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Kytherian, George Miller, at an event to launch the start of filming of Happy Feet 2 in Sydney Picture: Peter Rae Sydney Morning Herald February 5, 2010 Hot and steamy conditions would frighten off most penguins, but no...

Neos Kosmos, 22 December, 2009. A recently released facsimile of Life in Australia, the first book ever published about Greeks in Australia, provides a rich insight into the individuals who shaped the Greek community at...

http://www.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_kathremote_1_20/11/2009_308758 ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΣ: Τελευταία Νέα kathimerini.gr Hμερομηνία : 19-11-09 Επανεκδόθηκε το πρώτο ελληνικό βιβλίο της Αυστραλίας Το «Η Ζωή εν Αυστραλία» γράφτ...

In the parliamentary elections of 4 October, Kythera followed the national trend and voted for PASOK, the Panhellenic Socialist Party led by Adreas Papandreou, who now becomes the third member of his family to be elected...

The 8th Kythera Photographic Encounters will run from Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th of September. The conference program will be in Greek, but non-Greek speakers may wish to attend exhibition openings, as well as some of...

ATHENS, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Greek carrier Aegean Airlines (AGNr.AT) said on Wednesday it took part in the Greek government's tender of state-subsidised routes, seeking to service 17 mainly island destinations. Aegean, whi...

1-12 Sept 2009 Zeidoros Centre for the Arts & Education 80100 Kapsali, Kythera / tel.: +30 2736038212 arts@zeidoros.gr

The European Parliament elections were held in Greece on Sunday 7 June. The fine weather, the long weekend and a general sense of disgust with politics and politicians all made for a low turnout at the polls. In Kythera,...

The first-ever grand opera production to be held on Kythera will take place in the evening of Saturday, 8 August, in the open-air amphitheatre of Zeidoros Cultural Centre in Kapsali. A street version of Georges Bizet’s f...

In September 2008, Cynthia Cavalenes-Jarvis, a member of the Kytherian Society of California, visited Kythera for the first time. After meeting Australian Kytherian, George Poulos on his visit to Southern California in...

THRASY PETROPOULOS Relevant to the Kytherian Wind Turbine debate The long-awaited land use plan for renewable energy sources passed into law on November 12 with the unanimous approval of the government's inner cabinet. E...

Back in Japan, Toki holds a framed photograph of a Kytherian scene, a gift from Ioannis Γ Kasimatis.

Toki visited the Archives Office at the Kastro, and was very excited to find the signature of his grandmother in the records. He, and Mrs. Caroline Aslani, the director of the Local Kythera Archive hold the book togethe...

Even the Metropoliti of Kythera was fascinated by Toki's visit. Here he is with Ioannis Γ Kasimatis at the airport. The two are good friends. Ioannis has a private Church attached to his "patriko spitti" which was built...

Toki Koizumi, breaking bread with his generous hosts Ioannis Γ Kasimatis and his wife Gogo.

Toki Koizumi lovingly prepares the gravesite of his grandmother, Rosa Antonia Kassimati. He will lay some gifts he has bought from Asia on the gravestone. Much older photograph of Rosa Kassimati's gravesite

Toki Koizumi brought a number of gifts with him from Asia, to place on his grandmothers grave. These included incense, oil and a garland from Japan, and fresh lilacs from Hong Kong. Much older photograph of Rosa Kassima...

Toki Koizumi (left, back to camera), Ioannis Γ Kasimatis, (left foreground), his grandfathers' biographer, and his host on the island, centre. George Haros from Saint George Smallgoods, Sydney, a great benefactor to the...

Ioannis Γ Kasimatis, (left foreground), his grandfathers' biographer, and his host on the island meets with him. Obscured in the background is George Haros from Saint George Smallgoods, Sydney, a great benefactor to the...

Here he is greeted at the airport by his grandfathers' biographer, and his host on the island, Ioannis Γ Kasimatis