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Frenzee at the Tote (clockwise from top left): Apollonia, Adonis, and Nikos Xylouris.

Dad’s a world music legend. Now the kids are making their mark – as punks

The Xylouris siblings have entered the family business, playing traditional Cretan music, but with a sideline that’s all their own.

  • Karl Quinn

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Dining at Manousakis Winery. Cretans are the original paddock-to-plate pioneers.

The magic ingredient in the birthplace of the Mediterranean diet

This Greek island may well have discovered the secret to a long and happy life.

  • Carli Philips
Vangelis Daktylides – the family hospitality is based on authentic Greek culture and person-to-person connection.

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.

  • Kristie Kellahan
The new Acropolis museum has empty plinths waiting for the Elgin 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.

  • Simon de Bruxelles
Art central … Psyri restaurant terrace.

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.

  • Lee Tulloch
Perry Kouroumblis, a 65-year-old dual citizen of Australia and Greece, was arrested in Italy.

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.

  • Josephine McKenna
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A ferry disgorging its passengers.

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.

  • Flip Byrnes
The airport has been rated Europe’s worst and one of the worst in the world.

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.

  • Heidi Fuller-Love
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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.

  • Flip Byrnes
Bill Bitz, owner of International Cakes, says demand for coffee is booming in the evenings.

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

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

  • Brittany Busch

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