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 [...]
30th Greek Festival of Sydney To Honor Poet Odysseas Elytis
Nobel prize-winning poet will be honored in a presentation by Dr. Anthony Dracopoulos, titled ”Odysseas Elytis: The Language of Poetry and the Sanctity of Light,” in the framework of the 30th Greek Festival of Sydney. Odysseas Elytis’ 40 year poetry career will be examined with how Elytis constructs his poetic edifice and explores the pivotal characteristics [...]
Greek-Australians Raise Money For GOTO Foundation
Three Greek-Australian men from the GoTo Foundation presented the Flinders University Autism Early Intervention Program (EIRP) with a $50,000 check on Monday night. Accepting the check was the Vice Chancellor of Flinders University, Prof. Michael Barber and head of the EIRP, Associate Prof. Robyn Young. The GoTo Foundation – established by long-time friends George Diakomichalis, [...]
Omiros College Graduation Celebrated in Melbourne
Omiros College in Melbourne’s Brunswick area celebrated the success of their VCE graduates last week in a glorious event at the Park Hyatt Melbourne. The proud graduates’ family members and many respected community representatives attended the event, according to a neoskosmos.com article. Among those present to congratulate the young students was Leonidas Vlahakis, co-chair of [...]
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