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Greece
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9 Mar 2010
Greek police arrested two men last week for trying to sell several artifacts, including a bronze sculpture of emperor Alexander the Great from the 4th century B.C.
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9 Mar 2010
Downtown Athens was paralysed once again on Friday when thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest against the country’s newly announced package of austerity measures.
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4 Mar 2010
The Papandreou government has announced a thid round of austerity measures which are designed to meet European Union demands for savings, rein in the Greek budget deficit and secure European financial support.
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3 Mar 2010
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) party leader Antonis Samaras launched a strong attack on Greek Prime Minister George Papandrou in response to his earlier address to PASOK parliamentarians.
Cyprus
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16 Feb 2010
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias has expressed regret over the decision by the Social Democrats Movement EDEK to withdraw from the governing coalition over their opposition to the government's strategy on bilateral talks.
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8 Feb 2010
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week called on both communities of Cyprus to show the necessary “courage” to reunify the divided island following talks with political leaders in Nicosia
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18 Jan 2010
Cyprus President Demetris Christofias has said he is very cautious to speak about convergences during the first phase of the intensive talks, in the framework of the ongoing direct negotiation process, to solve the Cyprus problem.
World
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8 Feb 2010
Text messages from New Zealand mountain to Greece saves life of lost Greek climber
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8 Feb 2010
Homer the turtle who was deliberately blinded off the coast of Greece has found a new home in Cornwall.
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25 Jan 2010
A Greek rescue team in Haiti was involved in the rescue of a 24-year-old Haitian man from a collapsed hotel.
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15 Mar 2010
Greece is the fourth most popular tourist destination in the European Union in 2010 according to the Eurobarometer survey.
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15 Mar 2010
Alexandros Logothetis
A total of 20 Greek Australians are candidates in the South Australia elections which will take place on March 20.
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14 Mar 2010
Catherine Kladakis
Whittlesea councillor, Kris Pavlidis launched a new woman’s advocate network, Women Matter Two (WM2) on International Women's Day.
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14 Mar 2010
Twenty percent of Greece’s population are facing poverty according to a survey conducted by the National Statistics Service on living conditions and income earned in 2008.
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9 Mar 2010
Greek Australian mountain climber John Kazanas is preparing to take on the challenge of a lifetime.
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9 Mar 2010
Alexandros Logothetis
The new austerity measures announced by Greece have raised significant questions about what impact the drastic cuts in public spending will have on the Greek Government services and programs offered to the Greek communities in Australia.
AUSTRALIA
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14 Mar 2010
Whittlesea councillor, Kris Pavlidis launched a new woman’s advocate network, Women Matter Two (WM2) on International Women's Day.
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9 Mar 2010
Alphington Grammar School took the first steps towards its redevelopment last week as the first sod was turned on two major projects.
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9 Mar 2010
All funds raised through the 2010 Radiothon will be going towards the expansion of Anesi in Thornbury turning it into a 120 bed facility at an estimated cost of $13 million.
Community
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14 Mar 2010
The Greek academics and educators who are preparing a Greek community submission as part of the Victorian Languages Strategy Discussion Paper, are calling for the inclusion of the Greek language in the new national schools curriculum.
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11 Mar 2010
Nicole Tsotras, who loves yiayia’s tiropita and describes herself best as passionate is our Young Greek of the Week.
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