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3XY Radio Hellas and the Fronditha Care 2020 Radiothon. Heartwarming generosity amid virus panic

The local Greek Australian community has dug deep despite the current uncertain climate to make sure our elderly don’t get left behind. Fronditha Care’s biennial Radiothon went ahead on Saturday and Sunday 21-22 March at the aged care provider’s Mulgrave offices, raising…

23 March, 2020

AUSTRALIA·Corona Virus

What coronavirus has done or could do to your super — and why you shouldn’t panic

Watching the stock market nosedive and freaking out about what it’s doing to your super? Superannuation analyst SuperRatings has a message for you — don’t panic. “It is putting pressure on super,” said SuperRatings CEO Kirby Rappell. “But for most people about…

19 March, 2020

Corona Virus·HEALTH·SCIENCE

Coronavirus: life Sciences or death Sciences?

Spiro Skouras, former executive producer at Newsbud, has emerged as one of the more engaging and erudite of the young investigative journalists who have been delving into the Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic. Skouras has documented the position of many prominent figures that have…

14 March, 2020

GREECE

Coronavirus: Greece holds its breath as tens of millions of Italians put in quarantine

As the number of coronavirus cases in the country rose to 84 on Monday with 11 new infections identified, health authorities called on people with symptoms of the virus to stay at home and avoid exposing others to potential infection. Of the…

11 March, 2020

WORLD

Stocks savaged, Italy on lockdown, Trump seeks to reassure as coronavirus spreads

ROME (All of Italy under lockdown, reeling financial markets and rioting prisoners made clear on Monday how the global coronavirus epidemic was extending its reach into all aspects of social and economic life. Police officers wearing protective masks make checks on people…

11 March, 2020

COMMUNITY

NUGAS: Insights of a medical student in the land of Hippocrates

When I arrived at the front doors of the General Hospital of Agios Nikolaos in Crete, it’s safe to say I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Here I was, a final year medical student on the other side…

5 March, 2020

GREECE

Greece’s Migrant Crisis: “A powder keg ready to explode”

“People have seen their properties destroyed, their sheep and goats have been slaughtered, their homes broken into. A few years back, when there were 5,000 migrants on the island, things seemed bad enough. Now there’s a sense that the situation has really…

4 March, 2020

COMMUNITY

ANTIPODES FESTIVAL A HUGE SUCCESS!

Over the weekend, 100,000 people descended onto Lonsdale Street for Australia’s largest Greek Street party and celebration of all things Greek, the 2020 Antipodes Festival. Organised by the Greek Community of Melbourne, the Festival featured a record number (over 90) of food,…

4 March, 2020

WORLD

Are Turkish Cypriots Done with Ankara?

For the Turks, Turkey is the homeland and Cyprus is the “baby homeland.” In January 2018, several thousand Turkish Cypriots marched against what they said was Turkey’s unwanted influence that has emboldened hard-right groups to try to silence opposing views. Erdoğan’s government…

26 February, 2020

Corona Virus·WORLD

Coronavirus Panic Goes Global: S.Korea Warns of “Watershed Moment”

78,000 cases confirmed, as Italy and Iran scramble to contain major outbreaks. The world is fast approaching a tipping point in the spread of the coronavirus, according to experts, who warn that the disease is outpacing efforts to contain it, after major…

24 February, 2020

GREECE·WORLD

UN to post EEZ maps of Libya, Turkey deal

Athens is bracing for the United Nations’ Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea to post the geographical coordinates outlined in the maritime border agreement signed by Turkey and the Tripoli-based government in Libya on November 29, 2019. The…

19 February, 2020

CYPRUS·WORLD

Partners with Cyprus in joint Anti-Aircraft defense exercise

France partnered with the Republic of Cyprus in testing its anti-aircraft defense capabilities in a joint military exercise which was conducted across the free territories of the Republic on Monday. Numerous French ”Rafale” fighter jets pretended to be trying to hit Cypriot…