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Speedboat accident in Greece leaves two dead, one injured

Collision between two boats resulted in the death of two people and one seriously injured near a popular resort in the southern Peloponnese region, Greek authorities say. According to the …

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Scenes from Oakleigh brawl: Melbourne police make arrests for riotous behaviour

Police swooped on armed youths brawling at Oakleigh on Friday night. Police were first called to Warrawee Park at about 10.20pm on Friday after reports that an unknown man had …

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Vale Dora Gogos, Neos Kosmos loses its ‘mother’

The Neos Kosmos family is mourning for a second time in just a few months. Following the death of Takis Gogos in May, Dora Kitinas, the mother of Neos Kosmos …

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Archbishop Makarios shares his views on bioethical issues

The Greek word μακάριος, means ‘blessed’. It is an apt name for Archbishop Makarios, who felt ‘blessed’ to be in Melbourne for the first time, even though it is the …

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Catch up on news from the week that was

New CEO at Fronditha Fronditha Care has appointed Michael Malakonas as its new CEO. The Executive stood out from a strong field of candidates, bringing to the role over 29 …

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New book reveals Greece’s role in Australia’s Anzac legend

The Lemnos Gallipoli Commemorative Committee is launching its publication of historian Jim Claven’s major new definitive account of Greece’s role in Australia’s Anzac legend this weekend. Commissioned by the committee, …

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Greek tycoons expand their fleets despite Greece’s economic crisis

Greece may be a small country, however it’s shipping industry is running high. The annual report of the Union of Greek Shipowners said that Greece’s shipping industry now accounts for …

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Greek diaspora seeks right to vote from abroad – and it’s a debate about democracy

There are 427,000 Greeks who have left their country in the past decade according to statistics of the Central Bank of Greece. These newly-departed Greeks are just part of a …

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Israeli museum seeks Jews and Holocaust survivors deported to British camp on Cyprus in 1940s

The British government had deported 52,000 illegal Jewish immigrants, including numerous Holocaust survivors, to detention camps in Cyprus following World War II. The Jewish people, held for illegally trying to …

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Greek lawmakers scrap university asylum law that forbids police from entering tertiary institutions

Greece’s newly elected conservative New Democracy government overturned the law that made universities a no-gone zone for the police, arguing that the legislation had outlived its usefulness. A stormy debate …

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