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Archbishop Makarios: “Our Holy Archdiocese will never cease listening to the youth”
Archbishop Makarios delivered a message in honour of International Youth Day, praising young people as the future and stressing the importance of listening and tending to their concerns. The Archbishop …
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Young Socceroo Dimitri Valkanis joins Brisbane Roar on loan from AEK Athens
Brisbane Roar are adding a strong Greek flavour to their 2025/26 A-League squad, confirming the signing of Young Socceroos defender Dimitri Valkanis on loan from Greek Super League giants AEK …
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Greece to enforce ankle monitors for migrants on deportation list
Greece’s Migration Minister Thanos Plevris announced on Monday (local time) the implementation of a measure that will require migrants with rejected asylum claims to wear ankle monitors. The measure is …
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Olympia Valance and IVF experts call for fertility education in Australian schools
Olympia Valance has joined leading fertility experts in urging schools to include education about infertility, egg freezing, and reproductive health in the national sex-education curriculum. Speaking during Fertility Unpacked, an …
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Air Mediterranean – a Greek airline that facilitated a shady network between Athens and Damascus
An investigative report from European journalists has unearthed a shoddy network facilitating flights between Athens and Damascus in 2023, a time when no European flights were going to the Syrian …
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From pompoms shoes to trackies: How Mediterranean-Australians dress their diaspora stories
From the folkloric tsarouchia with their distinctive pompom toes to the “fully sick” Adidas tracksuits of suburban youth, or sharp-cut suits, the way Mediterranean migrants and their descendants dress has …
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Greece farewells former PM Antonis Samaras’ daughter Lena
Family, friends and numerous officials all gathered to farewell Lena Samara, the 34-year-old daughter of former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, following her sudden death last Thursday. The funeral ceremony was …
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Stardust: The “Golden Age” of the Castellorizian Ladies’ Society
Historian Florence Livery will spearhead an evening full of memories and history hosted at the Greek Centre, delving into the unknown stories of the Castellorizian Ladies’ Society that ran from …
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Samos “lives in the heart” of Melbourne
The Pan-Samian Brotherhood of Melbourne and Victoria “Pythagoras” celebrated with splendour and emotion the 201st anniversary of the liberation of Samos from the Ottoman genocidal threat (6 August, 1824), at …
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Armenia and Azerbaijan sign U.S.-brokered deal to end decades of conflict
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed on a U.S.-brokered deal aimed at ending decades of hostilities, including two full-scale wars, potentially opening new trade and transport links in the South Caucasus. …