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Ten minutes of curfew
The street is still, still like a photograph. There are no cars on the road. A person last walked in the street more than two hours ago. She abandoned her …
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An attitude to Jews in the 1821 Greek War of Independence
According to tradition, after Patriarch Gregory and other Orthodox prelates were cut down from their place of execution soon after the outbreak of the Greek Revolution, the Ottomans ordered that …
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Freed slave’s tomb provides evidence that Greek was part of ancient Pompeii’s cultural life
Evidence from a tomb in Pompeii’s necropolis may point to the fact that Greek was used alongside Latin in the city before the volcanic eruption that destroyed it in 79AD. …
Fires, floods and the worsening climate crisis
Dangerous climate change has gone from forecasted future to lived experience in more and more countries. In recent weeks, devastating fires in southern Europe and floods in northern Europe have …
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Rockwood Cemetery remains open despite COVID following woman’s petition
When Angelique Jasli went Rockwood Cemetery at Sydney’s inner west to visit the grave of her mother, who passed away in 2015, she was turned away as NSW Health had …
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24 COVID infections as people dob in rulebreakers
There were 24 new infections detected in Victoria, with six of these out in the community while they were infectious while 20 are linked to known outbreaks and 18 were …
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The watermelons small enough to fit into a handbag
There’s nothing like a sweet succulent watermelon to be enjoyed under the summer sun, though the fruit is usually a bit heavy to carry. One farmer from Neo Agioneri in …
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‘No other option’: VIC officials grilled over exit from lockdown timing
Finding it hard to digest extension no.2 of lockdown no.6 in Melbourne? Victoria’s public health team states well aware of the issue. But they say “we can’t take a different …
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“We came to stay!” say the Greeks who fell in love with Australia
There are many Greek Australians who came for a while, others who just couldn’t hack it but there are also a large group of Greek Australians who came here and …
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Steven Koutsodontis pens a book to help other parents explain an MS diagnosis to their children
At just 16 years of age, Steven Koutsodontis was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Since that fateful day, he has gone on to live a fruitful life but also felt …