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Travelling to Gavdos, the remote southernmost Greek island paradise
My Aussie husband, Chris, fell in love with Greece on our first trip there (my third) in 2005. From then on he has always been pestering me to go back …
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Ready, set, gold! St Nicholas Greek School students training for Greek Olympics
Students at Yarraville St Nicholas Greek School are gearing up for the annual Greek Olympics competition. Held on Saturday 21 September, the event has been a school tradition for over …
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Legendary musician Yanni releases new song inspired by his daughter
Legendary artist Yanni released a new song on Friday, titled ‘Ladyhawk’. He revealed to his fans that the song is named in honour of his daughter Krystalán and the special …
Dialogue –
British Museum’s short-term return of the Parthenon Sculptures to Greece could have long-term benefits
There has been significant controversy over the last week concerning a proposal by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis seeking the return of the Parthenon Sculptures from the Louvre and from …
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Greece’s Mytilineos will supply solar power to Australia’s Coles supermarket
Mytilineos has announced that METKA EGN, its subsidiary, has signed a 10-year electricity supply contract with Coles, Australia’s second-largest supermarket chain with more than 2,500 stores nationwide. The electricity, derived …
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Greece’s refugee helper George Treloar honoured in Ballarat
Major George Devine Treloar, the Leaque of Nations Refugee Commissioner in Thrace and Macedonia in the wake of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, has been inducted into the Legends of his …
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US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt backs Greece in Erdogan’s ‘maps’ debacle
United States Ambassador to Athens Geoffrey Pyatt expressed Washington’s support for Greece following the new provocative action by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, photographed at the National Defence University of …
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Rembetika Blues from Smyrna to Syria: How the music style became the soundtrack for displaced migrants
Sydney-based filmmaker Mary Zournazi’s upcoming documentary ‘Rembetika Blues’ traverses Australia, Egypt, Greece, Italy, the US and UK to chronicle how the haunting Greek rebel music become the soundtrack for forced …
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Brazil’s 79-78 FIBA World Cup win over Greece due to goal-tending allowed by FIBA
Brazil’s 79-78 FIBA World Cup win over Greece on Tuesday was mainly due to FIBA’s allowance of goal-tending, which secured Brazil 22 points in its win. The fact that FIBA …
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Teachers of the diaspora push for improvement of Greek language books
Deputy Minister of External Affairs Antonis Diamataris and Deputy Education Minister Sophia Zaharaki discussed issues pertaining to education and diaspora Greeks. The meeting took place at the Ministry of External …