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Meet Greece’s first museum education dog, helping to increase participation and learning
The University of Crete’s Museum of Natural History has had a new, and rather unique, member join its team: Ravel, an affectionate Labrador. The first museum education dog in Greece, …
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Free lecture: Voyage of the SS Corsica from Cyprus to Australia in 1951-52
On 13 December, 1951 the SS Corsica left Limassol with 761 Cypriot migrants for Australia and was the first ship to leave Cyprus with so many emigrants. Arriving at Fremantle …
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Danubian Byzantium: Greece in Belgrade
Geography, so goes the saying, is destiny. Belgrade is a city founded by natural and political geography. A hilly salient at the confluence of two major rivers, the Danube and …
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Beaches in Greece and Cyprus named among world’s Top 50
A hot spot for summer, it’s not surprising Greece’s beaches are continuously being named among the world’s best. Drawing on votes from their readers, aggregated scores from previous media results, …
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Athens open-air cinemas: movie magic under a moonlit canopy
Open-air cinemas are the stuff that childhood memories are made of in Greece. Cherry soda and buttered pop corn at hand with the faint hum of cicadas in the background …
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Free Pronia sessions for iPad usage for the Greek community
The second session for iPad usage for beginners took place at Clayton Community Centre this month. The collaboration between Pronia and Monash Library Services aims to inform, educate, support and …
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Keeano, the Greek startup making a splash at beaches
A new app, developed in Athens, aims to create the biggest database to document coastlines globally by allowing users to share information and photos on anything to do with the …
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TOP 10: Feasts of 15 August, a tribute the Dormition of Panagia (Our Lady) and a huge name day
Each year on 15 August, the biggest religious feast day of Orthodoxy takes place in Greece. A national holiday, there are numerous traditions surrounding the Dekapentavgousto, that are dedicated to …
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WHAT’S ON Guide: Greek-inspired events across Australia, 15 August onward
VIC ‘BEYOND ATTICA: ART OF MAGNA GRAECIA’ On loan to the Hellenic Museum (280 William St, Melbourne) from the Koumantatakis family, ‘Beyond Attica: Art of Magna Graecia’ is an extraordinary collection of …
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Greek Australians honoured for promoting Greece’s health tourism sector
Aside from its reputation for being an idyllic summer destination, Greece is starting to make a real name for itself for a rather different ‘getaway’: health tourism. This is thanks …