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Olympiakos clinches Super League title in style
Olympiakos has retained its Greek soccer crown winning yet another Super League title on Wednesday – and did it in style, too, with victory at archrival PAOK. The Reds avenged …
Dialogue –
Black Cretans and 1922
“The Cretans are vastly picturesque: great number of blacks, male and female.”: Edward Lear 1846 According to the British consul in Chania, Crete, writing in 1858 about British efforts to …
Dialogue –
The revitalisation of Modern Greek in Australia has begun
On Sunday the 1st of May, the Modern Greek Teachers’ Association of Victoria (MGTAV) held the launch of the Modern Greek Strategic Plan it had been formulating with the Pharos …
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What’s On 6-13 May
VICTORIA GREEK SHORT FILM FESTIVAL POSTPONED The Athens Short Film Festival which was to have been shown at the Greek Centre at 7pm on Saturday, 7 May has been postponed …
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Third Hellenic diaspora conference set for Darwin
The third international Perspectives on the Hellenic Diaspora conference will take place at Charles Darwin University in Darwin and online from 26 to 28 May says one of the conference …
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Labor commits $10m to proposed Greek Orthodox cultural hub at Northcote monastery
Labor’s shadow minister for multicultural affairs Andrew Giles, fronted media yesterday at the Greek Orthodox monastery Axion Esti in Melbourne’s suburb of Northcote to announce that an “Albanese Labor government …
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Australian Ambassador takes part in Lemnos’ Anzac comemorations
A few days after Anzac Day – on 27th April – the annual Gallipoli campaign commemorative services were held on the Northern Aegean Island of Lemnos. As with previous years, …
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Hollywood favourite, Emma Stone in Athens for Lanthimos film premiere
Actress Emma Stone and Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos reunite in Athens, for the premiere of Lanthimos’ black-and-white short film, ‘Bleat’, in which she stars along with French actor Damien Bonnard. …
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Ambassador Arthur Spyrou reminds Aussie Greeks of postal vote option while overseas
Australia’s Ambassador to Greece Arthur Spyrou, has reminded Greek-Australians who are in Greece or who will be in Greece during the 21 May federal elections that they can still exercise …
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Two men jailed in Greece for the death of LGBTQ activist Zak Kostopoulos
The death of Zacharias Kostopoulos, also known as “Zak” or “Zackie Oh”, in Athens in 2018, generated widespread outcry in Greece. Two men, aged 59 and 77, were found guilty …