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“Surveillance Capitalism”: Google sister company to package and sell location data from millions of cellphones

A subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, Sidewalk Labs, is using real-time mobile location data from millions of cellphone users collected over long periods of time in order to help urban planners make critical decision on transportation and land use. The program,…

1 February, 2019

GREECE·The News Weekly

Greece warns Turkey ahead of Imia crisis anniversary

In what was seen as a thinly disguised warning against Turkey, newly appointed Defense Minister and former chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff Evangelos Apostolakis said Greece will staunchly defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity if it has to.…

1 February, 2019

COMMUNITY·The News Weekly

Greek fans from Melbourne, Victoria meet with Stefanos Tsitsipas

On Saturday evening, the Greek Community of Melbourne and Victoria hosted a celebration where fans gathered to celebrate Stefanos Tsitsipas’ success at the Australian Open. All the attendees and got the chance to meet and congratulate the star tennis player in person.…

31 January, 2019

The News Weekly·WORLD

Skopje responds to Bulgarian Deputy PM’s threat over Zaev’s “Macedonian language”

The VMRO leader accused the representatives of the former Yugoslav republic of wanting to “validate a false version of history” The Foreign Ministry in Skopje has responded to Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and VMRO party leader Krassimir Karakachanov’s threat to block the…

31 January, 2019

GREECE·The News Weekly

Mitsotakis says greece should Veto skopje’s accession to EU

As the Greek Parliament voted in favor to ratify the Prespa agreement on Friday, main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis released a statement saying that he is prepared to “fight” what might happen as a result of the deal. Mitsotakis said he will…

31 January, 2019

GREECE·The News Weekly

Thessaloniki: Protesters against name deal target President Pavlopoulos

About 250 protesters, have gathered outside Thessaloniki’s Music Hall to protest against the deal which will rename Greece’s northern neighbor “North Macedonia”. The protest is being staged on the occasion of the visit of Greek Pre-sident Prokopis Pavlopoulos to attend a concert…

31 January, 2019

GREECE·The News Weekly·WORLD

FYROM’s name change deal may be an achievement for the E.U., but undemocratic

After the disintegration of Yugoslavia in 1991, Greece’s northern neighbor stole the Greek name “Macedonia”—but Athens refused to recognize it, saying it gave legitimacy to territorial, historical, and ethnic claims over the millenial old northern Greek province of Mace-donia. (Its official U.N.…

31 January, 2019

AUSTRALIA

Small business asset tax break extended

The instant asset write-off for small businesses will be extended to June 30, 2020 and lifted to cover purchases of up to $25,000. Small businesses will get an extra tax break with the Morrison government again extending the instant asset write-off to…

30 January, 2019

AUSTRALIA

Ministers leaving for personal reasons: PM

Scott Morrison says characterising ministerial resignations as rats leaving a sinking ship is offensive, despite the coalition struggling in opinion polls. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has bristled at suggestions an exodus of coalition frontbenchers ahead of the federal election is akin to…

30 January, 2019

AUSTRALIA

‘Absolute waste’: NSW residents shocked over scale of second wave of fish deaths

Residents in the NSW town of Menindee have expressed shock at the scale of the latest mass fish death, calling it “an absolute waste”. Locals have woken up to a thick blanket of dead fish over sections of the Darling River in…

30 January, 2019

AUSTRALIA

Govt to boost end-of-year liquidity via one-off welfare bonus, returning some pay cuts, covering arrears; GDP target eyed

The Tsipras government is reportedly banking on four initiatives over the last two months of 2018 to boost liquidity in Greece’s still feeble markets, and by extension, to raise end-of-year private consumption and guarantee that the GDP target for the year is…

18 November, 2018

GREECE

Six Out of Ten Greeks ‘Barely Cope’: Survey

The everyday lives of Greeks have not changed much since the country exited the bailout program last August, according to a new survey by the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE). IOBE is an independent research organization, established in 1975 with…

13 November, 2018

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“Surveillance Capitalism”: Google sister company to package and sell location data from millions of cellphones

Greece warns Turkey ahead of Imia crisis anniversary

Greek fans from Melbourne, Victoria meet with Stefanos Tsitsipas

Skopje responds to Bulgarian Deputy PM’s threat over Zaev’s “Macedonian language”

Mitsotakis says greece should Veto skopje’s accession to EU

Thessaloniki: Protesters against name deal target President Pavlopoulos

FYROM’s name change deal may be an achievement for the E.U., but undemocratic

Small business asset tax break extended

Ministers leaving for personal reasons: PM

‘Absolute waste’: NSW residents shocked over scale of second wave of fish deaths

Govt to boost end-of-year liquidity via one-off welfare bonus, returning some pay cuts, covering arrears; GDP target eyed

Six Out of Ten Greeks ‘Barely Cope’: Survey

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