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Meet the family that owns much of Mykonos

Meet the family that owns much of Mykonos

In the 1960s, when rustic Mykonos was just starting to gain attention, the Daktylideses family saw the island’s potential.

  • by Kristie Kellahan

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Robots and replicas: Is the British Museum going to lose its Marbles?

Robots and replicas: Is the British Museum going to lose its Marbles?

Robot sculptors creating near-perfect replicas of the Parthenon Marbles may provide the key to the long-running dispute over the ownership of one of the ancient world’s most contested treasures.

  • by Simon de Bruxelles
Signs of the times: Why Athens is not all about the ancients

Signs of the times: Why Athens is not all about the ancients

Youthful and vibrant, the new Athens is an open-air museum of street art.

  • by Lee Tulloch
Italian government approves extradition of Easey Street accused to Australia

Italian government approves extradition of Easey Street accused to Australia

The extradition will still need the final approval from a Rome judge which is expected to be within days.

  • by Josephine McKenna
Chaos and stress: How to cope with Greek island ferries

Chaos and stress: How to cope with Greek island ferries

The ferry rear lowers like a whale’s yawning mouth, purging streams of people and cars out into the baking sun.

  • by Flip Byrnes
No aircon, dirty toilets, long queues: Inside Europe’s worst airport

No aircon, dirty toilets, long queues: Inside Europe’s worst airport

Almost five million people pass through the main gateway to Greece’s largest island each year. Most of them leave unhappy.

  • by Heidi Fuller-Love
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Six of the best experiences in the Greek Cyclades Islands

Six of the best experiences in the Greek Cyclades Islands

Blue-domed churches and whitewashed houses – these are the calling cards of the Cyclades, but delve deeper for local, transformative experiences.

  • by Flip Byrnes
Melbourne’s ‘Little Athens’ loses another slice of its history

Melbourne’s ‘Little Athens’ loses another slice of its history

The departure of International Cakes highlights change in the Lonsdale Street precinct.

  • by Brittany Busch
‘Renovating with Google Translate’: what it’s really like buying a home in Europe

‘Renovating with Google Translate’: what it’s really like buying a home in Europe

Fantasising about an Umbrian holiday home or an airy apartment right by the Acropolis? Meet three women who’ve made their European home dreams come true.

  • by Dilvin Yasa
Port guide: Piraeus (Athens), Greece

Port guide: Piraeus (Athens), Greece

Hot, crowded, chaotic Athens might well drive you mad, but you can’t beat 3400 years of recorded history and a civilisation that has influenced the world.

  • by Brian Johnston
‘It was a trap’: Easey Street murder suspect ‘lured to Rome’ before arrest, family says

‘It was a trap’: Easey Street murder suspect ‘lured to Rome’ before arrest, family says

Perry Kouroumblis was lured to Rome from his home in Greece for a potential property deal before being arrested on his arrival, his family says.

  • by Josephine McKenna and Rob Harris

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