Victoria

Seven Greek expats will be candidates for the Australian Labor Party of Victoria (ALP) during the forthcoming State elections of Australia for the year 2014. The Greek Australians that will compete for a seat in the Australian Senate are: Stephen...

South Melbourne FC, one of the historic soccer clubs of the Greek Diaspora mourns the death of one of its founding members, Odysseas Lekatsas. Odysseas Lekatsas, member of the historic family of Lekatsas, died some days ago. Lakatsas was one...

A modest but moving event took place on Oct 25th- the unveiling of the statue of legendary Spyridon ("Spyros") Louis in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. However, the ceremony was disturbed by the protest of a group of citizens who did...

Winter is back in Victoria, but one of the key issues in Australia’s current affairs is the sharp rise in temperature in combination with the very strong winds and the weather conditions that present serious fire risks in Australia. For...

The counting of the votes in the regional Division of Indi in Victoria has turned into a thriller as the Greek-Australian deputy Sophie Panopoulos- Mirabella, who held the division for 12 years is threatened with defeat. A defeat which will...

Some ingenious Greeks always have their way, such as fisherman-poet Christos Raskatos who is going to participate in the Festival of Performing Arts of Lorne, a seaside town on Louttit Bay in Victoria, Australia. At the Festival of Performing Arts...

The Antipodes Festival, in collaboration with the Food for Thought Greek Australian Women’s Network, presents "A Conversation with Emilios Kyrou,” an event which will take place on September 7 at the Wheeler Centre, at 6 p.m. Emilios Kyrou is the...

Some 1.815 million dollars was donated to Frontida Care in commemoration of doctor Constantine Kiriazopoulos, by his son Mike Krizos in his will. Fronditha Care - formerly called the Australian Greek Society for Care of the Elderly - is...

Victoria will celebrate for the second year in a row its cultural diversity and history of migration connected with Melbourne's two piers on Jan. 27 in the port. The Piers Festival 2013 links in with Victoria's Australia Day and...

The Premier of Victoria, Ted Baillieu, said that the Greek community of Melbourne plays an important role in the state and has been an inseparable part of its multicultural society for over a century. He said that, "Immigration from Greece...