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Kaliopi Stavropoulos sings the blues
Georgina Tsolidis, a friend who shares my keenness for old school African-American blues and Rn’B music, recently put me on to blueswoman Kaliopi. Kaliopi is a Melbourne-based Greek-Australian Blues Artist, …
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Six Greek-owned venues make waves at national restaurant and catering awards
Greek-owned restaurants have stood out at the 2022 National Restaurant & Catering Hostplus Awards for Excellence that took place on Monday, 28 November in Brisbane. The Awards for Excellence program …
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Bright future for young Greek Australians named best young historians in the country
Two high-school students of Greek descent have topped the 2022 National History Challenge for their outstanding independent research and critical thinking skills as they explored this year’s theme “Causes and …
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Australia sinks Denmark to soar into the World Cup round of 16 for first time since 2006
The Aussies have pulled off another remarkable win in an historic result against Denmark to officially qualify for the knockout round for the first time since 2006. Australia defeated the …
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Anna Polyviou, Langham Sydney’s new executive pastry chef
Anna Polyviou took to Instagram on Thursday morning to announce her new role as the new Executive Pastry Chef for Langham Sydney for 2023. The Greek Cypriot Australian punk-pastry queen …
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Australia advances to World Cup final 16 to face off Argentina
Australia has reached the knockout rounds of the World Cup for just the second time in its history as Lionel Messi’s Argentina booked their place in the last 16 this …
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Mitsotakis attacks Greece’s poor press freedom ranking as “crap”
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday warned media in Greece faced a “truly dangerous cocktail” of press freedom threats, a day after the Greek prime minister said the group’s rating …
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Fronditha Care acknowledges Jill Taylor-Nikitakis’ contribution as AGM moves towards new milestones
Outgoing Fronditha Care President and Board Chair Jill Taylor-Nikitakis addressed over 40 members attending Fronditha Care’s Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, 29 November. Ms Taylor-Nikitakis who served her nine-year term, …
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EU uncovers 2.2-bn-euro cross-border tax fraud
The EU on Tuesday announced the discovery of a sophisticated 2.2-billion-euro (US$2.3-billion) VAT tax fraud that triggered raids in 14 countries, including France, Germany, Greece and Spain. More than 600 …
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Schools remain closed in Evia, Greece following magnitude 5 earthquake
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 shook Evia on Tuesday and was felt as far as Athens, according to witnesses, but there were no immediate reports of casualties …