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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 …
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New York mourns passing of financial district’s iconic Greek cobbler
For more than four decades, Lower East Side New Yorkers have been trusting their shoes to the hands of a Greek legend. Minas Polychronakis. The Greek-American cobbler passed on Wednesday, …
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Turkish navy shows teeth to US 6th fleet and Exxon mobile ships in Cyprus waters
Turkey continues to employ hostile tactic in the maritime region of Cyprus, this time threatening the US 6th Fleet. The Fleet was to participate in a naval exercise in the …
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Works for Thessaloniki metro reveal ancient mosaics
The Aghia Sofia metro train station of Thessaloniki may still be under construction, but it is already under way to becoming a museum. As it has often been the case …
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Malia, a Minoan palace of rare significance
Close to the vibrant Cretan city of Heraklion, on the islands northern coast, there’s a Minoan Palace overlooking the sea. Less popular than the famous Palace of Knossos, Malia is …