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Church rails against ‘unfair’ tax hit
The Church of Greece said last week that it is not willing to pay for “other people’s mistakes” in response to a recent government decision to impose a one-off property tax on its
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GOCMV AGM results indecisive
Chaos and heated disagreements were the order of the day at the 2009 annual general meeting of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria.
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$2 million for cancer clinical trials
John Michailidis leads a company who have been funded to run clinical trials on new cancer treatments over the next two years.
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Autocephalic churches seek sanctuary in ‘Old Calendar’ church
The Federation of Greek Communities of Australia has signed an interim agreement with the ‘Old Calendar’ Orthodox in an attempt to legitimise its members religious status.
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25th anniversary Melbourne Thessaloniki Sister City relationship
Melbourne is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its sister city relationship with Thessaloniki this week.
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21 winners in literary competition
The latest edition of the periodical Antipodes was launced and the winners of the annual literary awards organised by the Australian-Greek Cultural League were announced in Melb
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Alket Rizaj nabbed
Twice-escaped convict Alket Rizaj was caught by police on Monday after being on the run since his daring helicopter escape with fellow inmate, 42-year-old Vassilis Paleokostas, in
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25 Years of sisterhood celebrated
The Melbourne and Thessaloniki sister city relationship will be celebrated on Sunday with a range of activities.
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Clinton and Papandreou meet on Berlin sidelines
In Berlin, the Greek PM Papandreou briefed Clinton in his trip to Cyprus and Greece’s expectations for a solution to the name dispute with Skopje.