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Varoufakis stands for European Elections, but mainly as a symbolic act
Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s former finance minister, is in Germany, campaigning for a new Europe with DiEM25 (Pan-European Democracy in Europe Movement 2025), which hopes to win votes for the European …
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Delos hosts first ever site-specific exhibition
A mysterious neighbour to the party island of Mykonos, the island of Delos is a granite rock of no more than 5km in length and 1.5km in width that is …
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Greece’s sunken treasures and where to find them
There are 1,061 ships that sank in Greek waters in WWII alone, however very little has been done to properly document these. Hellenic Navy Commander Panagiotis Tripontikias hopes to change …
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Your Easter: We asked readers to send us Easter photos and we were inundated
Orthodox Easter was not a public holiday this year. It fell on Sunday, 28 April 2019 and most businesses follow regular Sunday opening hours in Australia. This did not stop …
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Three successful women inspire us at HACCI’s ‘Women in Leadership’ event
It has been two years since the launch of the inaugural ‘Women in leadership’ event in 2017, and since then HACCI Victoria has not stopped exploring the conscious and unconscious …
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Axion Hellas completes successful four-island mission providing medical care to isolated communities
The Hellenic Initiative Australia has welcomed the successful completion of Axion Hellas’ mission to four remote islands, which provided preventive and specialist health care to more than 650 people. Supported …
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Chaos following PAOK football match made for a romantic – and viral – Greek proposal
PAOK fans may have waited for 34 years to win the Greek super league, but one young lady did not have to wait so long for her partner to pop …
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$3 million pledge to help and support our senior Greek Australians
The Shorten Labor Government has bench-marked $3 million to build an aged care facility in the inner western suburbs of Adelaide, according to Labor MP Steve Georganas. The pledge was …
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How a Greek Aussie DJ attacked in Istanbul has found solace in music and the locals
With a smile on his face and a bag full of house music classics, Greek Australian DJ JK (Johnny Kassimatis) has been entertaining masses of music-goers for three decades. I …
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Oh great Greek tourism! See how you’ve grown
Greece has always been a preferred travel destination for erudite individuals throughout various historical periods – from Antiquity to modern times. At the same time, starting from the early 20th …