Trump Turns Up the Heat: Australia Pressured to Boost Defence Spending or Face Trade Penalties
The Trump administration is putting mounting pressure on Australia to drastically increase its defence spending, aligning with NATO’s new benchmark of 5% of GDP. While NATO allies recently accepted this demand, Australia is resisting calls
Pay up, Aussie scam victims call for new laws to force banks to return losses
Scam victims in Australia are calling for legislation similar to the UK’s, which mandates banks to reimburse customers for losses incurred through scams. Starting October, the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator will require banks to compensate
Australia tops global rankings for Workplace Violence and Harassment: A crisis in need of urgent reform
Australia has emerged as the global leader in workplace violence and harassment, with nearly half of the nation’s workforce experiencing abuse at some point in their careers. This rate is more than double the global
Long COVID costs Australian economy $10 billion in one year
New research has unveiled that long COVID inflicted a staggering $10 billion hit on the Australian economy within just a single year. The study, published in ‘The Medical Journal of Australia’, underscores the urgent need
Bendigo Bank warns of social media scams this Scams Awareness Week
Bendigo Bank is issuing a warning to its 2.5 million customers to stay vigilant and not fall for social media scams ahead of Scams Awareness Week 2024, starting Monday 26 August. Bendigo Bank’s Head of
Paul Keating claims Australia is caving to U.S. demands over AUKUS
Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating criticized the Albanese government for yielding to U.S. influence in the trilateral Australia-UK-U.S. (AUKUS) nuclear submarine pact, according to a report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Saturday.
Victoria to restrict “silencing of victims” in workplace sexual harassment cases
Victoria is set to implement ground-breaking restrictions on the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in cases of workplace sexual harassment. Announced by the Allan government on Monday, this initiative represents a significant step toward addressing
Mitsotakis pushes for EU action on Libya migration route and defence funding
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking after the conclusion of the EU Summit, called for urgent action to address a new irregular migration route emerging from Eastern Libya to Crete. “We will use every means available—carrot and stick—to ensure this route is not consolidated,” he stressed. Mitsotakis announced that the
A resounding rebuke to ND: Loosing 1,100,000 votes compared to the 2023 national elections
New Democracy is suffering rapid political damage from the result of the European elections, as in just one year the blue party lost about 1,100,000 votes, resulting in Piraeus to intense concern about the huge
Greece elected to UN Security Council
Greece has been elected a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for a third time. The country will hold the seat for the 2025-2026 term. As there were five candidate countries for the
The psychologist of the Hellenic Police who issued false child molestation reports against fathers exposed
In addition to her name, he reveals other names, from prosecutors to lawyers. Messages and conversations—everything. We’re talking about a lot of material, close to 17 CDs of speeches and evidence, all collected after her
CBS exposes Mitsotakis-Biden plot to transport illegal immigrants to Greece
“They will be received to help Greece with its production process,” say the Americans! In an unprecedented revelation, CBS exposes Mitsotakis-Biden plot to transport illegal immigrants to Greece. The main newscast of the CBS TV
Olympiacos has made history in the Conference League final!
The first and second half of the Conference League Grand Final ended 0-0. Olympiacos’ game against Fiorentina went into overtime, where Olympiacos scored a goal, with El Kaabi scoring. The first European Trophy for a
Parthenon Marbles: “Greece should recognise UK’s ownership of before loan” says Frazer
Culture Minister Lucy Frazer has taken a different approach, from the one the British have advocated so far, on the issue of the return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. Part of friezes that adorned
Trump Turns Up the Heat: Australia Pressured to Boost Defence Spending or Face Trade Penalties
The Trump administration is putting mounting pressure on Australia to drastically increase its defence spending, aligning with NATO’s new benchmark of 5% of GDP. While NATO allies recently accepted this demand, Australia is resisting calls to push its military budget beyond its current trajectory of 2.3% of GDP—well short of
“Surveillance Capitalism”: Google sister company to package and sell location data from millions of cellphones
A subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, Sidewalk Labs, is using real-time mobile location data from millions of cellphone users collected over long periods of time in order to help urban planners make critical decision
Skopje responds to Bulgarian Deputy PM’s threat over Zaev’s “Macedonian language”
The VMRO leader accused the representatives of the former Yugoslav republic of wanting to “validate a false version of history” The Foreign Ministry in Skopje has responded to Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and VMRO party
FYROM’s name change deal may be an achievement for the E.U., but undemocratic
After the disintegration of Yugoslavia in 1991, Greece’s northern neighbor stole the Greek name “Macedonia”—but Athens refused to recognize it, saying it gave legitimacy to territorial, historical, and ethnic claims over the millenial old northern
Ancient Greek and Roman artifacts found in Alexandria
An announcement from the Archaeological Mission of Alexandria has revealed that an array of Greek and Roman artefacts has been found in Alexandria, Egypt. That date back to the 1st and 2nd centuries BC. The
