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“Yiayia Next Door” Given Ticket to Visit Family in Greece (video)

The "Yiayia Next Door," the elderly Greek-Australian woman whose generosity to her next-door neighbors Daniel and Luke Mancuso went viral earlier this year on Instagram, has now been given tickets to visit her family back in Greece. "Nina," aka "The Yiayia...

Deputy FM for Expatriate Greeks Says Australian Greeks a Government Priority

Antonis Diamataris, the Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister for Expatriate Greeks, assured Vasilis Papastergiadis, the president of the Melbourne Greek Community, on Wednesday that the Greek state will make every effort to support Greeks throughout Australia. His remarks came during a...

The Greek Island of Santorini is Now a Parkour Paradise (Video)

A video of two Australian twins practicing Parkour, or free-running, on the island of Santorini emerged just one day ago on an Instagram page, and has already gone viral. The spectacular video, on a page called "millionairecartel," has had more...

Health Minister Mikakos To Bring New Cancer Therapy to Victoria

Jenny Mikakos, the Health Minister for Victoria, Australia, recently announced that her ministry will make a breakthrough cancer treatment available to patients in Victoria for the first time. The new therapy has already seen excellent results in patients suffering from...

Greek Community of Melbourne Welcomes Archbishop Makarios (video)

His Eminence newly appointed Archbishop Makarios of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia, arrived on Saturday in Melbourne in his first official visit to the city with the highest concentration of Greeks in the country. People dressed in traditional clothes...

Greek Cypriot Cancer Researcher Honored in Australia

Greek Cypriot researcher Dr. Maria Kavallaris recently won the prestigious Good Design Award for 2019 for the 3D printer she designed which prints replicas of different types of cancerous tumors and the cells that surround them. Professor Kavallaris, the Head...

Greek-speaking Care Givers Needed for Seniors in Australia

Greek social care organizations in Australia have appealed recently for more native Greek- speaking care givers for the elderly. The managing director of the Higher Education Institute (ITHEA), Panagiotis Iasonides, was in Greece last week to court care workers who...

First Greek Panorama Roadshow to Take Place in Australia in 2020

The 1st Greek Panorama Roadshow is expected to take place in 2020 in Australia. From February 25 until March 1, 2020, tourism business meetings with representatives from both Greek and Australian businesses of the sector will take place in Melbourne. During...

Sixteen-Year-Old Greek-Australian Shot Twice; Brother Charged

Greek-Australian teen Alex Gatis, 16, was shot twice at his Lockley house in Adelaide on Monday morning. Emergency crews rushed to the victim's house on Malurus Avenue at 9:30 AM, where the teenager was found suffering from two gunshot wounds,...

Melbourne Protest Against Turkish Occupation Demands Justice for Cyprus

The Coordinating Committee of Justice for Cyprus (SEKA) organized a protest rally which took place in the Greek neighborhood of Lonsdale Street in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday. The assembled protesters decried the recent Turkish incursions onto Cyprus' EEZ and...