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FYROM parliament approves 30 September as date for referendum on name change
A vote that was held in Skopje’s parliament last Monday regarding the referendum in FYROM saw the government’s proposal to hold a referendum on 30 September come to pass. A …
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Local council in Halkidiki knocks down fence blocking access to beach
Following the deadly fires in Mati, Attiki last week, municipality demolition crews began an operation to knock down a fence that was blocking access. The operation took place in the …
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MIT professor Constantinos Daskalakis receives prestigious maths award
Constantinos Daskalakis, has just won the 2018 Rolf Nevanlinna Prize, one of the most prestigious international awards in mathematics. The award, which comes with a comes with a monetary prize of …
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Refugee boats abandoned in Greece transformed into fashion accessories
Despite the despair that has resulted in the refugee crisis in Europe, with people fleeing their war-torn homes, you don’t need to look too far before seeing a beacon of …
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Could Athens be named European Capital of Innovation for 2018?
Athens has been shortlisted for this year’s European Capital of Innovation (iCapital) Award, among 12 other European capitals. The other prestigious contenders are Antwerp, Bristol, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Leuven, Lisbon, Madrid, Toulouse, …
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When a Greek business closes or vanishes, we feel we are all diminished
My Melburnian geography is one of lost Greek landmarks. As I drive down the main drag of my suburb, I look at the thriving Greek restaurants and commemorate the demise …
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How the social history of footy tells a migrant story
“Grade five was the worst year of my childhood because it was the year I first heard the word ‘wog’,” George Megalogenis writes in his new book The Football Solution: …
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Accidental photo of couple getting engaged on Santorini goes viral on Twitter
Col Stinson, a student at Buchholz High School in Gainesville, Florida, was on holiday on Santorini island when he accidentally captured a marriage proposal on camera. The American teenager was …
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Back to basics with acclaimed play Scaramouche Jones
It’s millenium eve, a date charged with symbolism, as most of humanity took time – in an almost obsessive-compulsive way – for reminiscence. For one man, it was the day …
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Vote in Greek elections? No thanks!
Do you remember the Greek elections of January 2015? It seems like it was decades ago, the way Greek politics work. But I remember it as if it was yesterday. …