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Singer-songwriter Eves Karydas: ‘My family was the gateway to Greek culture in Cairns’
Hannah Evyenia Karydas, best known by her singer-songwriter moniker ‘Eves Karydas’, is slowly making her way back out onto stages across Australia, after being one of the many musicians who …
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Greece, the country of the old: Another population decrease for 2021
Greece’s census for 2021 was completed before the end of December, proving once again that the Mediterranean country is turning into a nation of elderly people of whom one third …
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Fury over Novak Djokovic’s vax exemption for the Australian Open
World number one, Serbian Novak Djokovic, announced yesterday that he will defend his Australian Open title at Melbourne Park following a medical exemption from the mandatory COVID-19 vaccine. To this …
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NSW records 35,054 new cases; 17,636 infections in Victoria amid testing chaos
COVID-19 is not going anywhere for the time being; the highly contagious Omicron is here to stay often collaborating with the much rougher Delta variant that is still around. Australia’s …
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Archbishop Makarios tests positive to COVID-19
In a statement issued by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia is it confirmed that Archbishop Makarios has tested positive for COVID-19. The Archbishop is fully vaccinated. After presenting some …
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Kyrgios withdraws from ATP warm-up due to asthma attack
Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the Australian Open men’s warm-up tournament in Melbourne due to an unexpected asthma attack. This comes ahead of his comeback in next week’s Sydney Tennis …
Greek Community of Melbourne AGM postponed by a week
The 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria (GOCMV) has been postponed again to 16 January because of growing concerns over the rise …
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A Greek Australian shares the magic of Christmas with the community
Generous and kindhearted, just like Santa, a Greek businessman in Melbourne has been sharing the magic of Christmas every year, making sure that no child goes without a present under …
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Rapid Antigen Test prices skyrocket as Australians get desperate
It is safe to say that Australians are in a RAT race at the moment, with one in four people requiring to test for COVID-19. As Rapid Antigen Tests have …
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92 medical staff in major Athens hospital infected as cases rise above 36,000 again
In the last 24 hours ending on Monday 3pm, Greece reported over 36,246 new COVID-19 infections from the 17,633 on Sunday when significantly less people tested. Unfortunately, 78 deaths were …