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Unions’ Federation calls for 24-hour strike
The country’s private trade union federation said today that it has called a 24-hour strike on Thursday December 1 to protest against the draft 2012 austerity budget.
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Fifteen face trial after property tax protest
Fifteen people, including the head of the Public Power Corporation’s workers’ union GENOP, Nikos Fotopoulos, face trial next Wednesday for blocking access to one of PPC’s buildings
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PM upbeat on aid, prospects
Prime Minister Lucas Papademos suggested on Thursday that the crucial sixth tranche of funding on which Greece’s solvency depends is probably in the bag as the International Moneta
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Zagora Project gets valuable funding boost
The Federal Government, through the Australian Research Council (ARC) has awarded the Zagora Project a grant of $450,000.
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2013 Athens summer school now open
The Department of Archaeology at the University of Sydney and the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens, will be offering their third Archaeological Summer School in 2013.
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Oakleigh Community residents take rent hike dispute to VCAT
The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) might be set to rule over a rent dispute between residents of the Greek Orthodox Community of Oakleigh (GOCO) units, located
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High profile parliamentarians call for Genocide recognition
In an unprecedented development, seven Members of the House of Representatives of the Federal Parliament have risen in recent days to call for Australian parliamentary recognition
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A Pyrrhic victory for Modern Greek
Following the announcement this week that Modern Greek is to be included in the National Curriculum, Neos Kosmos reveals how Modern Greek in Australia still faces a dire future.
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Parliamentary FYROM group stops before it starts
Victorian Liberal MP Andrew Elsbury ran into strife this week in his efforts to form a ‘Parliamentary Friends of FYROM’ group.
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PASEKA national conference a success
The Pan-Australian Justice for Cyrpus Coordinating Committee (PASEKA) held their one-day national conference to discuss the Cyprus issue last week and by all respects, it was a suc