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Greek athlete Miltos Tentoglou wins Gold for 8.38m jump
Greek long-jumper Miltos Tentoglou won gold at the European indoor championships in Glasgow on Sunday. Tentoglou, who will turn 21 in 15 days, moved to the lead in his second …
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John Pagakis charged with speeding into six vehicles and killing boy
A man has been charged after allegedly mowing into six stationary cars, killing a boy and seriously injuring his mum and younger sister before fleeing the scene. Labourer John Pagakis, …
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Greek police look at whether former bikie boss car bomb was ordered by Australian connections
Greek police interviewed former Commancheros bikie boss Amad “Jay” Malkoun following a car bomb that targetted him in the upmarket suburb of Glyfada. The police are examining whether the attack …
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Yannis Behrakis, Pulitzer Prize-winning photoreporter dead at 58 years
Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Yannis Behrakis has died after a long battle with cancer at the age of 58. His death on 3 March was confirmed by Reuters, his employer since …
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BBC changes report on Macedonian Slav identity in Greece’s Macedonia following public outcry
The BBC story on Macedonian Slavs as an “invisible minority” in northern Greece created a public outcry. Following a huge backlash, the BBC added a section to the report on …
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Stefanos doesn’t beat Swiss tennis legend Federer, but is proud to be a Greek “symbol”
Swiss tennis player Roger Federer claimed the 100th ATP title of his career at the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships after beating 20-year-old Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4 …
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Agios Efstratios, an ideal island to forget to bring an iPhone charger to
Sometimes, it’s all about the risk. The risk of sailing to a quiet island with no advertised hotel and certainly it’s a risk to sail on what appears to be …
Dialogue –
Diatribe: One people at the 32nd Lonsdale Street Greek Festival
“G’day,” a portly middle aged man sporting a grey, Fu Manchu-like goatee and wearing an eighties Bundaberg Rum t-shirt, approached me at the Epirus Cultural Stall during the Lonsdale Street …
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Vale Phaedon Georgitsis, your star will always shine
Phaedon Georgitsis, a popular Greek actor from the Golden Age of Greek Cinema, died in Athens on March 1, aged 80. The famous actor had been suffering from brain cancer …
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4th Delphi Economic Forum includes focus on how the diaspora can help Greece
The 4th Delphi Economic Forum kicked off on February 28 at what was once considered the centre of the ancient classical world. Not just an economic conference, but an annual …