Qantas sticks to international travel plan despite COVID vaccine delay

13 April, 2021

Despite the majority of Australians unlikely to be vaccinated against COVID-19 until next year, Qantas is holding firm on their plan to fly overseas by October 31. Australia had been aiming to open its international borders beyond New Zealand from the end…

AUSTRALIA

Wild winds to smash popular camp spots in final days of school holidays

13 April, 2021

The final days of school holidays will be wild and windswept, with these popular tourist spots set to cop a battering. Popular holiday spots are among the locations bracing for wild wind, with the Bureau of Meteorology issuing a severe weather warning.…

AUSTRALIA

Greg Hunt plays down impact of NZ case on travel bubble

8 April, 2021

The Health Minister has responded to a COVID-19 case in New Zealand and its potential impact on the trans-Tasman travel bubble. The trans-Tasman travel bubble will not be derailed despite New Zealand suffering a COVID-19 case just days after it was announced,…

WORLD

U.S. says Turkey violated international law, NATO commitments in Mediterranean

15 March, 2021

Turkey broke international law and its NATO commitments in the eastern Mediterranean during a dispute with Greece last year over territory, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. Bilateral disputes should be settled peacefully and diplomatically, “not militarily and certainly not through…

GREECE·WORLD

The EastMed alliances threaten Turkey’s expansionist agenda

29 January, 2021

The discovery of huge gas resources in the Eastern Mediterranean and the standardization of cooperation between the countries of the region will change the geopolitical landscape in a few years The discovery of huge gas resources in the Eastern Mediterranean and the…

TRAVEL

The Open Top Greek Church that Looks to the Sky

25 August, 2020

The church of Panagia Kakaviotissa is one of the most impressive of Greek Orthodox places of worship. Sitting on top of Kakavos mountain on Lemnos island, it is as if it was built so that the faithful have direct communication with God.…

COMMUNITY

The Aristotle Menu: Eat Like an Ancient Greek Philosopher

3 August, 2020

According to Aristotle, the world was based on five building elements, earth, fire, water, air, and ether. Gastronomy professor Giorgos Palisidis built what he calls the “Aristotelian menu”, based on foods and ingredients of northern Greece, the birthplace of the great philosopher.…

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