australia

The new bilateral agreement between Australia and Greece, regarding work and holiday visas was recently ratified by the Greek Parliament. The Greek Community of Melbourne was relieved to hear the news since the visa had been part of the...

Nadia Synetou studied Communications Design, focusing on Graphic Design at Pratt Institute in New York. After graduating she returned to Greece and found herself in a difficult situation since the country’s economy was deteriorating fast. The crisis had especially...

Charles Darwin University in Australia has appointed Greek artist Nikos Kourkoulis as its first Greek studies program ambassador. The artist was honored to be chosen and stated that he would use his position to promote the program. In fact the...

The Hellenic Studies Foundation in Australia became involved in the decades-long debate regarding the return of the ancient Greek Parthenon Marbles to Greece from the British Museum over a year ago. The Foundation created a social media campaign with...

A real estate agency in Perth, Australia, dealing with short-term rentals and long-term holiday rentals, was scammed out of 50,000 dollars. The agency made a booking for a fake Greek wedding accommodation under the name Colonel Michael Warner, a...

The South Australia Weatherill Labor government has decided to cut the Greek Language Maintenance and Development Program, which had been part of the curriculum in 16 schools across the area. The program offered a way for children of the Greek...

The exhibition “Mural of Athens” is being presented at the Greek ambassador residence in Canberra, Australia. The exhibition includes 23 photographs from street art pieces painted across Athens that depict the city’s story over the last six years, since...

The Embassy of Greece in Australia is pleased to announce, on the instructions of the Diplomatic Office of the Greek Deputy Foreign Minister, that deputy minister Ioannis Amanatidis will present the Work and Holiday Visa Memorandum of Understanding to...

The LaTrobe University Department of Languages and Linguistics is offering an interesting program on Hellenism in cooperation with the Greek Community of Melbourne Centre of Contemporary Culture. The program will last six weeks with six hours of teaching per...

Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis predicts Australia is headed towards recession because of low domestic investment and the slowdown of the Chinese economy. Varoufakis spoke to Fairfax media on Monday, stating characteristically that, "There will be a recession in...