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40 women living in Australia recount their life story ‘like a fairy tale’
I met Mrs. Varvara Athanasiou-Ioannou from common acquaintances in August 2019 walking by our lake. She told me then, that she admired my book “Those who became one with the …
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Greek couple pulled off ‘flash’ wedding to escape Melbourne lockdown cancellation
If we had to choose one key takeaway learning from 2020, it would probably be in the lines of ‘expect the unexpected’. And be ready to adjust to last-minute changes. …
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Victoria: Two new locally acquired cases out of 21,475 test results
Victorians have woken up to the second day of a snap lockdown with three new coronavirus cases recorded, two of them locally acquired and one in hotel quarantine. The state …
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Greek tennis player Pervolarakis, who played in Melbourne, tests positive for COVID-19
Greece ATP Cup player Michail Pervolarakis, who recently played in Melbourne and has been to community events, has revealed he’s tested positive for COVID-19 after travelling from Australia to South …
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Platform enables Greeks residing in Western Australia to use a number of Consular services remotely
The Consulate of Greece in Perth is now included in the pilot operation of “MyConsulLive,” the platform for serving citizens remotely via video calls. The platform enables Greeks residing in …
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Father Andreas ‘has fallen asleep’
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia – District of Melbourne made the following announcement this afternoon: “It is with deep sadness that we inform the faithful that Fr Andreas Papadimitropoulos, …
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Oakleigh: The night before lockdown
The famous Hellenic precinct in Oakleigh was packed last night, as Greeks and philhellenes got together to celebrate the last few hours, before Victoria went into its third hard lockdown …
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Greece confirms 1,410 new coronavirus cases
Greece confirmed 1,410 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on Friday. There were no infections identified during the checks at entry …
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One new case in Victoria as five-day lockdown begins
Victoria has announced one new case of community transmission of COVID-19 overnight as the state begins its five-day snap lockdown to halt the spread of the highly infectious UK variant …
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Sydney’s Greek precinct officially named ”Little Greece”
The heart of the Greek community in Sydney, the Marrickville Region, has officially been renamed “Little Greece” after the proposition was voted by the Inner West Council members, last week. …