A Festival for Immigrants was held in Melbourne, Australia on the occasion of the ‘Australia Day’ celebrations. Greek Foreign Minister of Victoria, Nick Kotsiras, who was himself an immigrant from Greece to Australia, initiated the event. For symbolic reasons, the event was in the dock “Pier station”, which was the designated spot for picking up [...]
Members of House of Representatives in Cyprus Visit Australia
Members of the House of Representatives in Cyprus and the President of the House of Representatives, Giannakis Omirou, will pay a visit to Australia after an invitation by the Australian Parliament. The Cypriot members of the House of Representatives will visit Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney from the 6th through the 12th of February. Cypriot delegates [...]
Greek Orthodox Priest To Give Evidence Regarding False Facebook Claims
The Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia has called on Greek priest Prokopios Kanavas on Tuesday to give evidence regarding certain allegedly false bits of information he had posted on his Facebook profile about himself. According to Sunday Mail, Kanavas claimed to have completed a degree in theology and international law at Israel’s Hebrew University [...]
White-Painted Cycladic Houses Inspire New Energy Saving Solutions
The white-painted Cycladic houses against green and deep blue backgrounds present a very practical construction for preserving coolness in their interior, and have inspired Australian industrial designers and researchers to incorporate the island design into their new projects. What ordinary people have known for hundreds of years has now become a scientific revelation, according to [...]
Eight Greek-Australians Among Recipients of This Year’s Australia Day Honours
Within the framework of ‘Australia Day’, the Australian state honors citizens for their social and humanitarian work in Australia. This year, eight Greek-Australians are among the recipients of Australia Day honours. The recipients represent the best of the Australian character. In particular, Eleni Kali from Tasmania was given an Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for [...]
Greek-Australian James Castrission About to Complete World’s First Unsupported Trip Across South Pole
They’ve already reached the South Pole, and now now Australian adventurers James Castrission and Justin Jones are in a hurry to catch the last flight out of the continent ahead of winter storms. The duo planted an Australian flag at the bottom of the world about 7am AEST on Saturday, the 31st of December. Blizzards [...]
Celebrating Victoria’s Migration at the Piers Festival!
Port Melbourne Piers precinct will be brought to life with the inaugural Piers Festival on Saturday, January 28, 2012, with a spectacular display of music, dance, food, historical displays, and many more activities. The Piers Festival is a family friendly event and will culminate with an exiting fireworks display at 9pm. Originally called Railway Pier, [...]
Patras-Sydney Boat Trip To Highlight Hellenism of Macedonia
Apostolos Kardaras from Patras, Greece, had told Greek Symban World Radio in Sydney of his plans to make a boat trip from Patras to Sydney within 6 months. The boat trip will include stops at ports in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and lastly in Sydney. When asked by “Radio [...]
Nadia Tass’ Film ‘Matching Jack’ Relies on Simplicity and Truth
There are two scenes in director Nadia Tass’ film Matching Jack, a peerless story of courage and grace, that typify her understated approach to making movies in an industry which revels in excess, sensationalism, comic book heroes, and over-the-top-in-your-face hyperbole, and both are more revealing than any on-screen explosion. Both involve the matchless Irish actor [...]
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02 / 03 Greek Tourist Robbed in New Zealand While Sleeping
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02 / 01 The New Wave of Immigration from Greece to Australia
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02 / 01 Greek Water Ski Champion Invited to Victorian Moomba Masters
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02 / 01 Strong Greek Presence at 2012 AACTA Awards
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01 / 31 Greek-Australian John Ioannou Promotes Aboriginal Art
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08 / 25 Slav-Macedonian Newspaper Sued by Greek-Australians
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01 / 27 A Greek Australian is getting ready to travel to Space
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02 / 10 Mike Rann: “Macedonia is Greek!”
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03 / 26 Greek journalist of “Daily Telegraph” saw… UFO in Mykonos!
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04 / 10 Greeks of Australia Ask for Immigration Permission from Greece
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