Posted on 25 May 2010. Tags: food
Greek restaurant franchise Souvlakihut is celebrating the release of ‘The Kings of Mykonos: Wog Boy 2’ by adding four new Mediterranean Meal Platters to its menu and running several competitions that include giving customers a chance to win a trip for two to Mykonos.
The Mediterranean Meal Platters comprises of the Rhodes Burger, Mykonos Seafood, Corfu [...]
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Posted on 16 April 2010.
“Anyone You Want” is an Australian rom-com with Greek/Australian star Socratis Otto in the lead. Socratis has been in the recent Wolverine film as well as “The Pacific” and “The Matrix.
The movie which is directed by Campbell Graham revolves around a young businessman (Otto) who befriends a troubled homeless girl (Tabrett Bethell) on the streets [...]
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Posted on 18 March 2010.
March 25 is the anniversary of Greece’s struggle for Independence in 1821 after some 400 years of Ottoman occupation.
The Inter-Communities Council of NSW of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia is organizing a large-scale celebration in honour of Greece’s Independence this Sunday March 21, 2010.
It is anticipated that between 8,000 and 10,000 people will attend [...]
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Posted on 25 February 2010. Tags: sports
Lydia Lassila laid on the snow in Turin four years ago with her left knee shattered while her Olympic hopes faded away. She didn’t give up, although it would have been easy.
Four years later she won the gold medal in aerial skiing. Lassila took home the gold in the aerials, Australia’s second gold medal win, [...]
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Posted on 21 January 2010.
A recent publication, Greek Rich List, has conducted a list with the richest people of Greek descent in Australia. We publish the first five names of the list. You can find the full list here.
1. Con and Ross Makris (AUD $1.1 billion)
Con and his son, Ross shared a lot of success in building and developing [...]
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Posted on 16 January 2010.
THERE are tomatoes and then there are serious tomatoes.
Not content with your average 100g tom, Narraweena gardeners Rosa and Benito Albace (foto) have been growing a variety from Greece that produces fruit up to 14cm wide and weigh in at a monumental 800g each.
Mrs Albace, a great-grandmother of nine, said there were plenty of ways [...]
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Posted on 13 January 2010.
Four Greek nightclub staff accused of fatally beating a young Australian tourist a year ago went on trial Wednesday on the Aegean island of Lesbos, a judicial source said.
A 25-year-old club bouncer has been charged with voluntary homicide and three other staff have been charged as accessories in the death of 20-year-old Doujon Zammit, who [...]
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Posted on 13 January 2010.
Greek Australian building industry figure Jim Moschoyiannis (foto) is alleged to have been one of two people bashed by Mick Gatto over a building industry turf war, according to a front page report in The Sunday Age on January 10.
The report has been denied by all parties alleged to have been involved in the incident. [...]
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