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Australia is back on the map!

Sandy Alexandraki’s mother, Kostantina, arrived in Melbourne from Athens a few days ago, to finally meet her first grandchild, born in the midst of the pandemic. She travelled with the …

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Greece condemns Russia and raises concerns for Ukraine Greeks

The Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, will be raising concerns over the safety of the 150,000-strong Greek minority in the Ukraine at an emergency meeting of foreign ministers …

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Greek Women of Northern Suburbs ‘Anemones’ celebrate ‘Heroines of 1821’

The Greek Women of Northern Suburbs ‘Anemones’ came together on Sunday 20 February for a celebratory event marking the bicentennial of Hellenic independence. The ‘Anemones’ group kicked off their first …

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Dear Diary, I got COVID-19 today

Knocked down, locked down and feeling down. Welcome to COVID-19. Welcome to mandatory isolation. I knew I had coronavirus two days before the Victorian Health Department notified me. I had flu-like symptoms when no influenza …

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FECCA chair Patetsos praises SBS commitment to greater diversity

The nation’s peak multicultural organisation, the Federation of Ethnic Communities of Australia (FECCA) has praised national broadcaster SBS’s plans for a new, expanded commitment to promote on-and off-screen diversity and …

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Competition set for Victorian photographers of multicultural background

The Victorian Minister of Multicultural Affairs Ros Spence has announced the launch of a photography competition open to Victorians of multicultural background. The minister said the competition entitled Capturing Culture: …

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Court rules in favour of Polites property group following twenty years of persistent litigation

Douglas Charles Russell, the man who claimed that the prominent Polites family owed him $3 million in compensation for fraud, perjury and false and misleading statements has been declared a …

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Online workshops for Certificate of Attainment in Greek

The Modern Greek Studies Program of Macquarie University has organised two free Greek online workshops for the Certificate of Attainment in Greek 2022, hosted by the Sydney Institute for Community …

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Greek women’s team makes fine debut in World 9s tournament

While the first-ever all women’s Greek team to take to the field in an Aussie Rules game did not make it to the finals, the experience against the eventual finalists …

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Major changes to close contact and mask rules in Victoria

Under a proposed easing of Australia’s COVID-19 rules, household close contacts will no longer need to isolate granted that they are asymptomatic, fully vaccinated and boosted or vaccinated people who …

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