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Helen Zahos receives multiple Stevie Awards in virtual ceremony

Nurses In Action Ambassador Helen Zahos, has been named the winner of multiple Stevie® Awards in the 17th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. This year’s Stevie Award winners …

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Greek Christmas food traditions: Christopsomo

Christopsomo means ‘Christ’s Bread’. Made a few days before Christmas, the sacred tradition dates back hundreds of years. Legend says that preparing this bread as a Christmas treat is linked …

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Wild Colonial Greeks: Exploring the history of Greek Australians in the early 1900s

A new book written by Peter Prineas, released this month by Arcadia publications delves into Greek settlement’s contribution to Australian history and evolution pushing back into the early days. As …

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Anything but Soteria – Andrews Government comes under fire by Hotel Quarantine Program Inquiry

The inquiry led by former Justice Jennifer Coates tabled its final report in Parliament this morning on Victoria’s catastrophic Hotel Quarantine Program COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry report. The report has …

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Report finds St Basil’s and Epping Gardens were not equipped to deal with Covid-19

Victoria’s second coronavirus wave saw 820 people lose their lives with 45 and 38 of those being residents of St Basil’s Home for the Aged and Epping Gardens Aged Care …

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A Greek-Zimbabwean Christmas story: strangers, old friends, welcome all

There was a Christmas in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, that had an Australian feel to it when my later father’s old friend, Vangelis, came to see us on a surprise visit from …

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Greek Australians make the best tsipouro in the world  

  When four years ago, Anastasios (Tom) Christopoulos announced to his wife Anna and his three children his plan to produce his own tsipouro, in Australia, never in his wildest …

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Sydneysiders brace themselves for a locked-down Christmas

The Sydney Covid-19 saga continues, with cases rising to 68 overnight following an infection cluster that originated in the northern beaches. NSW health minister Brad Hazzard told ABC TV earlier …

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UNEP names pioneering Greek fisherman as one of seven ‘Young Champions of the Earth’ for 2020

Lefteris Arapakis, 26, was named by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) a “Young Champion of the Earth” on December 15, the day of his actual name day. Lefteris is …

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Alex’s lights bring the joy of Christmas to Autism Australia

It is widely understood that those with autism may experience light sensitivity, but that has never been the case with Alex Skaftouros, 21. On the contrary, despite being on the …

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