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The Apollo Greek restaurant in Potts Point remains closed as COVID-19 cluster grows

NSW recorded 21 cases overnight on Friday from more than 25,000 tests as two clusters are continuing to grow: Potts Point (19 people) and the Thai Rock Wetherill Park cluster …

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Fronditha Care’s vigilance following positive COVID-19 case on 22 July – no new cases since then

The outbreak at numerous aged care facilities around Melbourne, especially St Basil’s in Fawkner, has caused other facilities to fear for their residents and take additional precautions. Fronditha Care, a …

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Greek Australian among the eight new deaths recorded in Victoria on Friday

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews announced Friday’s disappointing figures for Victoria with 627 new positive test cases overnight and eight deaths, following yesterday’s 723 cases (the highest since the COVID-19 pandemic …

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Police ramp up investigations on Mykonos, the party island

Mykonos, the party island of Greece, has drawn the Greek government’s focus in the fight against COVID-19. Police inspections were ramped up on Wednesday night to ensure that social distancing …

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Free events at Greek archaeological sites and museums during August full moon

The August full moon is extra special in Greece thanks to the free events which take place at archaeological sites and museums around Greece. This year is no exception. On …

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St Basil’s in Adelaide is not like its Victorian counterpart

The death of fifteen residents in the Greek Orthodox Archdioceses’ St Basil’s Homes for the Aged in Victoria from coronavirus has tainted the name of other Archdiocese centres around Australia. …

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The aged at St Basil’s are extinguishing like candles: 15 deaths

The Greek community of Melbourne is in grief as the domino of COVID-19-related deaths continues to claim the lives of parents and grandparents at St Basil’s Home for the Aged …

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Greek Community of NSW releases program to celebrate 200 years of Greek Independence in 2021

In 2021, the bicentennial of Greece’s declaration of the War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire will be widely celebrated throughout the world. In Sydney, the Greek Orthodox Community of …

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Big drive to counter 30 per cent staff shortfall in Victoria’s aged Care centres due to COVID-19

This week an aged care workforce shortfall of 30 percent was announced amid moves by government to bring to Victoria aged care workers from other parts of the country including …

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Feta cheese for charity

A Greek agricultural organisation has donated feta cheese to feed the masses. Elgo-Dimitra donated a ton and a half of feta cheese to churches and charity groups in Greece and …

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