Greek Community of Melbourne

The Greek festivals scheduled to take place over the weekend in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia, will be used by members of the Greek Diaspora as a way to show their support and understanding toward Greece and the situation the country...

Lonsdale Street Festival 2015, organized by the Greek Community of Melbourne, was launched on Thursday, February 12, in the presence of city councilors Beverley Pinder-Mortimer and Ken Ong, as well as the Consul General of Greece in Melbourne, Christina Simantirakis. The...

Students who excelled in learning Greek in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) examinations were awarded by the Greek Community of Melbourne during the established annual celebration of Christmas, which took place this year at the beautiful new community building...

Many Greek-Australian women participated in the breast cancer information day that was organized by the Breast Cancer Network of Australia in cooperation with the Greek Community of Melbourne and the Australian Social Welfare. The day's main speakers were Oncology...

Greek Community of Melbourne President Vasilis Papastergiadis welcomed various Greek Diaspora organizations' representatives in the community’s new building. During the special meeting, the officials discussed about the future of Greek-Australians and Greek organizations. They exchanged ideas and made numerous proposals...

An original event organized for Greek-Australian children in order to promote Greek olive oil took place in the monastery of Panagia Kamariani inn, Red Hill, Victoria. Children and parents, members of the Greek Diaspora, visited the monastery where they...

The Greek Cultural Centre, the new 15 storey building of the Greek Community of Melbourne, will be inaugurated on Sunday, September 21, by the Prime Minister of Victoria Dennis Napthine in the presence of government officials, representatives of ecclesiastical and...

The upcoming visit of the two Golden Dawn MPs with seats in the European Parliament, Eleftherios Synadinos and Georgios Epitideios, in Australia has caused the reaction of the Greek community. The two MPs will visit Australia in October and are...

Theodoros Sidiropoulos took part in the Resistance, he was the first Greek mayor (and alderman) in the historical labor municipality of Collingwood in 1977 and the first Greek Labor Party MP in the state parliament of Victoria. Even though Sidiropoulos...

The planned visit to Australia by members of Greece's ultra nationalist  Golden Dawn party raised strong reaction among the Greek Community of Melbourne. The Community released a statement, showing that Golden Dawn is not welcomed in Australia. "The politics and actions...