Australia

Bill Gonis, the President of the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA), has suddenly passed away, the community announced on Wednesday. He was 62. Gonis was one of the GOCSA’s longest-serving presidents and received the Order of Australia Medal...

Sydney's  Greek Orthodox Community of New South Wales will present a full slate of events celebrating the bicentennial of modern Greece in 2021. The bicentennial, commemorating Greece's triumphant release from the bonds of centuries of Ottoman rule, will be...

Speaking to local media on Thursday June 18, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed fears about a long extension to the international travel ban that has already been in place since March. Reiterating Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham's declaration on...

The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) has been focusing over the past few weeks on developing a coordinated response to assist Greek citizens who do not yet have Australian citizenship and might face problems during this difficult time of...

The large Greek community of Melbourne is excited and ready to cheer and give their all to support Stefanos Tsitsipas' efforts during this year's Australian Open, which will begin on January 20. The Australian Open is the closest to home Tsitsipas...

Bill Stergiadis and Costas Markos, who serve as the president and secretary of the Greek Community of Melbourne, recently had an official meeting with Australia's Federal Minister of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, David Coleman. The agenda of the meeting included various issues...

His Eminence newly appointed Archbishop Makarios of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia, arrived on Saturday in Melbourne in his first official visit to the city with the highest concentration of Greeks in the country. People dressed in traditional clothes...

The Australian Federal government announced on Monday that it will award a grant of $5 million to the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM). The funding commitment follows a recent visit to the Greek Centre of Contemporary Culture in Melbourne by...

The Andrews administration has promised a grant of $ 2.5 million to the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) for a new centre for seniors and young people, if Andrews is re-elected in the forthcoming state elections, according to the...

Bill Papastergiadis, president of the Melbourne Greek Community (MGC), on Tuesday moderated a panel with four of the top contenders to become Melbourne’s next Lord Mayor. Candidates Sally Capp, Gary Morgan, Ken Ong and Jennifer Yang presented their views on the...

The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM)'s 2018 Annual General Meeting has heard confirmation that the Bulleen property will be compulsory acquired to build a new freeway in the city. Sunday's AGM atmosphere was described as "calm and constructive" but GCM President...

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...

The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) has decided to open three new after-hours campuses in 2018 in the outer Melbourne suburbs. Neos Kosmos reports that students from South Morang, Narre Warren, and Point Cook.and surrounding areas will be attracted to...

  Photo: Facebook (Konstantina Angelique Gribilas Fund) Kosta and Poppy Gribilas have joined forces with Greek children's charity "The Smile of The Child" in order to raise funds for a mobile preventative medical unit, to serve children in need in Greece's...

The Greek Community of Melbourne has reacted to the proposed changes to Section 18c of the Racial Discrimination Act with the following press release issued on Wednesday March 22: "The Greek Community of Victoria objects to the proposed changes by...