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Working Holiday Visa program only a matter of days…
Australia seems to be less than a week away from resolving the Working Holiday Visa (subclass 417) ongoing issue with Greece, according to Greek-Australian Member of Parliament Steve Georganas, who …
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Darebin Homemade Food Festival is back
The annual Darebin Homemade Food & Wine Festival has already kicked off for 2018 with a long free program of multicultural and local flavours mixed into exciting events for Melbourne’s …
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What ended the Mycenaean era?
A new study conducted by the Navarino Environmental Observatory (NEO), a research partnership between Stockholm University, the Academy of Athens and TEMES SA reveals that the end of the Mycenaeans, the civilisation …
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Church on Naxos island wins European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage
One of Greece’s most renowned churches, the 8th Century Byzantine temple of Agia Kyriaki in Naxos has become a recipient of the 2018 Europa Nostra Award which stands for the European …
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State MP Foley joins South’s A-League bid team
It’s nearly 14 years since South Melbourne FC was part of a national league, and as the competition intensifies to join an expanded A-League as one of two new clubs, …
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Olympiakos women’s polo team wins national championship
This week Olympiakos’ women’s polo team took out the top spot in the Greek championships, emerging winners for the fifth consecutive year. The last match of the season was played …
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‘Heterotopia: The Promised Land’ at Head On
Head On is Australia’s biggest, and one of the world’s most prestigious, photography festivals and it has returned to Sydney with over 100 exhibitions at several venues showcasing the works …
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Greece calls for ‘restraint’ following deaths in Gaza
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Greece has taken a stance against the deaths of the Palestinian protesters by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip on Monday, expressing its “abhorrence …
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New asylum bill passes in Greece to curb overcrowding in camps
With over 16,000 asylum seekers stuck on various Greek islands, overcrowding in refugee camps has been an ongoing concern, many camps holding up to three times the number of residents …
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Gersbach and Giannou miss out on World Cup squad
Spare a thought for Cypriot based Greek-Australian striker Apostolos Giannou. Sometime tomorrow, less than 200 miles across the blue waters of the southern Mediterranean sea, north east from where he …