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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 …

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Free online seminar on elder abuse and family violence

Family violence is a topic that has made the headlines much too often lately, mainly due to the pressure of COVID-19 on many families. Informing the community about the issue, …

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Filmmaker Alex Proyas pushes on with projects despite the challenges of the year of COVID -19

If there was something COVID-19 could not do, it was to keep filmmaker Alex Proyas from getting on with his work. The pandemic may have slowed down plans to push …

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Greek language learning in the pandemic era: Interview with Dionysios Arkadianos

As language loss becomes a key issue of concern in the antipodes, updated research is focused on helping the diaspora keep Greek alive. Dionysios Arkadianos, a computational linguist and instructional …

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Early Christmas treat laid out for Pankoaki Brotherhood children

After many months in COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne, third- and fourth-generation children of Koan heritage could not contain their excitement when they received a visit by Santa on Sunday, December …

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‘Athens is the new Athens’, virtual event explores the creative wave in Greece’s capital

“Athens is the new Berlin” was a catch-cry that echoed throughout Greece and the diaspora from the moment the statement was uttered by Nicholas Bellavance-Lecompte, co-founder of Carwan Gallery in …

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Guarding Thermopylae, blocking the pass to the Persians

«Εμείς εδώ φυλάμε Θερμοπύλες», the elderly president of a regional brotherhood remarked as he showed me around the mouldy, crumbling club premises. He was off course, referring to Cavafy’s renowned …

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