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Elfa Moraitakis is the CEO of SydWest Multicultural Services, a leading organisation for all cultural diversity issues responding to community needs. The group, located in the Sydney suburbs of Blacktown, Mt Druitt, Penrith and Rouse Hill, provides quality services and programmes to people of all ages and backgrounds, with the ultimate goal of supporting the self-determination and empowerment of these diverse communities. Ms Moraitakis, a board member of Settlement Services International and Director of NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS), has been involved in the community sector for the ...

Author of the article: Star Staff Publishing date: Jul 21, 2021  •  2 hours ago  •  10 minute read  •  Angela Zografos, left, and Marsha Smith display baklava that will be available at the Sudbury Greek Festival at the Hellenic Centre in Sudbury, Ont. on July 23-24. The festival is offering takeout service only. Festival hours are noon to 8 p.m. each day. John Lappa/Sudbury Star/Postmedia Network Article content July 22 Health: Terry Ames marked 10 years of being by launching the 2021 Local Cancer Support Draw, which this year features a Cadillac XT5 as its grand prize. The ...

Santorini Shipwreck an Environmental Time Bomb Ready to Explode The Santorini shipwreck. Credit: Loucas Lignos The Santorini shipwreck of the cruise ship MS Sea Diamond has been a permanent feature of the Greek island for the last 14 years. The people of Santorini are still fighting for the removal of the wreck that has become a hot potato between stakeholders as it evolves into a silent environmental time bomb for the world-famous Greek island and its beautiful caldera. The tragic incident took the lives of a French father and daughter and made international headlines for the difficult and d...

Trillions of barely visible pieces of plastic are floating in the world’s oceans, from surface waters to the deep seas. These particles, known as microplastics, typically form when larger plastic objects such as shopping bags and food containers break down. Researchers are concerned about microplastics because they are minuscule, widely distributed and easy for wildlife to consume, accidentally or intentionally. We study marine science and animal behavior, and wanted to understand the scale of this problem. In a newly published study that we conducted with ecologist Elliott Hazen, we exami...

Portnet 18 Φεβρουαρίου 2021 The real estate property consists of a beachfront land plot of 345,567 sqm located 13km from the airport “Nikos Kazantzakis” and 16 km from Heraklion. In neighbouring land plots to the property have been developed the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, the Cretaquarium Thalassocosmos, the International Exhibition and Conference Centre of Crete etc. The Special Plan for the Spatial Development of Public Properties (ESCHADA) approval is imminent for the property, which will provide for the general land uses "Theme Parks...