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Australia Honors 73rd Anniversary Since the Battle of Crete
Lieutenant General and official of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, Georgios Petkos, will represent the Greek armed forces at the 73rd anniversary since the battle of Crete, which is set to take place next month in Australia.
The celebration...
Australia
Legendary Greek-Australian Athlete Honored with Statue
The great Greek-Australian footballer, Lou Richards was recently honored with a bronze statue at Collingwood football club's headquarters and a John Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award.
The 91 year-old Lou Richards, was born in Collingwood, Victoria in 1923. For 15 seasons...
Art
National Theater to Visit Australia, 2015
The National Theater of Greece is planning to establish a troupe which will tour around the world. The troupe will perform for 7 months per year in countries with a strong Greek presence said Sotiris Hatzakis, the new artistic...
Australia
Record Number of Greeks Attend Greek-Orthodox Churches of Australia
On the night of Easter, a record number of believers attended Greek-Orthodox Churches across Australia and mainly in Melbourne, the epicenter of the Greek Diaspora.
With reverence and solemnity, Greek-Australians who attended mass at midnight on Holy Saturday, filled the...
Australia
Hellenic Comedy Set in 60s London to Premiere in Perth, WA
An eagerly awaited Hellenic comedy is set to charm Australian audiences. Set in 1960s London, It's All Greek To Me will premiere at South Perth's Old Mill Theater in May.
The play, written by playwright Noel O'Neil and directed by Valerie Dragojevic, is the story of Nicolous...
Australia
Greek Minister of Tourism to Visit Australia
The Greek Minister of Tourism, Olga Kefalogianni, will be visiting Australia in May to promote Greek tourism. Kefalogianni will also be signing the much-awaited deal between Greece and Australia over the tourist visa. The agreement will allow young people aged...
Australia
Greek Australian Footballer Dylan Tombides Dies Aged 20
Greek Australian who made his West Ham first-team debut in League Cup tie in September 2012 dies after fighting testicular cancer for three years.
Tombides died on Friday morning, after being diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2011.
Tombides played youth team...
Australia
Golden Dawn Branches Out into Australia
The Greek community of New South Wales has expressed its concern in regards to the statements of a Greek Golden Dawn MP. Ilias Panagiotaros was interviewed on Channel 9’s Sixty Minutes show, and he admitted that Golden Dawn has managed...
Australia
Million-Dollar Bounty on Killers of Two Greek-Australians
Police in Victoria, Australia have put a bounty of one million Australian dollars on the murderers of each of two Greek-Australians, Dimitris Belias and Giorgos Germanos, who were killed more than a decade ago.
Both were victims of a gang war that shook Melbourne...
Australia
Matchmaking in the First Post-War Greek Immigrant Generation
A book on arranged marriages between the first Greek immigrants to Australia and the experiences of the brides will be presented on Wednesday, April 23, at Rockdale Town Hall. "Proxy Brides: Experiences and Testimonies of Greek Women in Australia (1950-1971)" by...