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“People should enrol in modern Greek and continue to do so,” says La Trobe University Vice Chancellor John Dewar
At the start of November, La Trobe University (LTU) had proposed the axing of the Greek studies program along with Hindi and Indonesian as these were deemed to be unviable. …
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Cat sits by owners’ graves at Greek cemetery mourning their death
Chatziko, a kitten, sits permanently by the graves of his former owners in Astros in the Peloponnese. Adopted by Antonio Douros and his wife, Giota, who passed away last Spring …
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Greek Studies pioneer receives church medal for contribution to education and community
Dedicated retired educator Constantinos Papadopoulos (OAM) received the Silver Cross of St Andrew’s for his work for the Greek community of Victoria and the church. The presentation was made by …
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The Hellas Melbourne Blind football team has been established
Two years after the founding of South Melbourne Powerchair, the ‘blue and white’ continues to lead the football events in the state and across Australia. On 3 December, the International …
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Tributes pour in following the death of senator Paul Sarbanes
Tributes flowed following the death of Greek-American senator Paul Sarbanes, a Maryland Democrat who served in the US Congress for more than thirty years. Born to Greek immigrants in Maryland …
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The deep state bureaucracies ruling the Minoan “Palaces” in Crete
The term “deep state” was coined in the 1990s to refer to bureaucratic resistance to government strongmen (eg. Tayyip Recep Erdogan). Yet, it characterises a traditional concept in political science, …
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Greece notes 89 deaths but new COVID-19 infections are dropping
Greek experts point to a drop in new COVID-19 infections around Greece with 1,250 cases recorded overnight on Monday. There were also 89 deaths, bringing the total death tally in …
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From Nicosia to Melbourne: 134 love letters emerge 60 years on
In 1962, Neophytos Charalambous who lived in Melbourne got engaged to Eleni Georgiou, a girl seven years his junior from Maroni, a small village in Larnaca, Cyprus. They had never …
Choice of hampers that will send you on a gourmet journey to Hellas
“Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes” is a Latin phrase that means “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts” The words, from Virgil’s epic The Aeneid, that were uttered by a Trojan, but would …
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South Australian Magistrate Bob Harrap jailed for deceptive conduct
Bob Harrap, a former SA Magistrate, stares aimlessly into the distance from the accused dock on Friday, 4 November 2020, when Judge Paul Slattery of the District Court of South …