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Main parties struggle to excite first-time Greek voters
They are Greece’s first-time voters, some as young as 16-years-old, who came of age during national bankruptcy, the Covid pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis. Now they have a chance to …
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Greek Centre lit up in red in honour of the Pontian Genocide
The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) demonstrated an impressive display of solidarity and commemoration by adorning the Greek Centre with a bright red hue, in memory of the Greek Pontian …
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Briton tells Cyprus court ill wife ‘begged’ him to kill her
A British pensioner accused of killing his terminally ill wife told a Cyprus court Monday he reluctantly ended her life after she repeatedly “begged” him to do so. “I didn’t …
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Tight jobs market underpins 3.7 per cent wages growth
Wages have responded to the tight labour market, rising 3.7 per cent annually in the March quarter. On a quarterly basis, the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ wage price index lifted …
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Greek PM, officials sued over rail tragedy by victims’ group
A group representing the 57 victims of the head-on collision of two trains in Greece last February said Tuesday that it had filed a criminal lawsuit against Prime Minister Kyriakos …
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Exploring Greece’s financial crisis through political cartooning
The Greek Community of Melbourne presents a lecture titled ‘The Economy in Crisis: Cartooning during the Greek Financial Crisis’ as part of the Greek History and Culture Seminars presented by …
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Women still struggling with boys’ club of Greek politics
As the credits rolled on Greek television’s long-awaited election debate between the party leaders, one thing united them – they were all men. While the three battled for three hours …
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The three men vying to lead Greece
Greece will hold a legislative election on May 21 that promises to be the closest in more than a decade, with three main parties competing for seats in the 300-member …
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Greece’s Mitsotakis eyes new term in uncertain ballot
Greeks will vote on Sunday in the most unpredictable national polls in a decade with an inconclusive result likely to lead to the election needing to be re-run. Outgoing conservative …
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Prison guard had ‘intimate relationship with inmate’
While visiting an inmate, prison guard Nicole Lisa Georgiou’s buttocks were squeezed as they embraced. Days later, prisoner Teariki Touna May did it again when she visited him at the …