Australia
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Mokbel plotters lose appeal
Tony Mokbel’s accomplices who engineered his escape to Greece have failed in a bid to reduce their jail sentences.
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Greek-Australia Business Council established
The Greece-Australia Business Council has finally been established, aiming to promote and strengthen economic and commercial relations between the two countries.
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Seventy new visa overstays a week
The government released figures on immigrants who may have arrived in the country legally but who have overstayed their visas and are now living in Australia legally.
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General Australian Macedonian Advisory Council Meeting
The Australian Macedonian Advisory Council will be holding its annual general meeting on 12 August.
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Australian churchgoers raise $320,000 for Greece
Greek Orthodox churchgoers around Australia raised a total of $320,000 in aid for Greece
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Cyprus visit for Albanese
MP Anthony Albanese is in Cyprus this week to discuss transport, infrastructure and joint business opportunities.
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Radio National adopts Greece
ABC’s Radio National Drive program have chosen to follow the journey of the Greek national team in their bid for Olympic glory at the 2012 London Games.
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Bob Carr: no policy change on FYROM
Foreign Minister sticks to UN name and praises Australian Macedonian contributions.
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Golden Dawn: no place in Australia
A report in The Australian linking the Greek community to neo-Nazis has sparked outrage within the community dismissing it as a “media beat up”