ANTIPODES FESTIVAL A HUGE SUCCESS!

4 March, 2020

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,…

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The Hellenic Museum hosts an illuminating lecture on Cypriot pottery

4 March, 2020

Last Thursday night the Hellenic Museum hosted a special guest lecture presented by Dr Jennifer Webb on Ancient Cypriot Pottery. The talk presented a brief illustration of Cypriot pottery from the Neolithic to the Iron Age, with a focus on the Peter…

GREECE

Lesvos: Locals mob against migrants boat, attack reporters

4 March, 2020

Things got out of control in the port of Thermi in the island of Lesvos on Sunday, with locals to block migrants and refugees to disembark from dinghy with a broken engine. Not only did the locals used vulgar expressions and threats…

GREECE

Greece upgrades border security to maximum, suspends Asylum, calls Turkey “a trafficker”

4 March, 2020

Greece has decided to suspend asylum for a month and to activate a series of EU and Frontext mechanisms to protect her land and sea borders, while thousands of migrants are pushing their way to the country in Evros and the Aegean…

GREECE

Evros: Greek Army conducted exercise with live ammunition on March 2

4 March, 2020

Real ammunition were used on Monday, March 2, 2020, across the Evros river, an announcement by the Greek Army said. The 4th Army Corps announced military exercises with live ammunition at all border outposts at Kipoi and Kastanies where thousands of migrants…

GREECE

Personal responsibility

4 March, 2020

The state appears to be making every effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus, the first cases of which were detected in Greece over the last few days. State services are mobilising, the country’s infrastructure appears prepared to manage the situation,…

SPORTS

Graham Arnold calls on Scott Morrison to help fund football as Olyroos eye Tokyo Olympics

3 March, 2020

Australia’s men’s football head coach Graham Arnold has called on the Prime Minister and the Australian Sports Commission to start funding the sport properly as the Olyroos prepare for their first Olympic campaign since 2008. Men’s football had its funding cut in…

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ANTIPODES FESTIVAL A HUGE SUCCESS!

The Hellenic Museum hosts an illuminating lecture on Cypriot pottery

Lesvos: Locals mob against migrants boat, attack reporters

Greece upgrades border security to maximum, suspends Asylum, calls Turkey “a trafficker”

Evros: Greek Army conducted exercise with live ammunition on March 2

Personal responsibility

Graham Arnold calls on Scott Morrison to help fund football as Olyroos eye Tokyo Olympics

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