Victoria

A Turkish-origin politician was appointed as local administration and small business minister in the Victoria government of southeastern Australia on Nov. 30.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila discussed on Monday at the Victoria Palace with Vice-President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for the Energy Union Maros Sefcovic about Romania's preparation for taking over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the priorities in the energy area, as well as about Romanian authorities accessing the EU Solidarity Fund.

In order to mark the 50th anniversary since it first opened its doors in the downtown Athens neighborhood of Victoria Square, the Alkyonis Cinema will be offering free admission to people born in 1968 (proof in the form of a photo ID is required) all year long.

Former Victoria’s Secret top model Adriana Lima has allegedly broken up with Metin Hara, a self-styled Turkish new age “guru,” according to reports in the U.S. media.

Andrew Jackomos is fighting to improve the living conditions of young members of the Koori tribe, indigenous Australians of New South Wales and Victoria. Still, when the 65-year-old walked around Kastellorizo, the island from which his grandfather emigrated, he felt a sense of awe. "My heart is shared between all of my ancestors," Jackomos tells Kathimerini.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila met on Friday at the Victoria Palace with Ambassador of the State of Israel Tamar Samash, occasion on which the symbolic importance of 2018 for the dynamic of the bilateral relations was underscored, as well as the interest of the Romanian side for completing the project for the opening of Romania's National Museum of Jewish History and the Holocaust.

Vandals have damaged a footprint of a dinosaur that has remained for 115 million years in the rocks of a state park in Victoria, Australia, according to the France press and the DPA.

The security personnel at the Benaran Sea Park in Inverlack - one of the few "dinosaur" ice age sites in the world - has found that parts of the footprint are broken off by a hammer.

Australian police have detained a man suspected of plotting a mass shooting on New Year's Eve in Melbourne, Victoria state, police said on Nov. 28.

The premier of the state of Victoria in Australia has thrown his weight behind Greek calls for the return to Greece of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum in London.

By the end of the group stage of the Europa League there is another round, but several teams already guaranteed entry in the tournament in the spring

Here are the teams ranked for 1/16-finals after last night's matches: