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New Agreement Brings Nurses from Greece to Australia
After an agreement with the federal government of Australia, the organization for the support of elder Greeks of Melbourne, Fronditha Care, announced the hiring of 20 nurses from Greece.
"The agreement was signed after two years of persistent efforts," said Fronditha Care President...
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Where Australia’s Immigrants Were Born: Ethnic Interactive Map
This interactive map reveals the top three birthplaces for immigrants in cities and suburbs across Australia. Greeks show highest concentration in Melbourne and Sydney and in many cases are the first ethnic group after England and and New Zealand-born...
Australia
Michalis Hatzigiannis To Perform in Melbourne
Greek-Cypriot pop singer Michalis Hatzigiannis will perform in the 2014 Melbourne Festival that has been scheduled to take place October 10 to 26.
Michalis Hatzigiannis was born in Nicosia where he received an education in piano, guitar and music theory....
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Greek-Australian Describes How His Wife and Her Lover Plotted His Murder
Chris Soteriou, the Greek-Australian businessman who was stabbed in 2010 by his then wife’s lover on his birthday, described the night his former wife and her lover attempted to kill him.
His former wife, Vicky Soteriou, and her lover, Aris...
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Greek Football Player Donates Bone Marrow to Brother
Greek football player Vangelis Moras moved thousands of people in Greece and Australia when he decided to donate bone marrow to save his ill brother.
Moras, a player for the Greek national team and Italian team Hellas Verona, will travel...
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100,000 Dollar Jewelry Stolen from Greek Church in Red Hill
More than 100,000 dollars worth of jewelry was stolen from a Greek Orthodox Church in Melbourne. Members of the Greek community were devastated, because the items had been left in the church over the years as gifts to the...
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Open House Melbourne: The Hellenic Museum Opens Its Doors
"Open House Melbourne", one of the major international institutions for the promotion of architecture, will be held for the sixth consecutive year in Melbourne, on July 26 and 27.
Public and private buildings in Melbourne will open their doors free...
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Greek Cypriots of Australia March for 40 Years of Turkish Invasion
The community of Greek Cypriots living in Australia has organised marches across the country to mark the 40 year anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
Greek Cypriots all over the world have never forgotten the Turkish invasion and occupation of...
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Greek Among Most Spoken Languages in Melbourne
A study analysis conducted by Fairfax Media showed that three out of ten people in Melbourne speak a language other than English when they return to their homes. In fact, according to the relevant data, 251 languages from all...
Bakehouse Studios opens its doors to the public for the first time
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Greek-Australian Helen Marcou is co-owner of the legendary Bakehouse Studios in Melbourne and excited about opening its doors to the public for the first time ever.
If you’ve always wanted to look inside the studios where your favourite musicians honed...