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Man charged after Tammara Macrokanis body found beside Queensland motorway
Queensland police have charged a man following the death of mother-of-five Tammara Macrokanis. Her body found on the beside a Gold Coast motorway on Saturday evening. Police had been called …
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What’s On 22 October – 29 October
ONLINE VIRTUAL OPEN LECTURE: MEMORY MAPPING AND THE HISTORIC GREEK COMMUNITIES OF ISTANBUL Leverhulme Research Fellow Dr Gönül Bozoğlu will delve into the ongoing work with communities whose cultural memory …
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Arcare volunteers keep spirits up in age care centres with daily newsletter
It is no mean feat to produce a newsletter every day but to do it for 200 consecutive days and in seven languages in the midst of a pandemic is …
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Hassan brings Olympiacos to victory over Marseille
Just as it looked like the game would end on a goalless tie, Ahmed Hassan brought Olympiacos a late victory with a header. Olympiacos revelled in the win against French …
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COVID-19 leaked documents show new measures as Melbourne slowly opens
Documents leaked to the press have revealed new measures will be imposed on Melburnians, as the city looks to reopen amid a sharp drop in coronavirus cases with five new …
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Greece sets new negative COVID-19 record with 865 cases
Greece’s new cases of COVID-19 soared to 865 on Wednesday setting a new negative record, following 667 cases on Tuesday. The National Public Health Organisation (EODY) said that of the …
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Greek aged care owner commits suicide, writes ‘I failed as an owner’
Dr Dimitrios Kabanaros, 41, left a four-page letter as to why he committed suicide by shooting himself after COVID-19 entered Nea Thalpi, an aged care facility he owned at Agio …
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Greece 2021 committee release video clip: “Let the Dances Last”
The Greece 2021 Committee released a cheerful video clip ahead of the 200th anniversary of the 1821 Greek Revolution. The clip features Dionysis Savvopoulos song, “Let the Dances Last”, and …
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Mad Melbourne rush to car washes, hairdressers, auctions and more
Melburnians began to feel that pinch of traffic this week. It felt reassuring to see services slowly ease following restrictions. Ali Sadiku, manager of Grand Wash Auto, which serves a …
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Tu parli Griko? – online seminar looks at the Greek spoken in Italy
In 1999, Italy passed Law 482 which recognised the two languages of Greek origin, Griko (spoken in Apulia) and Greko (Calabria), as being among the 12 minority languages that are …