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The Rookie tennis player who ascends in the world ranking

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Nick Kyrgios is an Australian Malaysian professional tennis player of Greek origins. Together with Thanassis Kokkinakis, he won the Boys’ Doubles event at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships. He was born in Canberra on April 27th, 1995. His father, George, is Greek and his mother is...

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World’s most influential Greek scientific minds

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[:el] Thomson Reuters published the list with the World’s most influential scientific minds for 2014. The highly cited researchers were determined by analyzing at citation data over the last 11 years to identify those who published the highest impact work (2002—2012 and 2012—2013). These individuals are...

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UN spokesman in Africa

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Ari Gaitanis, a Greek expatriate in Australia, is the UN spokesman in Africa. Gaitanis, was born in Emerald, Australia and grew up in Brisbane. His love for journalism started at a very young age. In order to study journalism, he was selling newspapers outside Brisbane’s...

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The first female umpire at Australian Football League (AFL)

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[:el] Eleni Glouftsis is going to make history at Australian football. She is only 22-year-old but her love for the sport made her to achieve a lot in the field of refereeing.AFL is highest attended Australian rules football league followed by the SANFL competition. She...

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He was awarded with the “Order of Australia” Medal for his contribution to Sports

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George Peponis, a Greek from Peloponesse, succeeded to be one of the top rugby league football players in Australia and was awarded with the Order of Australia Medal for his contribution to rugby. He started his career as a rugby player in 1972 for the...

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Among the Top 50 Australian female entrepreneurs under 40

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Demi Markogiannaki, is one of the founders of the online marketplace WeTeachMe. For her company WeTeachMe was ranked 32th in the Top 50 Australian Female Entrepreneurs Under 40 by Shoestring.com.au. She went to Melbourne in order to take her Master degree on Global Media Communications...

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Actress and author who impresses Australians

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Mary Coustas is a Greek-Australian actress. She became popular by her character roles in “Wogs Out of Work” and in the TV comic show “Acropolis Now” and as well as in the stage sequel “Wogorama”. She has appeared also in films such as “Nirvana St...

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Sydney: Exhibition inspired by Greek mythology

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Featuring a collection of paintings inspired by Greek mythology, the solo exhibition “Mysticism” by Greek Australian painter Diamando Koutsellis will be hosted at the Arthouse Hotel, in Sydney, from 6 October to 7 November. This collection and investigation into Greek mythology looks at how ancient...

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The Greek hero of Russel Crowe

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[:el] South Sydney Rabbitohs owned by Russell Crowe won the Premiership of Australia after 43 years. The chairman of the team is Nick Pappas (Papanastaciou) is described by Crowe as «his hero», hailing his contribution in winning the first premiership in 43 years. The Hollywood superstar who...

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Top researcher for diabetes

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Sofianos Andrikopoulos is the former President of the Australian Diabetes Society and head of the Islet Biology Research Group at the University of Melbourne Department of Medicine (Austin Health). He investigates the genetic susceptibility of islet dysfunction using animal models of diabetes. This research has...

The Rookie tennis player who ascends in the world ranking

World’s most influential Greek scientific minds

UN spokesman in Africa

The first female umpire at Australian Football League (AFL)

He was awarded with the “Order of Australia” Medal for his contribution to Sports

Among the Top 50 Australian female entrepreneurs under 40

Actress and author who impresses Australians

Sydney: Exhibition inspired by Greek mythology

The Greek hero of Russel Crowe

Top researcher for diabetes

Dr. Ioanna (Joan) Vernikos – The first Greek female scientist at NASA

Katerina Gogou – The carefree girl of Greek cinema who was anything...

Rania Bellou – The artist of memory

Alec Issigonis – The Greek behind the legendary Mini Cooper

Metsovo – An Autumn Fairytale in the Pindus

Stefanos Ntouskos – The Greek Who Carried His Country with Oars

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