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Celebration of George Zangalis’ life open to all
The celebration of the life of George Zangalis, the well-loved Communist Party of Australia activist, unionist and multiculturalist, that was planned before his death on 25 March, will still take …
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Dozens of Melbourne suburbs warned to watch out for symptoms of COVID-19
Victoria recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 but three in international travellers already in hotel quarantine and 17 active cases in Victoria. COVID-19 fragments were found in Melbourne’s …
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Documentary charts the triumph of the Greek team under Otto Rehhagel at Euro 2004
With football fans in uproar over the proposed formation of an elitist European Super League it is perhaps time to remember that football can deliver a special magic where the …
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Aussie advice for a COVIDSafe Greek Orthodox Holy Week
This Sunday (25 April) marks Palm Sunday, and most Greek Australians are eager to feel the real spirit of Holy Week with all the traditions and customs it entails, especially …
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Federal minister Michael Sukkar drops in on the Greek Centre in Melbourne
Federal Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar MP paid a visit to the Greek Centre in Melbourne on Wednesday and praised the Greek Community of Melbourne’s (GCM) role …
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An interview with Steven Pressfield: Channelling Ares, the god of strife
Steven Pressfield’s latest book A Man At Arms is set in Jerusalem and the Sinai desert around the first century CE when Judea was under Roman occupation. Telamon of Arcadia …
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English clubs signal swift withdrawal of European Super League idea
When the owners of 12 of Europe’s top football clubs announced on Sunday that they would be forming a closed-shop European Super League, they could not have expected the backlash …
On 21 April, 1967, the tanks rolled into Athens and the colonels took charge of Greece
It was 54 years ago today that a group of far-right Greek army colonels led a coup d’etat just weeks before elections that were predicted to give the victory to …
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Midnight Easter services to take place at 9pm in Greece this year
The Greek Orthodox Easter resurrection service on Holy Saturday will be moved to 9 pm and held at church courtyards, following a decision of the administrative body of the Church …
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City visit ends with respects paid at Ballarat philhellene’s memorial
When Christina Despoteris went to Ballarat for a meeting of the Art and Craft Committee of the Royal Melbourne Show she was taken to pay her respects at the George …