A public lecture on the novels of Nikos Kazantzakis will be held next week to commemorate 55 years since the death of the famed writer. The lecture – “The superman and human transcendence in the novels of Nikos Kazantzakis” – held by the International Society of Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis (Melbourne Branch), will be delivered by [...]
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Businessman Calls on Greek-Australian Community to Send Greece Medical Aid
A pharmacist and businessman of Greek origin, who lives and works in Western Australia, is calling on the Greek Australian community to send medical aid to Greece. Constantinos Berbatis is a lecturer at the Curtin University of Technology. A few days ago, he sent an email to the Consul of Greece in Perth Sophia Choli, [...]
Boite-style Musical Performances By Greeks To Be Held In May
Greeks of Elwood will have the chance to entertain themselves in a boite-style climate. A series of small boite-style intimate music sessions from local award winning songwriters and musicians of the Greek diaspora will perform in May on Tuesdays at Cafe Babble on Babylon. Anthea Sidiropoulos and Achilles Yiangoulli, along with Jacob Papadopoulos on solo bouzouki, will [...]
Melbourne Grammar School Opens Its Doors After Renovation
Melbourne’s Alphington Grammar School recently opened their doors to a number of Greek organizations for an open day at the campus, according to a neoskosmos.com article. Alphington Chairman Nick Koukouvitakis organized the event to open up the school during working hours to let Greek businesses see the school’s teachers and students in action, following a [...]
Ceramic Art of Ancient Cyprus Exhibition in Melbourne
The University of Melbourne has one of the most important collections of Cypriot antiquities and has organized a ceramic art exhibition. The exhibition, which is open from April 21 through October 10, includes a wide range of Bronze and Iron Age artefacts. The items were brought to Australia by the late Professor JR Stewart from the [...]
International Childrens’ Theatre ‘Aeroplio’ to Perform in Sydney
After many successful performances in festivals all over Europe and at the largest Children’s Theatre Festival in Washington DC in 2011, Aeroplio is coming to Sydney to perform shows in the Greek language for students and parents of the Greek community. Presented by the Greek Orthodox Community of NSW, Aeroplio will perform two different and [...]
Malaysian Paper Says Anti-Islamic Charges On Senator Xenophon Was A Misunderstanding
A Malaysian Newspaper apologized to Independent Senator Nick Xenophon for accusing him of delivering an anti-Islamic speech in Parliament. Malaysian New Straits Time subsituted a quote of an old speech delivered by the Federal Independent Senator. In his 2009 speech, they wrote the word “Islam,” where the original text had the word “Scientology.” The Greek-Australian Senator [...]
Greek-Australian Defends Case Against Fast Food Chain KFC
A case in the New South Wales Supreme Court has seen the fast food giant KFC being ordered to pay $8.3 million in compensation to a young girl poisoned by a chicken wrap seven years ago, and who is now in a wheelchair. Monika Samaan, the victim, visited Villawood KFC in 2005 – at the [...]
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05 / 17 Indigenous Find New Place to Camp But Still Boycott Paniyiri Festival
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05 / 17 Michael Spartels is 2012 ‘Kastellorizian of the Year’
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05 / 17 Greek Festival of Sydney Presents ‘Dance to the Rhythm’
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05 / 16 Greek-Australians Exempt from Pension Cuts
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05 / 16 Greek Studies in Australia Gains $450,000
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05 / 16 Greek Festival of Sydney Presents ‘Identity in the Sand’ Concert
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05 / 11 South Australia Greek Consulate Forced to Reduce Work Hours Due to Staff Shortage
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05 / 11 Book Released in Australia On the History of Greeks in Asia
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05 / 17 Book to be Published on Macedonian Hellenes in Oceania
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05 / 10 AHEA Organizes 2012 Hellenic Language Awards in Maroubra
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05 / 08 Melbourne Grammar School Opens Its Doors After Renovation
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05 / 10 Public Lecture on the History of Greek Cafés to be Held in Australia
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05 / 08 Boite-style Musical Performances By Greeks To Be Held In May
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05 / 08 Businessman Calls on Greek-Australian Community to Send Greece Medical Aid
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05 / 09 Greek Illustrator Draws the Titanic for National Geographic
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05 / 16 Aborigines Forced to Move Their Tents For Greek Paniyiri
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05 / 09 Australia Remembers Writer Nikos Kazantzakis
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