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Amelia Giannopoulos is Getting Married

Fitness instructor Amelia Giannopoulos is breaking the mould. The super-svelte trainer was profiled in Musclemag for the first time in August 2006 and featured in body artist Emma Hack’s yoga-inspired calendar in 2007. So it comes as no surprise her marriage to Sam Ricci at Partridge house later this month, doesn’t come straight out of [...]

Marco Baghdatis starts out a winner in Australian match

For Australians, January is tennis month, leading up to the Australian Open to start in Melbourne in two weeks. For Greeks and Cypriots, it is also the month for Marcos Baghdatis, who is currently in Australia. Marcos made a winning start to the 2010 ATP World Tour season by edging World No. 55 Mardy Fish [...]

Priest’s grandson retrieves Cross at Rye

Nicholas Petropoulos of Safety Beach has won the race to pluck the Holy Cross from the waters at Rye in this year’s celebration of the Theofania, or blessing of the Holy Waters. “I think that it’s a blessing from God and I’m really proud to have successfully done this. It is going to bring health, [...]

Jetstar to launch air link with Athens

Australia’s Jetstar, a low-cost airline owned by Qantas, is aiming to launch flights linking Athens with Melbourne in 2010, the Athens News Agency (ANA) reported yesterday. In a bid to carve out its own market share, Jetstar plans to entice passengers by offering return tickets between the two cities for as little as 1,200 Australian [...]

Orthodox Church in Melbourne Starts a New Service in Dandenong

Fr. K Y Chacko (Vicar) St. Mary’s Indian Orthodox Church informed IOH that with the help of Bishop of Dervis, Rev. Anthony Krinis and the Greek Orthodox Community, “St. Mary’s Indian Orthodox Church” is now starting its first Holy Service in the South Eastern Suburb on January 3, 2010, with Evening Prayer at 6.30PM and [...]

Australian witnesses vital in Greek murder case

Anthony Stavrinos/Sunday Morning Herald — FIVE Australian witnesses have been summoned to Greece to give evidence in the trial of the man accused of murdering Sydney man Doujon Zammit. Prosecutors are frantically working to secure the attendance of the witnesses, believed to include 20-year-old Mr Zammit’s mother and cousin, at the trial which begins in [...]

Nadia Tass visits Athens for the film “The Journey”

Contacts will be made with the Ministry of Culture of Greece , by the well known Greek American actress Olympia Dukakis and the Greek Australian Director Nadia Tass, in order to discuss possible support of the Greek State towards the film “the Journey” an international joint production whereby Australia and other European countries will be [...]

Heart transplant recipient weds with donar’s dad by his side

WITH the heart of his guardian angel pounding in his chest, Kostas Gribilas married the love of his life yesterday. Standing by his side was Oliver Zammit, the man friends describe as Kostas’ second father. It was a wedding made possible by the generosity of Mr Zammit’s courageous son Doujon. The 20-year-old Sydney tourist died [...]