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Greek Australian Cultural League announces literary competition for 2019
The Greek Australian Cultural League’s (GACL) annual literary competition is back for another year, and is now accepting submissions. To participate, writers must be aged 18 and over, and be …
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Call for submissions: Greek Australian periodical ‘Antipodes’
The 65th volume of Greek Australian literary periodical Antipodes is set to be launched later this year in October, and submissions are now open. Members of the Greek Australian Cultural …
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Anzac Day: Lemnos’ Role Remembered in Greece and Australia
Lemnos’ important role in Australia’s Anzac story was again part of the annual commemorations of the Gallipoli campaign held in Greece and Australia. The events on the Northern Aegean island …
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Cyprus serial killer may have murdered up to 30 foreign women
Army captain Nikos Metaxas, aged 35, has confessed to the murders of two women whose bodies were found in an abandoned mine shaft in Cyprus. He confessed to murdering Romanian …
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Greece announces discovery of astonishing Early Bronze Age settlement
The Greek Culture Ministry announced the discovery of an “exceptionally important” Early Bronze Age settlement on the islet of Daskalio off the coast of Keros, a Cycladic island. The discovery …
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Greek councillors welcome younger veterans push for RSL reforms to pokies
Councillors Lambros Tapinos (City of Moreland), Mary Lalios (Whittlesea) and Virginia Tachos (Brimbank), yesterday welcomed the campaign by a group of younger veterans for full pokies divestment by the Victorian …
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War veterans: Luke Haitas, a proud Greek who served in Afghanistan
The Taliban had long been entrenched in many areas of the Zabul Province in Afghanistan in 2010. By this stage, the deterioration of security had seen an 82 per cent …
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GCM honours Greek Australian councillors and mayors for their outstanding contribution
The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM), in conjunction with the Consulate General in Melbourne, organised an event at the Greek Centre to welcome the vice president of the European Network …
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ISIS member plotted to attack Anzac commemoration at Gallipoli
Turkish authorities have arrested a suspected Islamic State member that they believed plotted to attack an Anzac commemoration at Gallipoli, where hundreds of Australians and New Zealanders gather each year …
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They are here! Our Evzones have arrived in Australia!
Standing tall and proud, the twelve soldiers of the Hellenic Presidential Guard, and their Lieutenant General, Head of the Military Office of the President of the Hellenic Republic, were welcomed …