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‘We feel you California’: Greek youth show solidarity amid devastating fires
Just over three months ago, fires ravaged east Attica in Greece, resulting in 99 people losing their lives. Still experiencing the aftereffects, the people of the region understand all too …
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How William Zappa won the battle to adapt Homer’s Iliad
After Achilles has killed Trojan Prince Hector, his father Priam, the King of Troy begs Achilles to give him the body back. “The sons I had who were the best …
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Greece’s Holy Synod objects church-state deal to revise financial ties
The tentative agreement between Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos and the Tsipras coalition government announced earlier this month to revise financial ties has been thrown into the air. …
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Greece loses 1-0 to Estonia
Greece suffered its third loss in six Nations League games, on Sunday at the Athens Olympic Stadium, losing 1-0 to Estonia. Although technically inferior to the Greek team, the Estonians …
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Meet the best friends bringing homemade Mediterranean flavours to Port Melbourne
Anyone that considers themselves a true foodie is sure to be familiar with Dalmatino, a Melbourne institution known for serving up Croatian fare, located down Port Melbourne’s bustling Bay Street. …
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Halloumi Festival a major success
When Stelios Angelodemou, president of the Cyprus Community of Melbourne and Victoria, first conceived the idea of a Halloumi Festival in Melbourne, he could non have anticipated its actual success. …
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Riots break out in central Athens following Polytechnic commemorations, 19 arrested
Rioting broke out on Saturday night around the National Technical University of Athens resulting in significant damage to the university and surrounding areas. The riots commenced just hours after the commemorations took …
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Greek Australian faces prosecution over alleged exploitation of sick, dying kittens
A Greek Australian man and his Russian-born wife are facing a landmark criminal prosecution by the RSPCA and police over the alleged exploitation of sick and dying kittens, reports The …
Dialogue –
The great Greek tuckshop blockade
“That stupid kid,” my friend raged as his son cowered in the corner, protecting his carefully coiffed hairstyle from his father’s verbal onslaught. “A detention again! Can you believe it? …
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Helen of Hume
Helen Patsikatheodorou was the recipient of the 2018 Robert Kumar Community Award for her outstanding contribution to the Hume Community, by Banksia Gardens Community Services at their AGM last week. …