Australia

Prominent businessman Michael Issakidis was arrested on tax evasion and money laundering charges. The Australian police and tax office investigators seized assets amounting to $40 million after gathering evidence on the man's transactions for several months. Now, the 67-year-old businessman faces up to...

A Greek businessman of Australia paid the exorbitant amount of $2.6 million to purchase a racehorse named Blac Caviar. The marvelous horse has won numerous races and great sums of money. The horse, BC3, has proven its exceptional abilities on the...

Greek-Australian businessman John Poulakis, from Coburg, Victoria admitted to falsifying customs documents in order to pay less duty. The 57-year-old man who owns the high-end Melbourne-based men's clothing store Harrolds had been importing suits from Europe, undervaluing their original prices...

A photograph picturing an elderly Greek man crying because he was not able to withdraw his pension after the imposition of capital controls has made news headlines last week, showing the world the situation that exists in the country. The photograph...

Greek-Australian businessman and honorary Consul General of Greece in Queensland Dimitris Raptis used to owe the state 30 million Australian dollars in taxes and after several court battles he now has to pay only six dollars. Mr. Raptis' construction company...

A few days ago, a book was released about a young shepherd from Arcadia, Greece, who went on to become a taxi driver in Melbourne and through hard work, perseverance, honesty and charisma, he managed to turn into one of...

Piraeus-born Nick Begakis has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Flinders University in South Australia for his charitable and entrepreneurial contributions to society, as well as his work restructuring the university's School of Engineering in more recent years, according...

A pharmacist and businessman of Greek origin, who lives and works in Western Australia, is calling on the Greek Australian community to send medical aid to Greece. Constantinos Berbatis is a lecturer at the Curtin University of Technology. A few...

The 'Sunday Age' Newspaper reported on 200 murders in Victoria dating back to 1975, that remain unsolved up until now. One of the unresolved murders concerns the Greek-Australian businessman Christos Saristavros. Con Saristavros, whose millionaire brother, Christos, was shot dead in...

Michael John Henderson has been sentenced to jail for seven-and-a-half years for stealing $1.3 million to pay off the debts of his Greek friend to underworld gangsters. The 58-year-old had failed to appear in Court at his original set date...

He is of Greek descend and is considered to be the “king of pearls”. Nicholas Paspaley is the CEO of the Darwin-based Paspaley Pearls, the largest pearling company in Australia. The Paspaley family also owns an aviation company with 21...

The agreement with the police of Victoria, which was concluded by one of the most important personalities of Melbourne’s underworld Tony Mokbel  (photo), who was arrested in 2007 in Greece, seems to have upset many Greek expatriates. Authorities of...

Victorian Police are investigating allegations against a fugitive conman for ripping off millions of dollars from Victorian investors. Smooth talking businessman Loizos Michaels (photo) allegedly stole up to $180,000 off each of his victims.  The victims include pensioners and mum-and-dad...

John Lazarou, the son of Greek immigrants, worked long and hard to realize his dream in Australia. His efforts and persistence paid off handsomely, and he has even been dubbed the "King of Coffee in Australia" as director of...

"My Greek Odyssey," which will begin airing on Sunday, March 24, is a 13-part television series which will take viewers to some of the most spectacular and unique islands in Greece. "My Greek Odyssey" is centered around the charismatic, larger-than-life...