Mundobasket: Seven-point win over the Czechs was not enough for Greece

12 September, 2019

Greece exited the Basketball World Cup in China from the Round of 16, despite having been tipped for a medal, as its seven-point win (84-77) over the Czech Republic was not enough for the national team to make the quarterfinals. Greece required…

AUSTRALIA

‘Malicious, reckless’ acts may have started Sunshine Coast blazes

11 September, 2019

A fire that’s destroyed homes and forced hundreds of evacuations on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast may have been deliberately lit. Malicious behaviour may have contributed to the bushfire emergency across Queensland amid fears a destructive Sunshine Coast blaze was started by teenagers. Police…

COMMUNITY

The Pan Macedonian Association responds to the latest Skopjean provocations

11 September, 2019

The recent provocations by members of the Skopjean community in Melbourne have rightly outraged the peaceful Greek community of Melbourne and constitute a vicious attack to our harmonious multicultural coexistence. Last week the Hellenic-Australian Memorial was vandalised with a poster depicting a…

HISTORY·SCIENCE

Before Cranes, Ancient Greeks may have used lifting machine 150 Years earlier than previously believed

11 September, 2019

How did the ancient Greeks construct their many massive temples and other buildings – one heavy block at a time – without the use of modern advanced machinery? Cranes first appeared in ancient Greece over 2,500 years ago, however, new research suggests…

CYPRUS·WORLD

Cyprus repays remainder of Russian loan, two years early

11 September, 2019

Cyprus’ finance minister said on Monday that the country has repaid ahead of schedule the remaining 1.58 billion euros ($1.73 billion) of a 2.5 billion euro ($2.74 billion) loan it received from Russia in 2011 amid a brewing financial crisis. Harris Georgiades…

GREECE

Family of American who died in Greece “saves” 8 people by donating his organs

11 September, 2019

The family of a 30-year old American citizen who died in Greece recently, decided to donate his organs, saving the lives of eight different people. The unfortunate man was spending his summer holidays on Greece’s island of Tinos this year but he…

GREECE

Migrants arriving from Turkey, sleep on the streets on Greece’s Symi

11 September, 2019

The problem of the increasing migrant flows from Turkey to European shores was recently highlighted by the local authorities of the island of Symi. Symi is a small, picturesque island in the Dodecanese archipelago, that doesn’t have any facilities to accommodate refugees…

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Mundobasket: Seven-point win over the Czechs was not enough for Greece

‘Malicious, reckless’ acts may have started Sunshine Coast blazes

The Pan Macedonian Association responds to the latest Skopjean provocations

Before Cranes, Ancient Greeks may have used lifting machine 150 Years earlier than previously believed

Cyprus repays remainder of Russian loan, two years early

Family of American who died in Greece “saves” 8 people by donating his organs

Migrants arriving from Turkey, sleep on the streets on Greece’s Symi

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