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Greece, Cyprus, Israel Summit in Nicosia on Diaspora Coordination

Greece, Cyprus and Israel held their third trilateral meeting in Nicosia on Monday, to evaluate actions aiming to coordinate their respective diasporas. Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister Terence Quick, Presidential Commissioner for Overseas Cypriots Fotis Fotiou, and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan...

‘One Greece 2017’: Diaspora to lend Greece a helping hand

The Hellenic Initiative Australia has announced it will be hosting ‘One Greece 2017’, a series of events that will take place throughout October 2017 across five major cities in Australia. The aim is to harness the strength and resources of...

30 Diaspora Fellows to Conduct Projects With Greek Universities

The Institute of International Education in collaboration with the Fulbright Foundation in Greece, announced that the Greek Diaspora fellowship program selected 30 fellows to travel to Greece to conduct projects with their peers at Greek universities. The Greek- and Cypriot-born...

The Story of the Roxy Cinema’s Greek Past and Present

Peter Feros came to Australia from Greece looking for work and ended up finding employment in the York Cafe in Manilla which was owned by his brother. He later joined two other business partners, George Psaltis and Emanuel Aroney,...

Greek Schoolchildren in Frankfurt Put on Concert

A group of Greek schoolchildren from the European school of Frankfurt took the initiative to share their culture and perform a series of songs from famous Greek composers in front of their non-Greek classmates. The concert has been named "Songs from...

The Greeks of Donetsk Oblast: Surviving the Ukraine Crisis

Unbeknownst to many, Greeks make up the third largest nationality in the Donetsk Oblast (Donetsk Province) in the Ukraine. In particular, the region is home to the city of Mariupol where a large influx of Pontic Greeks came to...

ND Leader Mitsotakis' Message to the Greeks of the Diaspora

Main opposition New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis sent a message to the Greeks abroad asking for their cooperation for the reconstruction of the country. "We have to unite our forces for the restoration of Greece. We create the political conditions....

Greece Owes A lot to the Diaspora for its Support of Our People, President Pavlopoulos Says

"Greece owes you a lot for your valuable support...whenever our Land and our People need it at critical times," President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said in a letter to the Greek Diaspora. The President also underlined that all Greeks will strive "Greece...

Greek Australians Try to Support Greek Studies Dept at University of Sydney

Greek Australian students of the University of Sydney are asking from Diaspora Greeks to support the Department of Modern Greek and Byzantine Studies. At the end of the academic year, one of the three faculty members of the department is...

Greek-Millennials Flee to Melbourne in Search of a Better Life

An interesting study highlighting the new wave of newly arrived Greek migrants to Melbourne was recently completed by Greek researcher and associate of the World Tourism Organization, Nikolaos Gkolfinopoulos. The study focused on Greek-Millennial Migrants (GMMs) who came to Australia...