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Greek rugby league team looks to emerge triumphant in Sydney
The Greek rugby league team will enter the 2018 Emerging Nations World Championships in Sydney with increased confidence after achieving victory in their opening 2021 Rugby League World Cup qualifying …
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Polls show lead for ‘yes’ camp ahead of Sunday’s FYROM referendum
On Sunday 30 September, FYROM citizens head to the polls to decide whether they wish to accept ‘Republic of North Macedonia’ as their country’s official name. The much awaited referendum …
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Greece’s Supreme court prosecutor withdraws ‘intervention’ on East Attica fire investigation
A much awaited report on the wildfire tragedy which claimed 99 lives in East Attica was allegedly expected to be delayed following an intervention by Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou. …
Fronditha receives $250,000 for new Greek Community Centre
A new project set to ensure access to safe and functional facilities to services for members of the Greek community is in the works. Minister for Multicultural Affairs Robin Scott …
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Two women convicted over religiously motivated oil attack on artefacts in Athens
Two Bulgarian women, aged 51 and 48, have been handed four-year suspended prison sentences for an attack on centuries-old artefacts across three museums in Athens. The women, who are cleaners, …
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How we showed Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ is not pure fiction, with a little help from Facebook
When you look at networks of people, whether it’s architects or table tennis players or a regular bunch of Facebook friends, they will have certain similarities. They tend to confirm …
Dialogue –
‘Star Wogs: The Ethnics Strike Back’
The title to the show currently playing at the Comedy Theatre is particularly apt, though regrettably, no reference to Star Wars, a genre that lends itself to infinite parody, is …
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ECCV Chair Kris Pavlidis denies bullying allegations amid EO’s resignation
Just nine weeks after being appointed the Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria’s (ECCV) Executive Officer, Fotis Kapetopoulos has quit, claiming that the organisation’s Chair made his tenure “impossible”. In Kapetopoulos’ …
Dialogue –
Moscow and Constantinople clash over Ukrainian autocephaly
Ukraine’s pressing ecclesiastical issue has provoked a fierce rift between the Orthodox churches of Russia and Constantinople, with the powerful Patriarchate of Moscow warning the Ecumenical Patriarchate that the latter’s …
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Northcote’s new favourite Hub
A flavour-loving couple, Greek Cypriot George and Helen Nerouppos, made their life’s dream of owning a cafe a reality just a bit over a year ago. Since opening up The …