Australia
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Darwin’s Greek Mayor in the race for the next four-year term
Darwin’s first Greek-born Mayor, has officially announced he is entering the race to retain lord mayoralty for another term. “I have decided to compete again in the elections following a …
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Concerns that Victoria is heading for extension of lockdown
Victorians woke to day 2 of the state’s snap lockdown on Sunday, with 16 new locally acquired cases, from 53,283 tests. All of them are linked to current outbreaks, but …
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One new death in NSW as state records 111 new COVID-19 cases. Victoria records 19 new cases
People in several Sydney suburbs have been banned from leaving their local area for work and the state’s COVID-19 lockdown was tightened after 111 new cases were announced today. It’s …
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Greeks abroad support the creation of a Ministry for the Diaspora
There is growing support for the creation of a Greek Ministry for Greeks Living Abroad, which is the initiative of a group of lecturers of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. …
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Small businesses suffer as snap lockdown begins
The new snap lockdown that was imposed as of midnight on Friday morning and hopefully set to last until Tuesday, has again dampened hopes of recovery just weeks after the …
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Bill Papas tests positive to COVID-19 in Greece as Westpac seeks freezing of overseas assets, including Xanthi FC
Forum Finance boss Bill Papas (Basile Papadimitriou) has blamed a positive COVID-19 test for delaying his return to Australia to face serious allegations of $400 million fraud brought against his …
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Victoria’s lockdown 5.0, “identical” to Lockdown 4.0, with measures for business to be announced Friday
Victoria’s Premier Daniel Andrews announced another lockdown for Victoria on Thursday as a result of the most recent infections noted in the state. The premier said the lockdown would be …
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Melbourne’s Lockdown 5.0 from midnight tonight
Victoria’s mainstream media outlets have reported that Melbourne will go into a snap lockdown from midnight tonight to curb the growing COVID outbreak. Authorities are still discussing the final details, …
Sydneysiders rush to get vaccinated, but it’s not easy for some
Melbourne will not be plunged into a fifth lockdown today, however restrictions have been tightened after the city recorded 11 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. Among the infected people …
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Federal, NSW grants beef up multicultural media’s role in fighting COVID-19
Both Federal government and the government of New South Wales this week announced allocation of funds to multicultural communities and media to “design and lead grass roots communication activities tailored …