
Darwin embraces Greece at GleNTi 2025
The aroma of grilled meats and the sound of bouzouki music filled the Darwin Esplanade as an estimated 40,000 people gathered over the weekend for the much-anticipated return of the Darwin GleNTi Festival — Darwin

When does daylight saving end?
Australians in most states will get an extra hour’s sleep when clocks go back an hour at the end of daylight saving time in April. The change will bring sunrise and sunset earlier in the

Poll: Australia’s “scariest” roads
Australian drivers have voted on the roads they find the “scariest” in each state and territory. In research conducted by Continental Tyres, a road is considered “scary” by motorists due to the number of dangerous

Think your daily coffee is too expensive? It’s actually too cheap!
Even in a stubborn cost-of-living crisis, it seems there’s one luxury most Australians won’t sacrifice – their daily cup of coffee. Coffee sales have largely remained stable, even as financial pressures have bitten over the

Push for national hotel quarantine system for future pandemics
The Commonwealth should fund and manage a national hotel quarantine system for future pandemics, senior NSW government officials have said. In a submission to the federal COVID inquiry, the Minns Government’s Cabinet Office argued that

Insomniacs to test new CBD capsule as potential sleep aid
A new pill based on a cannabis compound could be the key to a good night’s sleep for chronic insomniacs. A clinical trial by Melbourne biotech company Avecho is recruiting sleep-deprived Australians to test the

Younger Aussies making sacrifices after spending a quarter of income on food
Younger Australians and lower income households are spending up to 25 per cent of their income on food, according to research by the Australian Consumer and Complaints Commission (ACCC). Australians are spending more time shopping

Tensions flare with Libya over offshore licensing south of Crete
An unexpected complication has emerged ahead of Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis’ planned visit to Libya, where he was due to hold meetings in both Tripoli and Benghazi. Tensions flare with Libya over offshore licensing south of Crete when the interim Libyan government issued a sharp statement accusing Greece of

Greek Trump: Mayor wants to build a wall to segregate Roma settlement
An elected mayor in Northern Greece wants to build a wall around a Roma settlement even if it is illegal and against the Constitution and no public servant, no matter how racist one is, could

The path to recovery
The qualititative data of a poll conducted by MRB for Ta Nea are of interest in many ways. Overall, they confirm recent polling trends which suggest that New Democracy is on its way to single-party

Turkey: Vote until you get it right Anti-Greek sentiments unleashed again
“Greek settlements in Asia Minor date as far back as the 11th century BC when Greeks emigrated from mainland Greece.” — Asia Minor and Pontos Hellenic Research Center Today, less than half a percent of

US companies interested in ports, energy, tech, says ambassad
Today, the new US ambassador to Athens, Geoffrey R. Pyatt, who, together with Victoria Nuland organized the coup d’etat in Kiev in 2014 [1], is determined to set up an Independ-ent Orthodox Church in Ukraine.

Thessaloniki Pride 2019: thousands march to celebrate diversity
Thousands of people marched on the streets of Thessaloniki on Saturday, June 22 to mark the city’s 8th Pride celebration. This year, Thessaloniki Pride commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York,

American engineers to pay tribute to Antikythera mechanism in Athens
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ΑSME) will pay tribute to the world famous ancient artifact known as the Antikythera Mechanism, in recognition of its significance to the evolution of mechanical engineering and technology. The

Crater of deception: Satellite images show Iran strike missed its target
What satellite imagery before and after the US strike reveals is not a classic blast crater, but a subsidence crater—a subtle depression caused by an underground collapse. This is the Crater of Deception: Satellite images show Iran’s strike missed its target. A subsidence crater forms when an explosion underground causes

Germany: All EU members must take in Migrants
The continuing debate over migration is, at its core, about European federalism and the degree to which the European Union will be allowed to usurp decision-making powers from its 28 member states. If everything goes

What’s next for Bolivia after military coup?
Morales’s government nationalized natural gas and electric companies, defying both the US and the Bolivian oligarchy. So it’s not surprising that those forces now denounce Morales as a dictator and cheer his overthrow. Bolivia held

Princeton Study: The U.S. is not ‘Losing’ its Democracy, it’s already long gone
The Facts: – A Princeton University study found that the United States operates much more as an Oligarchy than as a Democracy. Reflect On: – Can the current system be fixed or do we need

Turkey: Erdogan’s Campaign against the West
“Europe is a cultural continent, not a geographical one… It is its culture that gives it a common identity. The roots that have formed it, that have permitted the formation of this continent, are those

Tsitsipas wins ATP Finals title
Stefanos Tsitsipas has beaten Dominic Thiem in 3 sets to win ATP Finals title. Tsitsipas rallied to beat Thiem 6-7 (6), 6-2, 7-6 (4) on Sunday to become the youngest ATP Finals champion in 18

The Blossoming of a Greater Eurasian Partnership
A pan-Asia high-speed train has left the station – and India – behind. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which would have been the largest free trade deal in the world, was not signed in