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Archbishop Makarios to support ‘healing’ work after fire at Valoukli Greek nursing home

Archbishop Makarios of Australia has authored a statement of solidarity on behalf of the Archdiocese ahead of the road to recovery after the devastating Valoukli nursing home fire. “Our distress …

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Lee Tarlamis MP to assume duties as Government Whip in Victoria’s Legislative Council

Member for Southern Eastern Metropolitan Lee Tarlamis was elected this week by the ALP Caucus to the position of Government Whip in the Legislative Council. “It’s a privilege and honour …

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Konidaris: “Melbourne to be the best arts and culture precinct in Asia Pacific”

The new Victorian minister for creative industries, Steve Dimopoulos, announced a nine-member board for Melbourne Arts Precinct Corporation (MAP Co) – the entity spearheading the Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation project. …

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Australia is great… but needs a bit of salt

Elsie Mitromara, 19, a Greek national was “surprised at how many Greeks were in Melbourne” when she first moved here. The Greek Financial Crisis (2008-2017) resulted in a new wave …

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Corinth Canal restoration project aimed at stimulating economy

After 18 months of repairs in the first part of its €32 million or $AU 47 million restoration, the Corinth Canal re-opened on July 4 and within its first week …

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Greek paganism’s Faces + Masks at the Hellenic Museum

Photographer Nikos Vavdinoudis has developed Faces + Masks a photographic series featuring the costumes of eight villages in rural Northern Greece, and the obscure but fascinating rituals associated with them. …

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Hellenic Museum expansion plans quietly shelved since mid-2021

The much-touted 2020 plan to move Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum to the former Land Titles Office building on Queen Street as part of a proposed $300-million link with the Benaki Museum …

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Hatzistergos appointed as new Chief Commissioner in ICAC

The Hon Paul Lakatos SC, District Court Judge and President of the Mental Health Review Tribunal, along with the Hon Helen Murrell SC, retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court …

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Cup finals provide a feast of football this weekend

It’s a weekend of cup finals in Victoria this weekend with the Dockerty Cup and Nike FC Cup up for grabs with the action being streamed live online for those …

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29 people picked up from boat in distress

Greece’s coast guard reported that over two dozen people were picked up from a sailboat in distress far off the southwestern coast of the Greek mainland and have been transported …

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