spring to mind when people think about sport in ancient Greece. This is easy to understand because these Games are what has inspired our modern Olympics. The ancient Greeks celebrated their Olympics for a truly staggering 1000 years. Their Games attracted sportsmen from the 1000 Greek microstates of the Mediterranean basin. These Olympics, like ours, were the world’s largest event.
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1 week ago | 
neoskosmos.com | Fotis Kapetopoulos |Christopher Gogos
A sweeping review of Victoria’s multicultural policies and programs is now underway—and the state’s diverse communities are being called on to help shape it. It is important that the Review hear from all our Greek community organisations, clubs and associations.
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1 week ago | 
neoskosmos.com | Fotis Kapetopoulos |Christopher Gogos
A triumphant Anthony Albanese declared victory at Labor headquarters in Sydney, calling it “the greatest honour of my life” to serve as prime minister.
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1 week ago | 
neoskosmos.com | Fotis Kapetopoulos |Christopher Gogos
An emotional Peter Dutton, supported by his wife Kirilly Dutton and two of their three children, sons Tom and Harry, conceded defeat as the leader of the Liberal Party and as the Member for Dickson. He apologised to the Liberals who lost their seats and to the team behind him. He said he had called the Prime Minister to congratulate him and accepted full responsibility for the dramatic loss. “I called the Prime Minister to congratulate him on his success tonight.
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1 week ago | 
neoskosmos.com | Fotis Kapetopoulos |Christopher Gogos
By 7:45pm on ABC TV, polster, Kosmo Samaras was almost ready to call it—Labor is riding a 3 per cent national swing. With just 4.9 per cent of the vote counted, the ALP has 29 seats to the LNP’s 26. The ABC’s Patricia Karvelas highlighted the strong support Labor continues to enjoy among Chinese-Australian voters.
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1 week ago | 
neoskosmos.com | Fotis Kapetopoulos |Christopher Gogos
Neos Kosmos pitched a range of questions to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and on the eve of polling day, the PM responded. We sought answers to issues relevant to the Greek Australian community, Greece, Australia, and its global positioning.
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1 week ago | 
neoskosmos.com | Fotis Kapetopoulos |Christopher Gogos
Cookbook author Meni Valle is organising a culinary retreat in mid-September that “combines Greek food, wine, and visual storytelling, in one of my favourite places in the world – Halkidiki, Greece – my home away from home,” she told Neos Kosmos. For Valle, food tells the story of the cultural weaving and layering over centuries and reflects the culinary palimpsest of a modern Greece. A nation that emerged from the Ottoman Empire with east and west woven into its daily foodways.
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2 weeks ago | 
neoskosmos.com | Fotis Kapetopoulos |Michael Georgiou |Christopher Gogos
You’ve probably heard the saying, “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts,” from Virgil’s Aeneid, spoken by the Trojan priest Laocoön after the Greeks left behind their infamous wooden horse during the Trojan War. However, in this election, it’s both major parties—Labor and the Liberal-National Coalition —who come bearing gifts.
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2 weeks ago | 
neoskosmos.com | John Weaver |Christopher Gogos
Ange Postecoglou said Tottenham have an “unbelievable opportunity” to end a miserable season with a trophy as he prepares his team to face Bodo/Glimt in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final on Thursday. Spurs, who will once again be without captain Son Heung-min, suffered their 19th defeat of a demoralising Premier League campaign at Anfield on Sunday, crumbling 5-1 as Liverpool were crowned champions.
