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
Australian freighter lost in World War II found off coast of Victoria
The final resting place of an Australian freighter torpedoed by a Japanese submarine more than seven decades ago has been discovered off the coast of Victoria. The SS Iron Crown was sunk on 4 June
Several hundreds attend Archbishop Stylianos’ funeral in Sydney
On Saturday the 30th of March, ordinary citizens, clerics, politicians and public figures from the wider Greek community in Australia attended the last farewell to the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia Stylianos, during the funeral
Prime Minister congratulates Federation of Cyprus Communities of AUS and NZ for their annual conference
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Coles will not follow Woolworths in increasing milk prices to support dairy farmers
Coles will not follow Woolworths in increasing the price of milk to support Australian dairy farmers, but have insisted they are supporting the industry in other ways. On Monday , Woolworths announced they would be
Fotios Tsiouklas talks to 3XY RADIO HELLAS on the Drive Show
The charismatic and inspirational young Australian Hellene Fotios Tsiouklas, walked into the 3XY Radio Hellas studio, last week for the very first time, as a guest on the Hellenic Drive show. He has accepted to
Doctors urge Labor to ‘stand firm’ on asylum seekers
Doctors are urging Labor to hold firm in support of changes to how critically ill asylum seekers are brought to Australia for medical treatment. Dozens of doctors have descended on Parliament House in Canberra as
Athens fires back at Ankara over East Med dispute: “Turkey cannot lecture others on International Law”
Greece has issued a stern diplomatic response to fresh accusations from Turkey regarding its stance on the controversial Turkey-Libya maritime agreement. The Greek Foreign Ministry, through diplomatic sources, denounced Turkey’s latest comments as “incompatible with international law and good neighborly relations.” The dispute was reignited after Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson
30 Ancient ‘curse tablets’ discovered in excavated well, in Athens’ Kerameikos site
Thirty ancient Greek tablets, featuring curses in the form of invocations to the gods of the underworld, dated some 2,500 years ago, were recently discovered at the bottom of a well in the Kerameikos archaeological
Tesla €70 million project of “electric highway” through Greece
US electric vehicles pioneer Tesla wants to include Greece into Europe’s “electric highway.” The company of Elon Musk has reportedly already included significant part of the Greek national roads into a developing mega project involving
Two Greeks in quarantine in Athens hospital after returning from Wuhan
Two Greeks are in quarantine in a hospital in Athens after they arrived from the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus broke out and has claimed so far the lives of more than 800
Gas Wars in the Mediterranean
The unexpected alliance between Turkey and Libya is a geopolitical earthquake that changes the balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean and across the Middle East. Turkey’s audacious move has enraged its rivals in the
Asylum seekers to get social security number in Greece in apparent policy U-turn
Five key Greek ministries on Monday decided that the country will re-introduce the practice of granting a social security number to all migrants who have applied for asylum in Greece, something that the current conservative
Greece 2020: Starving child faints after unemployed parents pay taxes
A starving student recently collapsed on the way home and fell to the ground in front of the eyes of stunning passersby. The incident took place in Pyrgos, Western Peloponnese. According to local media, both
Senior Hamas leader killed in Israeli airstrike
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have announced the killing of a founding member of Hamas and one of the chief architects of the October 7 massacre during a targeted airstrike in the Gaza Strip. Hakeem al-Issa, who served as Chief of the Combat and Logistics Support Unit within the military
Turkey’s hypocrisy on full display in Germany
The Berlin meeting between Turkey’s President Erdogan and Germany’s Chancellor Scholz was a show highlighting Turkey’s hypocrisy on full display in Germany. Turkey’s President Erdogan repeatedly belittled and provoked his host, Germany’s Chancellor Scholz, with
What exactly is a ceasefire, and why is it so difficult to agree on one in Gaza?
Marika Sosnowski – via The Conversation Barely a week after Hamas’ attack on Israeli soldiers and civilians on October 7 and the subsequent airstrikes by the Israeli Defence Force on the Gaza Strip, talk of
Jihad against Hindu people, India and its resistance
But little is known about the Jihad against Hindu people, India, and its resistance. India’s contributions to the modern world in fields such as mathematics, geometry, grammar, architecture, astronomy, logic, and many others are well
Legends Untold, an epic game on Achilles launches today
Dark Point Games is proud to announce that the 1.0 version of Achilles: Legends Untold, an epic game on Achilles launched today The central character of the Iliad, the brightest star in the sky, or
Biden fails to explain why the U.S. should fight a proxy war against Russia
Biden fails to explain why the U.S. should fight a proxy war in Ukraine. Three weeks ago, in the aftermath of Congress’ failure to include Ukraine money in the stopgap budget bill, he declared, “I
World – Gaza: Retired U.S. Army colonel “American and Israeli special forces shot to pieces”.
Unconfirmed reports Retired, U.S. Army colonel, Douglas McGregor states “over the past 24 hours or so, American and Israeli special forces went to the Gaza Strip to conduct surveillance and determine possible ways to free
