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The Greek program, airing live on SBS Radio for many years in an effort to keep the Greek-Australian community informed, is one of the longest running shows and the first radio program to be heard in a foreign language, since SBS's debut...

Greek-Australian neuroscientist George Paxinos arrived in Athens to speak during a conference taking place at Aegean College on Friday, May 22, on the subject of “Brain, Behavior, Development.” During his stay in the Greek capital, Paxinos gave an interview to the...

Greek-Australian George Poulos passed away last Tuesday. He was found the next day by his son, Nik Poulos, in his milk bar "The Rio." Poulos started his own business after he arrived in Sydney. His milk bar on Smith Street...

Thomas Deliopoulos resigned from the Greek army four years ago and travelled to Australia, where he settled in Melbourne, opening "Kalimera Souvlaki Art," a Greek restaurant that now serves around 1,500 skewers a day. Deliopoulos joined the army at the age of 17. After...

On April 29, 2015 the opening of the art exhibition "Lemnos - the Greek dimension in the ANZAC Centenary" took place in Canberra, as part of the events for the Centenary of the Australian and New Zealand Expeditionary Corps,...

Deputy Defense Minister Costas Isychos represented Greece's government in the commemoration event at Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey, for the 100-year anniversary of the ANZAC landing. Isychos, who was accompanied by the Ambassador of Greece to Ankara Kyriakos Loukakis, laid a wreath to...

The organizers of the Greek Festival in Perth (Perth Glendi) have sent an open invitation to western Australia’s capital residents, to support the effort to break the Guinness World Record for the largest chain of Zorba sirtaki dancers. The Greek...

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis described the negotiations between Greece and the three institutions as “tiring” in a video message presented during the solidarity rally held in Melbourne on Tuesday. Even a ten-year-old can understand that Greece’s huge loan cannot be...

Australians often ignore how the operation in Thessaloniki influenced the Allied strategy during World War I, as well as Greece’s stance during the Gallipoli campaign in 1915. Dr. Maria Hill, a distinguished historian, is a great supporter of this idea, therefore...

A meeting organized at the initiative of young and older Greek migrants in Australia reached a decision to form a committee to help in the struggles of young Greek migrants in Melbourne. The head of the organizing team, Nikos Panagiotopoulos, said that...