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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 …

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NSW records 11,201 new cases – Victoria hits 3767

As Australia hits record COVID-19 infection numbers across all states, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for an emergency cabinet meeting tomorrow to discuss the further management of the coronavirus …

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Bidden signs US-Greece Defence & Inter-Parliamentary Partnership Act

Senator Bob Menendez and Senator Rubio and the US Congress had put a bill forward through Congress titled ‘US-Greece Defence & Inter-Parliamentary Partnership Act’. The bill was passed on 8 …

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Hidden drachmas in mattresses reach 477.9 million euros Bloomberg finds

According to a report conducted by Bloomberg, there is a large sum of money in Greece that was never exchanged when the country transitioned to the euro. When the minting …

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Delicious Vasilopita recipe for New Year’s Eve

A staple for transitioning into the new year for Greeks around the world is a celebratory first day of the year cake, known as ‘vasilopita’. The cake gets its name …

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Greece expands restrictions as Omicron case numbers rise

In order to deal with the constantly rising numbers of the new Omicron variant in addition to Delta still ravaging through the population, Greece’s government announced on Monday a slew …

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