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Drugs shortages prompt online monitoring scheme
Online system to monitor the sale of drugs following numerous complaints about shortages in basic medicines.
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Bond buy back among proposals being discussed at Eurogroup
Eurozone finance ministers are considering allowing Athens to buy back up to 40 billion euros of its own bonds.
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Tsipras seeks to charm EU ambassadors
The leader of the main leftwing opposition SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras, is set to meet with the ambassadors representing all 27 European Union members.
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Greek protesters storm German partnership meeting
Greek workers stormed a meeting of Greek and German officials in the northern city of Thessaloniki.
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Greeks and fruit: a perfect pear
The word “Citrus” comes from Latin, which in turn was derived form the ancient Greek word “cedar” κέδρος.
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Help preserve Greek migration history
An initiative to digitise archives in order to preserve the migration history of Greek immigrants has been launched.
Dialogue –
Helena Kommene, Empress of Trapezous; The Last Antigone (part two)
It was in 1460 that the Sultan Mehmet decided that the moment had come to incorporate into his lands the last vestige of Byzantium by conquering Trapezous.
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Grants for migrant communities to celebrate Anzac spirit
NSW to fund grants to help young people and migrants celebrate Anzac Day.
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Mikakos calls for better settlement services for Greek arrivals
Labor MP Jenny Mikakos to urge the Australian Government to provide more financial support to organisations such as the Australian Greek Welfare Society.