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Greeks expected to celebrate Easter on their balconies again

The Church of Greece’s pleas for religious venues to be open during Greek Orthodox Easter on 2 May did not fall on deaf ears. Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis came …

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Deli provides flavours of Greece in Melbourne’s Queen Victoria Market

The Hellenic Deli is the warm Greek heart that has been beating in Queen Victoria Market (QVM) since 1972. When John and Helen Xasteroulis opened the deli at Shop 39-40 …

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Greece’s President presents medals to three US archaeologists for their Philhellenism

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou awarded Commander of the Order of the Phoenix medals to three distinguished US archaeologists – Dr Jack L. Davis and Dr Sharon R. Stocker of Cincinnati …

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Archbishop Makarios visibly moved in heartfelt address for Battle of Crete

On Monday night, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios could not contain his emotions at events held to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Crete at the Holy Monastery of …

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COVID round the world: More than three million deaths, suspension of J&J in Greece while EU contemplates AstraZeneca

Auckland positive test New Zealand’s Health ministry confirmed the positive COVID-19 test result of an airport worker at Auckland on the second day of the Australia-New Zealand travel bubble. A …

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Athens defies curfews: conjuring the days of Papathemelis during the global pandemic

In February 1994, Greece’s former public order minister Stelios Papathemelis imposed a 2am curfew on the operating of bars and nightclubs. The goal was to limit noise pollution, but the …

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Greek Sydney childcarer slashes fees to help parents and raise numbers

A childcare centre owner has reduced her prices by nearly half the average for similar services in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs to help her customers and increase occupancy rates that were …

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Popular Channel 9 travel show kicks off with visit to Greece

Greece is one of the destinations for the popular travel show “Travel Guides” that returns on Wednesday, 28 April, on Channel 9 and 9Now. The new series kicks off in …

A digger’s tale from Newport and Brunswick to Lemnos – The Anzac Voyage of Alec Holland

Alec Holland was sent as a reinforcement to a unit in which experienced tradesmen like himself were especially valued. An engineering support unit, the 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train …

What ancient Greek handwashing can teach us about socio-economic inequality

COVID-19 poses massive challenges nationally and globally when it comes to socio-economic inequality. It has hit the vaccine rollout especially hard, threatening new and potentially more lethal variants, while low-risk …

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