Melbourne earthquake – Fears BIGGER quake could hit after 6-mag tremors rock city

 

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Three dead as car ploughs into pedestrians in Australia

Three people have been killed and 20 injured when a car slammed into pedestrians in the centre of Australia's second-largest city Melbourne.

Melbourne experiences coldest winter in 26 years

Melbourne has shivered through its coldest winter since 1989, according to Australia's Bureau of Meteorology.

Over the past 92-day period, the season's daily maximum average temperature was 13.9 degrees Celsius, almost a full degree lower than winter's usual offering.

Deputy FM Gerontopoulos to visit Australia (22-26 March 2014). -MFA

MFA, Friday, 21 March 2014

Deputy Foreign Minister Kyriakos Gerontopoulos will carry out a four-day visit to Australia, from 22 to 26 March. Mr. Gerontopoulos will start his visit in Melbourne, where, on Sunday, 23 March, he will attend a thanksgiving mass at St. Eustathios Church, after which, at the Monument to the Fallen, he will review the parade and laying of wreaths marking Greek Independence Day and deliver the day’s panegyric. He will then meet with the boards of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria, the Greek Australian Council, and the Pan-Macedonian Association.