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Chios massacre and the diaspora that followed is online seminar theme
South Australian academic Yianni Cartledge will present an online lecture entitled “The Chios Massacre (1822) and Chiot Emigration” at 7pm on Thursday, 22 July. The talk, which is part of …
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NSW records 112 cases of COVID-19 with increased calls for Melbourne-styled lockdown
There were 112 new locally acquired cases recorded in NSW as it was decided to make the AstraZeneca vaccine available to over 40s in the state. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian …
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Greek democracy’s gadfly: the journalist who carried the fight to the junta
The media played a pivotal role in the history of Modern Greece going right back to its beginnings. The Greeks, through their network of friends around Europe, ensured the struggle …
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Greece’s cases are on the rise again: 1,465 new cases and 12,792 deaths since start of pandemic
There were 1,465 new laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Greece over the last 24 hours, of which 11 were intercepted during checks at the country’s borders. The National Public Health …
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Australia’s negotiations with Pfizer’s Chief Executive Albert Bourla via former PM Kevin Rudd
Australia has secured 20 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to be delivered by the end of the year, with a spokesman for Health minister Greg Hunt stating on Sunday …
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Forum Finance dubbed a ‘calculated and elaborate’ fraud
In a Federal Court case hearing last Friday, Justice Michael Lee labelled the affairs of Forum Finance a “calculated and elaborate” fraud. The company is accused of serious fraud by …
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Greek fire fighters battling raging blazes across the country all night
Greece has been fighting wildfires all over the country for days with last night being a particularly difficult operation for 679 firefighters across 21 groups, 335 vehicles, 13 helicopters and …
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Vale Nick Sikiotis, a man with many friends
The bell tolled in Ithaca on 25 June, in Stavros and in Vathi, for Nick Sikiotis, 69yrs old, a man with many friends and, for me, my closest. Two weeks …
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NSW records 77 new cases and one death
According to New South Wales Health Authorities, there have been 77 new cases of COVID-19 and one death in the past 24 hours to 8pm, 42 of which, community transmissions. …
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Greece plans mandatory jabs for certain workers as Covid cases rise
With 2,327 new cases of COVID-19 and two deaths recorded in Greece over the last 24 hours, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reassures citizens that the country’s economy will not …