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Australia
Fifteen-Year-Old Greek Australian Wins Prestigious Greek Language Award
Greek Australian student Anastasia Rigopoulos, age fifteen, was recently given the European Union Delegation to Australia's "European Language Award" for her mastery of the Greek language.
Although she has never visited Greece, Anastasia started speaking Greek at home with her...
Australia
Melbourne’s Oldest Greek Orthodox Church to Reopen Before Christmas
The renovated Holy Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady, or Evangelismos tis Theotokou, is preparing to open its doors to the faithful before Christmas for the first time after a disastrous fire in 2016.
The fire blazed through much...
Australia
Melbourne Opens Up Again After “Long Winter” of Coronvirus Lockdown
After what officials and residents called a "Long Winter" of coronavirus restrictions, and the reporting of zero new coronavirus cases in Victoria, Melbourne's many retail and hospitality industries will be opening up once again.
This report marked the first time...
Australia
Victoria: One in Five Victims of Coronavirus is Greek
Out of the 549 coronavirus deaths in Australia, 462 are from Victoria. One in five of those victims is of Greek heritage.
As the Australian government attempts to curb the spread of Covid-19 throughout the country by imposing restrictions, Victoria...
Australia
Victoria, Australia Calls for Participants to Submit Applications for 2020 Multicultural Festivals
The government of the state of Victoria in Australia announced recently that people can submit their applications to receive smaller or larger grants to participate in this year's ''Multicultural Festivals and Events Program.''
According to the official website of the...
Australia
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese to Build New Monastery in Flowerdale, Victoria
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia announced on Tuesday that it will build a new monastery for men on the newly-renamed ''Mount Mela'' in Flowerdale, Victoria.
The move was agreed upon during a meeting on Tuesday, December 10, between His Excellency...
Greece
Meteorologists Issue Warnings for Severe Thunder and Hail Storms from ''Victoria''
The storm dubbed ''Victoria'' arrived in Greece at noontime Tuesday, initiating a series of adverse weather phenomena, beginning with the Ionian islands and western parts of the Greek mainland.
Meteorologists from the ''Meteo'' service of Athens' National Observatory issued a...
Greece
Severe Weather Alert Issued for Greece as Storm ''Victoria'' Approaches
Greece must brace itself for a new storm, dubbed ''Victoria,'' bringing heavy rainfall and very strong southerly winds, according to a breaking weather warning issued by the country's national meteorological service on Monday.
The new weather front, featuring barometric lows,...
Australia
Victoria Government Will Send 22 Students to Greece to Study Democracy
The government of Victoria in Australia recently announced that it will hold a competition for students who would like to travel to Greece for educational tour focusing on civics and Democracy.
A total of up to twenty-two students who are...
Australia
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...