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Paula Masselos unveils memorial in Waverley honouring the Battle of Crete
Mayor of Waverley, Paula Masselos joined by Archbishop Makarios Griniezakis and the Consul General of Greece in Sydney, Christos Karras, unveiled the Council’s new memorial to mark the 80th anniversary …
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Mitsotakis announces plan for Northern Crete highway
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis earlier this week, presented the key principles of the so-called National Recovery and Resilience Plan for the day after the coronavirus pandemic. As part of the …
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Greece confirms 1,585 new coronavirus infections on Friday and 40 deaths
Greece registered 1,585 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 6 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) reported on …
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Top Greek industrial steel owner of Halyvourgiki passes away, aged 76
Greek industrialist Constantinos Angelopoulos passed away in Athens on Monday, aged 76. He had suffered in the last few years of his life as a rare form of arthritis which …
Greece ‘top destination in bookings’ or on ‘should not travel’ list? – Euro Paradox
On any given – normal – year, Greek islands are magnets for tourists from the European north, with Brits and Germans famously topping the list. But Europe’s second pandemic summer …
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Greek Parliament approves bill on production and sale of medicinal cannabis
Parties voted for a draft law allowing the cultivation and sale of pharmaceutical cannabis in Parliament’s plenary session on Friday night. A roll-call vote, requested by main opposition SYRIZA, registered …
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Greece registers 2,020 new coronavirus infections on Friday, 56 deaths
Greece confirmed 2,020 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 3 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on …
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Fire situation improving near Megara but more work needed
The fire is subsiding, but it is not yet fully contained, said Deputy Minister for Civil Protection & Crisis Management Nikos Hardalias on Friday, speaking of a fire that …
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Greece evacuates villages as fire blazes through forestland North West of Athens
Nearly 2,000 hectares of pristine forestland has been destroyed by the fire that started on Schinos in the Loutraki area around 9.45 pm on Wednesday night, Greece’s Deputy Civil Protection …
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Australia premieres movie on the Greek miracle of Euro 2004
On 27 May, Australia will be the first country in the world to screen “King Otto”, the film that tells the story of the unlikely victories by one of the …