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Opinion: It’s our duty to save our elderly
People have been quick to criticise the Andrews government during this pandemic especially over quarantine processes. But these same people seem reluctant to call out the Federal Government over lack …
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Australia’s Treasurer points to hard-hitting COVID-19 restrictions
The restrictions announced on Sunday will hit all Victorians hard. We love our state and the simple but treasured things that make up our daily lives — going to the …
Relative of former St Basil’s resident says compromised care ‘not our experience’
The events that have unfolded over the last couple of weeks at St Basil’s have been heartbreaking to say the least, but more shocking to our family are the stories …
“Thanasis [Spanos] embodied filotimo”
A man known for his ‘larger than life personality’, Thanasis Spanos passed peacefully and surrounded by family on Friday. But his loss is mourned not only by relatives, but also …
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The US is a whole lot richer because of trade with Europe, regardless of whether EU is friend or ‘foe’
President Donald Trump recently questioned the value of the long-standing United States-Europe alliance. When asked to identify his “biggest foe globally,” he declared: “I think the European Union is a …
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Who does Hagia Sophia belong to? Turning it into a mosque is at odds with its UNESCO status
The Hagia Sophia has just opened to receive Sunni Muslim worshippers for the first time since 1931. The decision to convert the building in Istanbul, Turkey from a museum back …
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Citizenship, cities and coronavirus: Measures to protect human life
On 23 January, the government of the People’s Republic of China imposed a quarantine on the central Chinese city of Wuhan, population eleven million. The quarantine measures, designed to counter …
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The cost of staying silent on Hagia Sophia
The date 24 July 2020 will go down in modern Turkish history as the day Turkey buried its founder Kemal Ataturk’s secular legacy. For Christians, the day will hitherto represent …
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Onassis Foundation panellists recount their experiences of life as black citizens of Greece
The relevance of the words “I Can’t Breathe” that were uttered by the dying George Floyd in the US strikes a chord with the nine AfroGreeks who gathered for a …
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‘My friend received an airline refund. Why am I not eligible?’ A travel agent explains
I was contacted today week by a newspaper journalist who posed this question to me, as he was writing an article on why refunds seem to be months in coming, …