On June 24 the English version of the last book of the academic and writer John Vasilakakos, entitled Christos Tsiolkas: The Silenced Story – Life and Work is going to be released in Australia and the USA (soon in Britain and Greece), by the Australian publisher Connor Court Publishing. This is the first biography-study, the [...]
Work or Study in Australia for Greek Citizens
Hellenic Australian provides a wide range of consulting services to Greek citizens who are interested in working or studying in Australia. Australia is currently experiencing a shortage of qualified labor force and is in need of skilled workers. The Daily Telegraph describes this shortage as following, “As mentioned in a report, Australia is dealing with [...]
Boletsi Follows Cavafy’s Barbarian Trail
Maria Boletsi, Professor at the Film and Literary Studies Department of Leiden University, gave a speech entitled, The Barbarians’ Travels and Cavafy’s Centrifugal Greekness. The talk follows the travels of Cavafy’s well-known poem, Waiting for the barbarians, in contemporary art. It explores the ways the poem converses with certain contemporary artworks that re-stage the poem, proposing [...]
Greek-Australians Want ERT Open
In a letter to the Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, the Chairman of the Greek Community of Melbourne, pointed out that for many decades now ERT has been a bridge for Greeks living abroad with their motherland and has contributed to the promotion of Greek culture, language and Greek traditions around the world. Intense reactions have [...]
NSW Greek Orthodox Community Supports ERT
The Greek Orthodox Community of New South Wales denounces the Greek Government’s act of shutting down the Greek Public broadcaster ERT, which employed more than 2,500 employees. As stated in its announcement, “The unacceptable and provocative government’s decision to shut down State broadcaster ERT will affect the Hellenism of Australia. The right for entertainment and [...]
Greek-Australians Honored for Queen’s Birthday
Seven Greek-Australians were honored by the Australian state on June 10, in the framework of distinctions that are awarded to citizens on the occasion of Queen Elizabeth’s birthday. A total of 582 individuals were awarded for their contribution to the community, while 199 distinctions were awarded to employees in security bodies and the Armed Forces. [...]
Melbourne Victory Keen to Sign Greek Captain
Melbourne Victory have reportedly set their sights on Greek skipper Giorgos Karagounis in the hope of signing him for next season’s A-League. Coach Ange Postecoglou is believed to have travelled to Athens last week to speak with the most capped player in Greek football, according to The Australian newspaper. The 36-year-old midfielder is set to [...]
Aussie MP Wants FYROM Called Macedonia
After Stephen Jones, a Member of Parliament for Australia’s Labor Party gave a speech insisting that his country recognize FYROM as The Republic of Macedonia, Foreign Minister Bob Carr gave reassurances that the government didn’t back him. Carr told Steve Georganas, Vice-President of the Parliament, that “The policy of Australia to the Skopje issue remains [...]
More Greek Students Choose Australia
There has been an increase in the number of Greeks who choose Australia for university studies by approximately 500%. According to data from the Australian Department of Immigration, while only 102 young people from Greece got a student visa for the period 2011-12, the number has now risen to 587 people. However, despite the significant [...]
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06 / 19 Antipodes Festival Features Tsiolkas’ Life
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06 / 17 Work or Study in Australia for Greek Citizens
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06 / 14 Boletsi Follows Cavafy’s Barbarian Trail
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06 / 14 Greek-Australians Want ERT Open
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06 / 12 NSW Greek Orthodox Community Supports ERT
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02 / 26 Greek-Aussies Want Golden Dawn MP’s Barred
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08 / 25 Slav-Macedonian Newspaper Sued by Greek-Australians
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03 / 13 Up to 1000 Greek Taxi Drivers Will be Hired to Ease Melbourne’s Cabbie Shortage
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12 / 01 Babiniotis Says Macedonian Dialect Was Greek
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02 / 13 Australian Government Changes “Slav-Macedonian” Directive to “Macedonian”
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