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Increase in tax wedge puts further stress to Greek Families
Greek salary earners saw their pre-tax and after-tax gap widen in 2017, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development reports. According to the OECD data, Greek families have taken on …
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Greeks in Space: the first crisis
It took about 18 months for the Hellenic Space Agency to be officially launched. It took only six weeks for it to undergo its first crisis. On Wednesday, the head …
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Ancient wall revealed in Lesvos
A third century BC wall extending from the city of Mytilene out to the sea was revealed during an excavation in Lesvos. It consists of massive ashlar blocks from local …
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Kate Hudson reveals Greece as her favourite holiday destination: ‘I feel really at home there’
Greece is popular holiday destination with a number of A-list celebrities, one of them being American actor and co-founder of workout brand Fabletics, Kate Hudson. In an interview with fashion …
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112-year-old Greek woman, not the oldest in the world
Following the death of the world’s oldest person on Saturday, Japan’s 117-year-old Nabi Tajima, reports have been circulating around the world about the new title holder of ‘Oldest Woman in …
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Foreign words on shopfront signs could be a thing of the past
In areas with a large migrant population across Australia, it’s not uncommon to see business signage in a language other than English. But Strathfield Council in Sydney is looking at …
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An emotional farewell to our Evzones
It was certainly history in the making and another significant chapter in the relations of the two countries, Greece and Australia, when Adelaide’s Greek community turned out in force to …
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Greek-owned Melbourne cafe accused of underpaying staff
Former staff of Northcote’s Barry cafe have claimed they were underpaid by their employers, brother and sister Steve and Anne Petroulias, by at least five dollars per hour. After attempting …
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Greece rules out trade-off of soldiers with Turkey
Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos has rejected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s offer of a swap deal between Athens and Akara of the two Greek soldiers being held in custody in …
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Turkish President calls for peace with neighbouring Greece
After months of heightening tensions between Turkey and Greece, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has come out and called for peace and cooperation with its neighbour. “Now we want peace, …