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Netherlands joins UK in issuing travel restrictions to Greek islands because of rise in COVID cases
The government of the Netherlands has placed Greece’s islands on its orange list for destinations approved for essential travel alone. The decision comes a day after the United Kingdom placed …
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Fire breaks out at overcrowded quarantined Moria camp
The overcrowded migrant camp of Moria, Lesbos, is burning. A blaze broke out in the early hours of Wednesday when the fire brigade was called to the camp. Nine engines …
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Julie Pilioglou among top three Greek Australians on hot list of most influential educators
Three Greek Australians are among the 75 most influential academics who made their way onto The Educator’s prestigious Hot List of teachers on the cutting edge of excellence. Julie Pilioglou …
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Victoria records 76 new COVID-19 infections and explores sewage testing
Victoria has seen a slight increase in its COVID-19 cases with 76 new coronavirus infections overnight and 11 deaths of one female in her 60s, three females and two males …
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Kayla Itsines’ Adelaide home draws attention as it goes up for sale weeks after her split
Fitness queen Kayla Itsines put her stunning Adelaide home on the market just weeks after announcing her split from fiance Tobi Pearce two weeks ago. The two were business partners …
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169 new COVID-19 cases in Greece, with 35 cases at Moria migrant camp
Greece registered 169 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, including 15 identified at entry points to the country. A lot of the concern is centred around Moria, where the overcrowded migrant …
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Foreign mediation in eastern Mediterranean dispute between Greece, Cyprus and Turkey
Bitter regional rivalries between Greece and Turkey are continuing as competition over gas discoveries in the eastern Mediterranean have escalated fears for military confrontation. Since last month Turkish ships have …
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Hydra’s Nautical Academy: The oldest in the world
For millennia, Aegean islanders have plied the seas seeking fortune on the water sometimes denied to them on land. At no time was this truer than during the era when …
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Alternative history: Redeeming Smyrna
“She thought: sometime soon she’s going to remember what happened and realise that she’s lost everyone. And then what? Her mind moved over different possibilities… moving laboriously westwards in the …
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Filitsa Kounias on leaving law to uplift the community
Filitsa Kounias’ career has been less than linear but in a way found its way back around to where she started. At the age of 23, Ms Kounias had set …