Australia

Greeks from Athens to Sydney celebrated Greek Independence Day and the Greek War for Independence with parades on Sunday.

The prospects of a sister-city relationship between Adelaide and Athens, spearheaded by several prominent Greek-Australians, has recently been in the spotlight and received the green light approval in May 2023 by the Adelaide City Council. By Steve Bakalis Famously known as...

Greek-Australians who had been planning to visit Greece in the next few weeks were left in limbo after Athens suspended all Qatar Airways flights following an outbreak of coronavirus cases. The airline, which was the only air carrier offering flights...

Sydney's Inner West Council announced last week that an area of the city will be renamed "Little Athens" in honor to the contributions of Greek-Australians to the community. The newly-designated area is between the suburbs of Marrickville and Dulwich Hill,...

The man blown up in a car bomb in southern Athens on Friday was named as Amad “Jay’’ Malkoun, an exiled former leader of an Australian gang of bikers and convicted drug trafficker. Malkoun, 56, was seriously injured when his...

A special evening of music in Melbourne has helped raise money for those affected by Greece's devastating July fires. Melbourne’s Greek Center was the venue for ABC Radio's live benefit broadcast hosted by The Friday Revue’s Richelle Hunt and Brian...

Adelaide’s main square got a small transformation to remind us of Athens' famous Monastiraki market, as part of the Greek Glendi Festival. Over 40,000 people are expected at South Australia's largest Greek festival at Victoria Square on the March 23-25...

The meteorological service of the Athens National Observatory (meteo.gr) on Friday announced the operation of its first meteo weather station outside Greece, specifically in Sydney, Australia. The new station will give details about weather conditions in an area of the...

The President of the Greek Community of Melbourne, Mr. Vasilis Papastergiadis and Ms. Georgia Charpantidou, who is responsible for the Historical Archives of the Greek Community of Melbourne, visited Psychico College on Tuesday, October 10, 2017. The visit forms part...

Low fare Scoot airlines offers inexpensive flights from Australia to Greece starting at 349 Australian dollars one-way, according to a Escape.com report. Specifically, one can fly Scoot from Perth to Athens for 349 dollars. It should be noted that in...

There is an exciting opportunity for artists in both the literary and visual media fields in Australia to spend a month in Athens this December. The Australian Archaeological Institute of Athens (AAIA) is currently accepting applications for the Contemporary Creative...

The exhibition “Mural of Athens” is being presented at the Greek ambassador residence in Canberra, Australia. The exhibition includes 23 photographs from street art pieces painted across Athens that depict the city’s story over the last six years, since...

The Penny Marathon, an event raising awareness of the the plight of stray, abused and neglected animals in Greece will take place in Athens and Sydney on Sunday July 14th, 2014.

The Vice President of the Australian Parliament, Steve Georganas of Greek descent, reiterated that Australia is ready to sign an intergovernmental agreement with Greece on the tourist visas about the working permit, but "Athens is delaying the procedures." "Both the...

To coincide with the Alexander the Great: 2000 Years of Treasures exhibition, the Greek Festival of Sydney has collaborated with the Australian Museum to present the Empire Music program. The influence of Alexander’s empire celebrated through three music events,...