Page 23 - General Consul News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

This year, Melbourne celebrates the 80th Battle of Crete anniversary early due to the pandemic. Australia’s Cretans don’t get to visit Greece in 2021, hence, this weekend the Pancretan Association of Australia and New Zealand, the Cretan Brotherhood of Melbourne and Battle of Crete Commemorative Council organised a series of events. The honorary guests for this year’s commemorative events were Archbishop of Australia Makarios and General Consul of Greece in Melbourne Emmanuel Kakavelakis. The celebrations began on Saturday at the Cretan Village’s ballroom at 90 Cathies Lane in Wantirn...

Share Asmara, 11 March 2021- The National Union of Eritrean Women branches in various cities of Australia enthusiastically commemorated International Women’s Day, 8 March under the theme “Eritrean Woman: Pillar of Resilience and Development”. At the event held in Melbourne, the Chairperson of the union branch gave a briefing on the contribution of the Eritrean women in various stages as well as the opportunities and challenges encountered. She also called for reinforced participation and contribution to the success of the national development drives. The General Consul of Eritrea in Aus...

Share Asmara, 10 February 2021 – Eritrean community festival in Australia was conducted enthusiastically respecting the objective situation of the COVID-19 disease and guidelines issued to control the pandemic. The national festival that was attended by nationals from all ages featured various activities including speeches on the objective situation in the homeland and the region, the impact of the COVID-19 disease, and the measures being taken by the Government and people of Eritrea to combat the spread of the pandemic, as well as cultural performances and sports events. In a speech delive...

  Recently, the 10,000th vessel crossed the Panama Canal since the inauguration of its expanded locks in June 2016, which is a landmark in the Canal’s 106-year history. What is the Canal’s contribution to the growth of Panama and the whole region? The Panama Canal is a key component of world trade. It provides a shorter route that reduces distances, time, and costs, connects more than 140 maritime routes, 1,700 ports, and 160 countries, and offers a green route by reducing emissions. In the past 106 years, the Panama Canal has reduced more than 800 million tons of CO2. For our coun...

TLALAATALA Jose Luis Castillejo (1930-2014) described himself as a "modern writer". In 1969 he self-published The Book of I's, which was a book that consisted entirely of the letter 'i', printed repeatedly on several hundred pages. He said that he wrote it to "end the torrent of words we call literature." It's read below by Fernando Millan. (He begins reading the book shortly after the 1-minute mark). In 2001, Castillejo explored the letters T, L, and A, with his release of TLALAATALA. It's read again by Millan. As you might guess, writing wasn't Castillejo's day job. He earned his living a...