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“These languages are building blocks in all education,” says Steve Georganas
Steve Georganas, Federal Member for the SA seat of Adelaide, went into battle to save Italian at Flinders University. “Students of the Italian programme at Flinders University alerted me of …
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Effort underway to send back migrants on Turkish-flagged vessel
Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi on Monday said efforts were underway to repatriate the Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals that arrived on board a Turkish-flagged freighter rescued on Sunday. Mitarachi …
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Covid-19: Greece confirms 5,449 new coronavirus infections, 52 deaths
Greece confirmed 5,449 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, with 18 of these identified at entry points to the country, the National Public Health Organization (EODY) said on …
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Mitsotakis: Citizens should not be burdened with green transition’s costs
Greece has already taken measures worth 500 mln euros to protect households from the energy crisis and the turmoil in the natural gas market, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis pointed out …
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Three Golden Dawn members to remain in jail pending their appeals, court decides
A special court rejected the petition of three imprisoned members of the Golden Dawn criminal organization to be released pending their appeal court case. The five-member sentence-suspension court said the …
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Victoria has 989 new local cases and nine deaths, as another two Greek-Australians died of COVID-19
Another two Greek-Australians have died of COVID-19 as Victoria has recorded 989 new local COVID-19 cases and nine deaths, the first time daily case numbers have been below 1,000 since September 28. …
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Remembering Nurse Joanna Stavridi, the Florence Nightingale of Crete
When we commemorate Ohi Day we honour the resistance of the Greek people throughout the Second World War and the Allied forces who supported them, including those from Australia. These …
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Zoran Zaev resigns from North Macedonia’s leadership after election loss
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Zoran Zaev resigned late on Sunday following his party’s loss in the second round of mayoral elections, including in the capital of Skopje. “I take responsibility …
Victorian government’s depiction of yiayia is a storm in a teacup
Mercifully, the Victorian government social media advertisement promoting vaccination against the dreaded coronavirus, the subject of this Diatribe, is not in Greek. Most of the time, the Greek in state …
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Darwin Mayor condemns Greek community for heckling at Ohi Day celebration
Darwin Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis has publicly condemned the behaviour of members of the Darwin’s Greek community following a church service on Sunday. The event involved officials being heckled during …