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Sponsors and Greek government gift to Greek Community of Melbourne
The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne announced that Leonidas Argyropoulos funded a scholarship program for Alphington Grammar to the value of $50,000 while the Greek govern
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Dramatic drop in Modern Greek VCE numbers
There has been a significant drop in the number of students studying Greek at VCE level, from 643 in 1998 to 300 in 2009.
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Georgiou slams Turnbull on refugees
Senior Liberal Petro Georgiou is critical of the Malcolm Turnbull’s policy of re-introducing temporary protection visas for unauthorized refugees.
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Equal rights for migrant children
Prime Minister George Papandreou at an international migration conference in Athens announced that all children born to migrants from now on will automatically acquire Greek citize
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Lesvos migrant centre shut down
At an international conference on migration held near Athens last week, the new government announced the closing of the Lesvos illegal migrant detention centre.
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Decoding the dress code
Trying to decode the dress code is essential, especially as we head into the festive season
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Kotsiras retains portfolio in reshuffle
In the recent Bailieu front bench reshuffle Nick Kotsiras retained his portfolio as Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon strikes a cord with Papandreou
At global migration conference last week Papandreou recognised the impact immigrants have had on Greece’s economy.
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Jordan grinds his Axis
Jordan Raskopoulos, of Axis of Awesome talks (a little only) to NKEE about the new Axis show Infinity of Rock.