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New York’s Onassis Cultural Center receives prestigious award for ancient Greece exhibition
New York’s Onassis Cultural Center has taken out a prestigious award for an impressive exhibition ‘A World of Emotions: Ancient Greece, 700 BC – 200 AD’. Based on a public …
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Peter Dupas to go to trial for the murder of Kathleen Downes, 95
Following a Supreme Court hearing today, Peter Dupas will stand trial on 30 January 2019, charged with murdering 95-year-old Kathleen Downes at a Brunswick nursing home in the early hours …
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Activists push for further animal cruelty awareness in Greece
When it comes to animal abuse and treating cases as a punishable crime, Greece has come a long way. But according to activists and advocates not far enough, who say …
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Aerial dancer defies gravity to promote Greece
As Greece continues through its financial crisis, Greeks, both local and from abroad, have found innovative and creative ways to do their part to help their beloved country, and Katerina …
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Historic Melbourne Greek precinct building sells for $10.5 million
A historic building in Melbourne’s Lonsdale Street Greek precinct has been sold for a sum of $10.15 million. Built in 1891, the three-storey Victorian-era building on a corner block, has …
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Erdogan taunts Greece: ‘Before they say things that are bigger than them, they should look at their history books’
Tension between Greece and Turkey has been mounting, and it doesn’t seem to be dying down anytime soon, especially after a speech made by the Turkish president on Sunday. In …
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Raising ‘Greek’ kids in Australia
Eleni Exadaktylou is a mother of two young children, who, with her husband Yianni, decided to leave Greece and seek a better future in Australia. “When we initially discussed leaving, …
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New Australian ambassador goes back to the future and soaks up the energy
Kate Logan’s first overseas posting for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) was to the Australian Embassy in Athens. Twenty years on, she is back in the Greek …
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Students from 1st Voula Junior High School in Athens visit sister school Alphington Grammar
Four years ago Christina Despoteris initiated an e-twinning relationship between Alphington Grammar School in Melbourne and the 1st Junior High School in Voula Athens via the program ‘Voula/Melbourne – Building …
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Anti-Greek protest in Ankara
An anti-Greek protest was held in Ankara on Wednesday, when a group of Turkish nationalists gathered outside of the Hellenic Embassy. The “Morality Foundation for Art and Science” claimed that …