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St Basil’s operators want to be excused from giving evidence at Coronial Inquest into St Basil’s deaths
St Basil’s Home for the Aged operators asked the coroner to excuse them from giving evidence at the Coronial Inquest into the deaths of 50 residents during the COVID-19 outbreak …
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Christian Lindner, Schäuble’s successor, and links to Greece
During the Euro debt crisis the German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble was the most hated foreign politician in Greece. Although his Liberal successor in the new German government, Christian Lindner, …
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Women in politics: The suits have given way to the prams
2021 has been a watershed year for Australian women. Early in the year, women marched in streets all over Australia demanding ‘enough is enough’. They demanded that the time was …
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Greece, Israel, Cyprus summit re-endorses trilateral partnership
The new Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, remains committed to the policy greater cooperation with Greece and Cyprus. The leaders of Greece, Israel, and Cyprus agreed to increase cooperation and …
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Pontian Community of Melbourne sells its Brunswick building
Pontian Community of Melbourne President Apostolos Alexiadis confirmed that the Brunswick building at 345 Victoria Street is up for sale. The building, created to promote Pontian culture and host events, …
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Greece imposes fines on parents who keep children out of school
Parents and guardians in Greece who keep their children out of school for any reason, including the pandemic, will face fines and jail time. Greece’s Ministry of Education and Ministry …
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Tasos Leivaditis – “Handbook for a good death”
Tasos Leivaditis’ collection of prose-poems, “Handbook for a Good Death”, was recently released in the first full English translation by bespoke Texas-based publisher, Human Side Press, in a hand-bound limited …
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Varvara Ioannou’s ground-breaking stories in “Her Voice, Greek Women and Their Friends”
Varvara Athanasiou-Ioannou, one of the most dynamic women of the Greek community, has left her imprint indelibly marked in many sectors. For the last 20 years, she has devoted her …
Socceroo Tom Rogic stars for Postecoglou in Dundee
Socceroos star Tom Rogic had a starring role for Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic as he beat four Dundee United players to open the scoring in Sunday’s Scottish Premier League clash at …
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Evzones “travel” to Australia this weekend
Athenians are naturally totally used to the sight of Evzones changing guard at the foot of Greek Parliament as well as the Presidential Mansion. It is hard to bypass their …