February, 2026 - TA NEA

Record number of cafes and restaurants going out of business

Australian households are increasingly turning away from cafes and restaurants, with new data revealing a record number of food service businesses have shut their doors over the past year. According to CreditWatch’s January Business Risk Index, 10.4 per cent of food service…

18 February, 2026

GREECE·POLITICS

PASOK reduced to 32 MPs after Paraskevaidis’ expulsion as independents reach record 27

PASOK has been reduced to 32 Members of Parliament following the expulsion of Panagiotis Paraskevaidis from its parliamentary group, a development that simultaneously brings the number of independent MPs in the Hellenic Parliament to a record 27. The decision was formally communicated…

17 February, 2026

GREECE

Political leaders bid farewell to the universal Greek Eleni Glykatzi-Arveler

Greece’s political leadership has paid tribute to the internationally renowned historian and Byzantinist Eleni Glykatzi-Arveler, who passed away at the age of 99. Her death marks the end of a remarkable intellectual journey that shaped modern Byzantine studies and elevated Greece’s cultural…

17 February, 2026

GREECE

Photos of the 200 executed in Kaisariani made public – Appeared in eBay auction

For the first time, 82 years after the mass execution of 200 Greek resistance fighters at the Kaisariani Shooting Range, photographs that allegedly capture the last moments of the executed have come to light. The album, which was found in an online…

16 February, 2026

POLITICS·VICTORIA

Jeff Kennett urges Victorian Coalition to consider One Nation preference deal to remove Labor government

Former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett has called on the Victorian Coalition to consider forming a preference arrangement with Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party if that is what it takes to remove the Labor government at the November state election. Speaking amid heightened…

16 February, 2026

AUSTRALIA

Alleged crime figures behind $245m plan for 1000-home Muslim enclave in Melbourne’s north

Thousands of pages of court documents, financial records and interviews have revealed the inner workings of an ambitious and ultimately collapsed $245 million plan to build a 1000-home Muslim residential development on Melbourne’s northern fringe. At the centre of the proposed Beveridge…

16 February, 2026

WORLD

European industry warns sky-high energy costs are crushing competitiveness

More than 1,300 business leaders and industry organisations across Europe have issued an urgent appeal to Brussels. European industry warns sky-high energy costs are crushing competitiveness, warning that soaring energy prices and carbon charges are rapidly eroding the EU’s global competitiveness. Their…

13 February, 2026

WORLD

World Greek Language Day: Honouring the language that shaped civilisation

Greece officially marked World Greek Language Day for the first time on 9 February this year, with a sense of responsibility and pride, Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said in a public message. He noted that the decision to establish the international observance…

13 February, 2026

AUSTRALIA·POLITICS

Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill: Angus Taylor elected new leader in decisive party-room vote

The Liberal Party of Australia has entered a new and turbulent chapter after Angus Taylor was elected the party’s 17th federal leader, defeating Sussan Ley in a decisive party-room ballot in Canberra on Friday. Taylor secured 34 votes to Ley’s 17, marking…

13 February, 2026

GREECE·WORLD

BrahMos missiles and Tejas Fighters? What India proposed to Greece

During his official visit to New Delhi, Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias laid the groundwork for a new chapter in Greece–India defence relations. BrahMos missiles and Tejas Fighters? What India proposed to Greece is one focused not merely on arms purchases, but…

13 February, 2026

COMMUNITY

The world’s first inaugural UNESCO World Greek Language Day celebration in Melbourne

A Wonderful Success! On 12 November 2025, the General Assembly of UNESCO convened in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, and unanimously ratified a proposal by its Executive Committee to establish an annual World Language Day honouring the Greek language. This historic decision marked the first…

13 February, 2026

GREECE

Greece faces shame as Pontic genocide decendant faces deportation to Turkey

Emeritus Professor of History Konstantinos Fotiadis has sent a formal letter to Greece’s Minister for Migration and Asylum, Thanos Plevris, regarding the case of Yannis Vasilis Yaylalı. Greece faces shame as Pontic genocide decendant faces deportation to Turkey. As previously reported by…

13 February, 2026

February 2026- Page 4

Record number of cafes and restaurants going out of business

PASOK reduced to 32 MPs after Paraskevaidis’ expulsion as independents reach record 27

Political leaders bid farewell to the universal Greek Eleni Glykatzi-Arveler

Photos of the 200 executed in Kaisariani made public – Appeared in eBay auction

Jeff Kennett urges Victorian Coalition to consider One Nation preference deal to remove Labor government

Alleged crime figures behind $245m plan for 1000-home Muslim enclave in Melbourne’s north

European industry warns sky-high energy costs are crushing competitiveness

World Greek Language Day: Honouring the language that shaped civilisation

Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill: Angus Taylor elected new leader in decisive party-room vote

BrahMos missiles and Tejas Fighters? What India proposed to Greece

The world’s first inaugural UNESCO World Greek Language Day celebration in Melbourne

Greece faces shame as Pontic genocide decendant faces deportation to Turkey

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