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Louis Mandylor in Melbourne for “How to rob a bank in 10 easy steps”

After a long and successful career in Hollywood actor, director and producer, Louis Mandylor, visited his home city of Melbourne in order to complete the shootings for his new film “How to rob a bank in 10 easy steps”. The new film shootings started in January 2012 and are now finished, while the cast includes [...]

More and More Greeks in Australia Give Up Greek Language

Statistics in Australia have shown that more than 400 languages are currently being spoken in the continent as a means of communication among family members. However, only 250.000 out of 600.000 Greek speaking Australians speak Greek at home. “Things are dramatically changing. From 1996 to 2006 the number of Greek speaking Australians employing Greek to [...]

Greek Language in the National School Curriculum

Modern Greek has been included as one of the languages in the National Curriculum, proposed by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA). Labor Members for Calwell, Maria Vamvakinou and Stathis Georganas stated that the inclusion of the Greek Language in the National Curriculum is a great success for Hellenism abroad and is proof [...]