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Want to travel? Here’s how to download your international vaccination certificate
Fully vaccinated Australians will now be able to have their COVID-19 vaccination certificates. Launched this morning, the certificates are available from Medicare websites or via the Express Plus Medicare App. …
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Opening or updating a bank account in Greece
In recent years, banks in Greece have been applying stricter rules to ensure they have updated and accurate records of the identity and of the personal data of their clients. …
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Young stonemason meets tragic death in factory accident
A Greek Australian stonemason, aged 25, was tragically killed in an industrial accident in Somerton, 21 km north of Melbourne’s central business district. WorkSafe Victoria is investigating the incident. The …
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Sydney Film Festival 2021 programme features Greek films
The 68th Sydney Film Festival is back and will be the first major festival to be held in Sydney’s CBD as restrictions are lifted for the city. The Festival will …
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Dora Bakoyannis diagnosed with multiple myeloma
New Democracy MP Dora Bakoyannis announced on Twitter that she has been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow. “It is never easy to …
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Former PASOK leader George Papandreou eyes leadership of KINAL
Former PASOK prime minister George Papandreou may claim the leadership of the socialist KINAL (Movement for Change) party, a centre-left political alliance which rose from the ashes of the now-defunct …
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Victoria records another 11 deaths, as the state prepares to open up
Victoria recorded 1,749 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and 11 deaths. There are now 22,476 active COVID-19 cases in Victoria, and 163 people have died during the current Delta …
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Kompania, breathing new life into rebetika
Trying to summarise the sound of Kompania is no easy feat. In many ways, Kompania to me represents the modern face of Rebetika in Athens today. This ensemble, consisting of …
Pfizer jabs available including at Prahran’s Greek church hall, as elderly Greek Aussies do it like Katerina Sakellaropoulou
Eighty-eight-year-old Oakleigh residents, Panagiota and Spiros Houpis gave the thumbs up to getting their first Pfizer vaccination, at an Oakleigh clinic, in Melbourne’s south-east, today Monday 18 October. The Greek …
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One small step for motorsport, one giant leap for womankind: Krystina Emmanouilides on making motorsport more accessible for all
From Melbourne’s outer city suburbs, to Oxford and now Zurich, Krystina Emmanouilides has been making her mark, taking steps to creating a more inclusive world. Ms Emmanouilides is Computational Fluid …