A campaign is gathering momentum in Australia to save an Ancient Greek language program considered among the oldest and most significant in the country. Plans for discontinuation of the program at Melbourne's Xavier College were announced following a years-long...
Greek Australian MP Nick Staikos has been promoted to Victoria's ministries of Consumer Affairs and Local Government as part of a major cabinet reshuffle under Premier Jacinta Allan’s Labor government.
“I am looking forward to working hard in these important...
Using an amateur metal detector, an Australian man discovered a large gold nugget in Victoria's goldfields in March last year.
The nugget is nearly 250,000 AUD ($160,000) in value and weighs 4.6kg. The discovery was made in the "golden triangle"...
A replica of the Parthenon, one of the world’s most iconic architectural structures, was installed at Melbourne's National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) on Monday.
Designed as a homage to the Parthenon on Athens's Acropolis and dubbed "Temple of Boom," the...
More than 6,000 people have signed a petition in support of Father Eleftherios of Australia's Red Hill Church who resigned on Sunday following a spat with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese.
Father Eleftherios, a hugely popular Greek Orthodox priest, commonly known...
What does the history of gambling in Victoria have to do with Greece? In a name, 89-year-old Nick Cecil. Cecil, a Greek-Australian, was Victoria's first undercover cop.
In his heyday, he tackled the illegal off-course gambling industry when it was...
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...
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...
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...
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...
