‘Best father in the world’: Tributes flow for Queensland business legend Jim Samios
Tributes have flowed for Queensland business icon and community leader, Jim Samios, following his death this month at the age of 88.
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GREEKS ABROAD
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CYPRUS 
August 25, 2022 Cyprus stoked about gas discovery’s EU prospect
Nicosia says preliminary estimates of a new gas discovery in the country’s exclusive economic zone raise the prospect that big players could still include the island in their plans to supply the European Union with much needed natural gas.
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EUROPE
August 25, 2022 European Commission looks into complaints over UK sewage dump
The European Commission said Thursday (25 August) it will soon reply to complaints received from MEPs about British sewage allegedly being poured into waters shared with the EU. The EU environment and fisheries commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius received a letter from the three members of the European Parliament about the alleged sewage disposal and “there’ll be […]
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HISTORY
August 25, 2022 25 August 2022: This day in history
1609: Galileo demonstrates his 1st telescope to Venetian lawmakers 1718: Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans founded 1768: Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth, England, on his first voyage on board the Endeavour, bound for the Pacific Ocean 1894: Japanese scientist Shibasaburo Kitasato discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet 1944: French General Charles […]
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WORLD
August 24, 2022 China widens visa availability as pandemic concerns ease
China is easing its tight restrictions on visas after it largely stopped issuing them to foreign students and others more than two years ago at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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UK NEWS
August 24, 2022 Britain imports no energy from Russia for first time on record
Britain is importing no energy from Russia for the first time on record after trade between the two countries collapsed after the Kremlin ordered invasion of Ukraine in February.
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GREEKS ABROAD
August 24, 2022 Greek Community of Melbourne Board Members meet NUGAS executive
Prior to a busy Monday night NUGAS meeting in preparation for their annual ball, the young leaders and volunteers were met by the Board and staff of the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM).
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CYPRUS
August 24, 2022 High percentage of passenger cars in Cyprus older than 10 years according to Eurostat
Most passenger cars in Cyprus are between 10 and 20 years old according to data released by Eurostat, the statistical service of the European Union.
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EUROPE
August 24, 2022 German government approves 2% gas savings plan
Faced with possible gas shortages as supplies from Russia dwindle, the German government has agreed on a gas-saving plan to cut gas use by around 2% by reducing heating in public buildings and shutting off the lights at night.
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HISTORY
August 24, 2022 24 August 2022: This day in history
79: Believed until 2018 to be the date of the massive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius which buried the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, killing untold thousands. Latest evidence suggests the eruption occurred after 17 October. 410: Rome overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I for the first time in nearly 800 years, seen as the fall of […]
