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Greek education ministry scraps school holiday for Three Holy Hierarchs

Schools in Greece have always remained closed during the 30 January feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs (Treis Ierarches), the patron saints of education – St Basil the Great, St …

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Bushfires: ‘This crisis will almost certainly set whole species extinctions in motion,’ says environmentalist Natalie Kyriacou

There has been an outpouring of grief in Australia and across the globe as images of the devastation caused by raging bushfires have circulated on social media. As well as …

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Rubicon attacked residence of Australian Ambassador to Greece

Members of the anarchist group known as Rubicon attacked the residence of Arthur Spyrou, the Australian Ambassador to Greece. They scattered flyers and wrote slogans on the walls of the …

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Sam Karagiozis fights to get back his assets

Sam Karagiozis, the 28-year-old self-made self-proclaimed “serial entrepreneur”, is fighting to regain control of his Bitcoin empire following charges over his role in a drug-trafficking syndicate. His lawyers have filed exclusion …

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Greek ‘interloper’ catches cross in Blessing of Waters drama at Port Melbourne

Thousands of Greek Australians gathered at regions around the country to celebrate Theofania (Epiphany Day) with ‘blessing of the water’ ceremonies in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth. In Melbourne, there …

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Briefs from the week that was | 4-11 January, 2020

Null and void The Foreign Ministers of Greece, Cyprus, France and Egypt rejected on Wednesday two deals signed between Turkey and Libya’s UN-recognised government in Tripoli. They said the deals …

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New rape victim says she was raped while on holiday in Cyprus, points to culture that’s “not right”

A woman told the BBC she was raped while on holiday in Cyprus, but was “discouraged” by police in Scotland from pursuing the case. The rape took place during a …

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CCTV footage captures police punching and hosing down Greek Australian disability pensioner John Goutzoulas

Melbourne disability pensioner John Goutzoulas told Heidelberg Magistrates Court on Thursday that police officers punched, pepper-sprayed and wetted him with a high-pressure hose, “like a dog”, outside his Preston Home …

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PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis briefs party leaders on his recent visit to the United States

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis briefed political party leaders on the results of his visit to the United States. A statement from his office said “the prime minister’s firm intention …

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Greek renewable energy projects attract foreign investors

Greek company PPC Renewables SA, which is part of the PPC SA (Ath:PPC)  has signed a memorandum of agreement with United Arab Emirates and Finnish consortium Masdar Taaleri Generaltion DOO …

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