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50 years of Modern Greek at the University of Sydney
The Department of Modern Greek at the University of Sydney marks its 50th anniversary milestone with a free event on Sunday 14 April (3pm) as part of the 42nd Greek …
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Charles and Catherine’s cancer diagnoses: key dates
Catherine, Princess of Wales’s announcement Friday that she has cancer and is in the early stages of chemotherapy comes just weeks after King Charles III revealed his own cancer diagnosis. …
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France mounts security drill ahead of Olympic torch relay
French police tested their security plans for the Olympic torch relay on Friday, with a multi-layered ring of 100 officers set to be deployed to keep protesters at bay. Authorities …
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Australia, Greece, and Cyprus show contrasting trends in age-related happiness according to annual study
Australia is the tenth happiest country in the world, but data shows the older are much happier than the young. Meanwhile Greece, at 64, and Cyprus, at 50, see the …
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Varoufakis condemns world’s passivity in Gaza
In his address to the National Press Club Yanis Varoufakis condemned the world’s passivity in the IDF onslaught on Gaza. He called out Australia. Varoufakis Greece’s former Finance Minister referred …
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Manuscripts from Greek poet Dionysios Solomos to be conserved in Athens
Manuscripts by Greece’s national poet Dionysios Solomos are being conserved at the Byzantine & Christian Museum in Athens. According to Kathimerini, conserved manuscripts by Solomos include a handwritten notebook with …
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Unemployed return to work in a ‘hot labour market’
Increasing work opportunities for Australians in an improving jobs market are helping those reliant on welfare schemes to exit the system earlier. Historically low figures in long-term benefit recipients disprove …
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Perth Glory appoint WA soccer legend Stan Lazaridis as football director
Perth Glory have appointed WA soccer legend Stan Lazaridis as the club’s football director. During his 17-year playing career, the Greek Australian made over 250 appearances for West Ham United …
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Elena Carapetis joins new SA Artists at Work Taskforce
Minister Andrea Michaels announced the creation of the Artists at Work Taskforce, a body tasked to investigate work insecurity and income inequality experienced by some South Australian artists and arts …
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Refugee advocate Helen Panopoulos calls for change
When Helen Panopoulos joined Refugee Action Collective, she thought it was a matter of “common sense” until Australia’s immigration detention policies, would be seen as illegal. Ten years later, she …