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UNHCR regrets loss of life in the Aegean Sea, with at least 31 dead and more missing
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has issued a press release expressing its deep distress by the recent tragic death toll in Greece’s Aegean Sea. At least 31 people lost their …
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Diatribe: A Nightingale in Greece
In 1850, British public opinion of Greece had hit rock bottom. Some years earlier, in 1847 James Mayer de Rothschild had been visiting Athens during the Greek Orthodox Easter to …
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NSW records 12,226 COVID-19 cases; Victoria soars to 5,137 infections
Case numbers continue to rise across the country with New South Wales recording 12,226 new COVID-19 cases and one death in the past 24 hours. Sadly, hospitalisations have increased from …
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Greece donated 703,200 vaccines to Indonesia
The Foreign Ministry in a post on Twitter on Tuesday made known that Greece donated 703,200 vaccines to Indonesia actively contributing to the battle against COVID-19 at a global level. …
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Tremor measuring 5.7 Richter shakes Crete
An earthquake measuring 5.7 on the Richter scale was recorded on Wednesday at 07:08 in the sea region 48 km south-west of Crete, the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory …
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Theofania festival to take place on 9 January 2022
On Sunday 9 January 2022, Theofania Festival will take place for the 39th consecutive time Station Pier Port Melbourne. The location holds a special significance to Melbourne’s Greeks as it …
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Greece reports a new daily record of over 21,600 COVID-19 infections
Greece’s health authorities have reported a new daily record of 21,657 COVID-19 new cases in the last 24 hours on Tuesday. The spike in new infections is more than double …
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Dora Houpis sees more in the classical Greek alphabet than COVID-19 ‘variants of concern’
The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced in May 2021 it would use the letters of the classical Greek alphabet to identify COVID-19 “variants of concern”. Doing so was a simple, …
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Varvara Ioannou’s book ‘Her Voice’, officially launched in highly emotional, enthusiastic atmosphere
The official launch of Varvara Ioannou’s book ‘Her Voice – Greek Women and Their Friends’ took place with great success last Sunday 12 Dec afternoon at the Alphington Grammar School. …
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VIC & NSW to provide free rapid antigen tests as case numbers reach record highs
Rapid antigen tests have become the most sought-after commodity around the world and especially between Victoria and South Australia. Due to the strain on testing centres, SA has decided to …