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Strong police presence at locked-down public housing towers, as efforts to support residents ramp up
Around 3,000 tenants living in 9 public housing estates in the suburbs of Flemington and Kensington have been told to not leave home for whatever reason, under an order enforced …
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Melbourne public housing under immediate lockdown; residents ordered not to leave for any reason
Victoria announced its second-highest ever daily increases in coronavirus cases on Saturday after 108 infections were diagnosed overnight. Premier Daniel Andrews called for the lockdown of public housing estates for …
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Super League game postponed after Xanthi player tests positive to COVID-19
A Xanthi Akrites player tested positive for COVID-19 after routine testing was conducted on team players on Thursday. The test, conducted ahead of the game on Saturday, 4 July, means …
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Three new stops on the Athens Metro open to the public on 7 July
The Athens metro project is continuing to rejuvinate transport in the Greek capital, and will add three new metro stations to its sytem on 7 July. The Urban Rail Transport …
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Hellinikon Project is set to “make Greeks proud” and create 80,000 jobs
The Hellinikon Project has been a long time coming. The prime real estate where the old Greek airport used to be has for years sat empty, but on Friday, Lamda …
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Koraly Dimitriadis awarded Creative Victoria’s grant helping independent artists affected by COVID-19 impacts
Cypriot-Australian poet, writer, actress and performer Koraly Dimitriadis has been awarded a grant by Creative Victoria. Ms Dimitriadis will be using her $5,000 grant for “creative development and publication of …
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Dr Achillefs Kapanidis is working on a rapid diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2
Dr Achillefs Kapanidis, Professor of Biological Physics at the Department of Physics of the University of Oxford, has become known to the wider public since the COVID-19 pandemic began because …
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Top 10 of Greek cheeses
Each region boasts its own variations of cheese. Most will be made with sheep and/or goat’s milk – 30 percent goat’s milk is the recommended maximum when combined – because …
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Beloved Philia Polites passes away
We are saddened to learn of the loss of another prominent figure in our community, the beloved Philia Polites. Ms Polites, who was known for her great and long-term social …
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Migrants, Mikakos, hotel sex and the ‘super spreader’ in scramble to find a ‘scapegoat’
The return to Stage Three restrictions for 10 postcodes in Victoria, and 66 new cases of COVID-19 recorded on Friday morning, has speculators scrambling to find a scapegoat. Accusations are …