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‘No other option’: VIC officials grilled over exit from lockdown timing

Finding it hard to digest extension no.2 of lockdown no.6 in Melbourne? Victoria’s public health team states well aware of the issue. But they say “we can’t take a different …

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Thessaloniki street artist paints mural of basketball legend Giannis Antetokounmpo

Thessaloniki street artist Elias Stylos, aka “Hayate”, completed a 5x5m mural of Greek basketball phenomenon Giannis Antetokounmpo, known as the “Greek Freak”. Painted on the wall of a private company …

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Victoria records 25 new cases as ACT and Darwin added to extreme travel risk zone

There were 25 new cases of COVID-19 in the 24-hour period to midnight this morning Victoria’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced earlier today. Of these cases, just …

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Melbourne’s curfew reintroduced as cases in NSW climb to 478

A night-time curfew will once again be imposed on Melbourne as health authorities further harden the city’s lockdown in response to mystery cases, illegal gatherings and children spreading the virus. …

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Parthenon Marbles held in “insulting and dangerous” conditions following news of flood leakage, states Greek Culture Minister

The British Museum has said in a statement that the Greek gallery, where the Parthenon Marbles are on display, was shut to the public for conservation work delayed due to …

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22 new COVID cases in Victoria, an illegal engagement party investigated, and hints that lockdown will be extended

Victoria recorded 22 new local cases of COVID-19, with fourteen of the new locally acquired cases in isolation for the entirety of their infectious period and five cases yet to …

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Daniel Andrews hints at likely lockdown extension for Melbourne

Melburnians received an indirect warning about the main challenge standing in the way of a reopening that would bring them in par with their regional counterparts: mystery cases. The state …

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After another day of over 400 new infections, NSW Premier concedes Covid zero is ‘near impossible’

The NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant has stated worried over predictions of a continuous rise in new coronavirus infections. New South Wales had another tally of more than …

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Makarios’ message for 15 August, as “Australian society endures the difficult ordeal of the pandemic”

Today marks one of the holiest dates in the Christian Orthodox calendar. And while Greeks will have the opportunity to attend church services in person, online livestreaming will substitute physical …

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NSW now in statewide lockdown after 466 new cases and  four deaths

The NSW Government has announced a snap state-wide lockdown which will last for at least the next seven days. NSW Health confirmed any existing coronavirus restrictions in regional areas of NSW will now be …

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