Australia

Greek Australian Professor Maria Makrides has been named 2022 Scientist of the Year in South Australia's Science Excellence and Innovation Awards. The awards, announced last week, recognize the state's leading science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM) professionals. Professor Makrides, deputy...

Google Maps creator Lars Rasmussen has announced he is moving to Greece in January 2021 to create a new start-up enterprise. Rasmussen, of Danish origin, who is currently based in New York, says he is moving to Athens with his...

La Trobe University of Victoria, in Melbourne, announced recently that it is planning to discontinue its Modern Greek Studies program, sparking widespread negative reactions across the Greek Australian community. Currently, this is the only program in Victoria to offer a...

An open lecture about the roots of the Rebetika will be presented by Dr Demeter Tsounis on Thursday 26 April 2018, at the Greek Centre, as a part of the Greek History and Culture Seminars, offered by the Greek...

A lecture about the Alexander the Great will be presented by Dimitris Gonis on Thursday 12 April 2018, at the Ithacan Philanthropic Society, as a part of the Greek History and Culture Seminars, offered by the Greek Community of...

On Monday, March 20, at 6:30 p.m., Professor Xenophon Moussas will present a lecture about the Antikythera Mechanism at the Greek Centre as part of the Greek History and Culture Seminars offered by the Greek Community of Melbourne. The Antikythera...

Last month in Rome, Professor Marianna Sigala was bestowed the Best IFITTalk of the Year Award during the 24th ENTER2017 eTourism Conference that took place at Palazzo Brancaccio in Rome, Italy. The International Federation for Information Technology and Travel &...

The Greek short film “3000” was shown during a private screening for the media held at DDP & Deluxe International Studios production company. It is a special short film written and directed by acclaimed Greek-Australian director Antonis Tsonis, starring...

The Dardalis Archives, incorporating three buildings of storage for more than 7,000,000 original documents depicting the activities of Hellenes in the southern hemisphere from 1810 to 2006, was established in 1997 at the former National Center for Hellenic Studies...

Sofianos Andrikopoulos, Medicine Professor and member of the Greek Diaspora, was elected President of the Australian Diabetes Society, the leading organization for research, medical education and practice in the field of diabetes in the country. Andrikopoulos stated that his appointment...

According to the Australian press, a 35-year-old Australian-born Greek, sold his photography app for an undisclosed amount ranging up to millions of dollars to the American tech giant Apple. John Papandriopoulos, following the example of his father who was an...

Greek scientist Haris Karnezi will will visit Australia for a third time, invited by an Australian university to teach its students how theater can be used as a way to treat autism. In her previous visits, Karnezi participated in a...

Greek -Australian historian Michael Peter Tsounis, 86, died in Adelaide, South Australia on Oct. 26. Born in 1926 in Ikaria, he was the youngest of eight siblings. In 1938, along with his mother and most of his brothers and sisters,...

Greek-Australian neuroscientist, Professor George Paxinos, was awarded by the prestigious Athens Academy which is the greatest research institution in Greece. The original Academy was founded by Plato around 387 BC. Professor Paxinos' research into brain mapping has been recognized world-wide known....

Greek-Australian archaeologist Parry Kostoglou believes he could have found Australia's first currency exchange on the site of the city's new Myers store, according to a report from The Australian. The Hobart archaeological consultant and his team have found coins and...