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Patetsos calls on Australian Government to present its case in defence of Mr Al-Arabi in Thai court
The Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Council of Australia (FECCA) calls on the Australian Government to seek leave to appear in the Thai court determining the fate of the detained Australian …
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Three masked burglars break into Patriarch Bartholomew’s house in Istanbul
A Greek-Turkish newspaper Anatoli reports that three masked intruders broke into the house of Patriarch Bartholomew on Saturday. The incident took place on Saturday when the Ecumenical Patriarch was at …
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British tourist murdered by lover’s jealous husband on Greek island of Ithaca
A British tourist, aged 40, has allegedly been beaten to death by the jealous husband of the woman he was having an affair with, according to reports in the Greek …
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Vroutsis proposes locking minimum income clause into Greek constitution
Greece’s Minister of Labour and Social Protection, Yiannis Vroutsis proposed a minimum income guarantee during a parliamentary debate on revising the constitution on Tuesday. The minister announced that the proposal …
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Greek Australians commemorated 17 November revolt with solidarity to First Peoples
Passions of the past continue to reverberate in the present day. In the spirit of keeping history alive, the Greek Australian Committee for the Commemoration of the 1973 Polytechnic uprising …
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Independent thinktank says Greek GDP can hit 3.5 per cent this year
Greece can achieve a primary of growth rate of 3.5 percent of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) this year, said the influential Hellenic Fiscal Council in its autumn report on Tuesday. …
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GOCSA President Vasilis Gonis investigates ‘inappropriate content’ involving ‘staff member’
Undercurrents of scandal have run through the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA) following the investigation into a “staff member”. A number of emails were sent by an unknown …
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Ageing Greek heroine meets Jewish siblings – and their 40 descendants – she helped keep safe from Nazis
Melpomeni Dina (born Axiopoulos) was just in her teens when her brothers and her sisters hid, fed and protected a Jewish family for nearly two years at the height of …
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Broadband internet arrives in rural Greece providing access to 5,000 villages
Five thousand villages in remote areas across Greece have gained a new window into the rest of the world, with broadband internet access for the first time. Among the villages …
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Detective is first of 60 witnesses to take stand in Bourke St inquest
Detective Senior Constable Murray Gentner, who tried to negotiate a peaceful arrest with James Gargasoulas, will be the first witness to give evidence at an inquest into the 2017 rampage …