29th Greek Film Festival in Melbourne gears up for a spectacular closing night
The 29th Greek Film Festival in Melbourne is nearing its grand finale, and it is gearing up for a spectacular Closing Night that promises to be a night to remember!
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WORLD 
October 18, 2024 Turkey radio station closed after suspension over Armenian genocide remark
An independent radio station in Istanbul has shut down after Turkey’s regulator cancelled its terrestrial broadcasting licence after it failed to comply with a suspension order over comments made by a guest on the genocide of Armenians.
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EUROPE
October 18, 2024 Italian court does not validate the detention of migrants in Albania
The immigration section of the Rome Court has ruled against the detention of migrants at the Italian repatriation center in Gjader, Albania, which was established under the Italy-Albania migration management agreement. Presented as an “innovative solution” to migration challenges during the European Council summit by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday (October 17), the […]
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HISTORY
October 18, 2024 18 October 2024: This day in history
1009: Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the church’s foundations down to the bedrock 1685: French King Louis XIV revokes the Edict of Nantes, canceling the rights of French Protestants The check used by the United States to purchase Alaska from RussiaAlaska Purchase […]
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EUROPE
October 17, 2024 Cheers….beer sector boosting European economy
By Martin Banks The beer sector helps drive the European economy, according to a new report by Europe Economics.
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POLITICS
October 17, 2024 The Ups and Downs of Brexit
By Martin Banks An exhaustive dossier on Brexit contains over 2,000 examples of the “negative” – and 39 “positives” –impacts of the UK’s exit from the EU.
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CYPRUS
October 17, 2024 APPG for Cyprus elects new Chair and officers
Bambos Charalambous, the north London Labour MP, has been elected as the new Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Cyprus.
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GREEKS ABROAD
October 17, 2024 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visits Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum
On Wednesday, October 16, Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum welcomed His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who is currently on an official visit to Australia in honour of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia (GOAA). His All-Holiness’ last visit to Australia was 28 years ago, and was the nation’s first-ever visit by an Ecumenical Patriarch. […]
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WORLD
October 17, 2024 Turkey announces naval exercise in Aegean Sea
Turkey will conduct a naval exercise in the Aegean, Mediterranean and Black Sea between October 21 and 25, Turkish Defense Ministry spokesperson Zeki Akturk said on Thursday.
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HISTORY
October 17, 2024 17 October 2024: This day in history
1854: French and British forces bombard Sevastopol for the first time during the Crimean War 1907: Guglielmo Marconi’s company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland 1943: Burma Railway built by Allied POWs and Asian laborers is completed for use by the Japanese army 1973: OPEC […]
