Greek community
Australia
James Manifis: Kastellorizian of the Year
The Kastellorizian Association of Victoria announced during a special event held on May 25, the 21st recipient of the Kastellorizian of the Year award.
The award was offered to the former president of the Kastellorizian Association of Western Australia and...
Business
UAE Greek Community Encouraged to Not Forget Motherland
According to data from the Emphasis Foundation, lately, many Greeks are migrating to the UAE and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) seeking better employment opportunities. Emphasis Foundation is a non-profit organization founded by Greeks that live abroad.
This non-profit organization,...
Australia
Tribute to Hatzidakis in Greek Festival of Sydney
The newly formed group Oxymoron, will be presenting a tribute to the famous Greek composer Manos Hatzidakis, in the 32nd Greek Festival of Sydney, at Factory Theatre on April 12 at 8pm.
Oxymoron was founded by newly arrived immigrants to Australia who wanted to express...
Diaspora
Greek Communities in Italy Support “Medecins du Monde”
The Greek communities of Italy have started a travelogue of solidarity, in order to boost the efforts of “Medecins du Monde” to support Greek families who have been hit by the economic recession. The first event is the presentation of...
Australia
Australian Prime Minister Attends Greek Community’s Festival
For the second time in three months, the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was present at the events of the Greeks in Australia. After attending the Festival “Antipodes” in Melbourne, Mr. Abbott officially launched today the Greek Festival of...
Australia
Australian Prime Minister Attends Greek Festival in Sydney
The Greek community in Australia is organizing the Greek Festival of Sydney with top cultural events including thematic events on Socrates, El Greco, General Makrygiannis, Cavafy and many more others.
Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott accepted the organizers invitation...
Australia
Karate Instructor Stephen Xepapas Passes Away
Greek Stephen Xepapas died while swimming at a beach in Tasmania, Australia.
The 58-year-old Xepapas from Greece was killed after he went swimming with his fiancée and drifted astray by a current. His fiancée managed to survive.
Stephen Xepapas was widely...
Canada
Greek and Jewish Communities Unite in Toronto
During the Greek exhibition in the State Museum of the Holocaust of Auschwitz event, co-organized by the Jewish organization B'nai Brith Canada and the Consulate General of Greece in Toronto, the Canadian ambassador of Greece, Mr. Eleftherios Angelopoulos, stressed...
Australia
Greek Australian Professor Examines Multiculturalism
The Greek-Australian professor of the University of Sydney, Vrasidas Karalis, during his lecture entitled “After Multiculturalism: Redefining the Greek- Australian presence in the era of globalization" supported that multiculturalism as a process of nation building, was suspended in 1997...
Diaspora
Greek Minority Political Party Authorized in Serbia
A political party founded by members of the Greek minority in Serbia was registered in the list of political parties of the Ministry of Justice and Public Administration of Serbia.
According to the decision, which was published in the Official...