Australia

Foreign-based Greek scholars are invited to apply for the Greek Diaspora Fellowship Program (GDFP) run by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) in collaboration with the Institute of International Education (IIE) and the Fulbright Foundation in Greece. The GDFP is a...

The Chambers of Commerce of the Greek, Cypriot and Egyptian diasporas in Australia are preparing an action plan to promote trade and investment relations with their three respective countries. According to Photis Photiou, the Cypriot Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs...

A grassroots organization of young overseas Cypriots is running its annual Discover Cyprus Programme in a bid to bring young people from the diaspora closer to their heritage. NEPOMAK is offering those aged 18 to 22 the chance to visit...

The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) has just announced a historic agreement with the National Library of Greece (NGL), for the creation of a new Global Greek Diaspora Library ready by early 2018. Following three meetings facilitated by the GMC...

The Hellenic Initiative Australia has announced it will be hosting ‘One Greece 2017’, a series of events that will take place throughout October 2017 across five major cities in Australia. The aim is to harness the strength and resources of...

Greeks living abroad are welcoming a new program that will allow filing for documents and official certificates from the Greek Consulate services online. The program known as Proxenos has kicked off in pilot mode in Australia. The aims of the...

The Greek Diaspora of Australia have announced that they plan to send a letter of objection to the Greek government regarding the taxation of their parental properties in Greece. According to the Greek-Australian newspaper Neos Kosmos, the Federation of Greek Orthodox Communities in Australia had...

The Australian initiate ‘Speak Greek in March’ has concluded with great success. After the successful run that the campaign had among Greek-Australians, Greek communities across the globe are considering about organizing similar events. Greek children aged 13 to 16 years from the United...

The arrival of new migrants from Greece will give new life to Greek Diaspora organizations and networks through their integration into family and company networks and into the Australian society, said Intercultural Education professor Michalis Damanakis from the University...

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary since Anzac forces arrived on the island of Lemnos, Greece, on March 4, 1915, the Greek Diaspora of Sydney offered a unique artwork by Nikolas Foteinos to the New South Wales State Parliament, in the...

Greek Community of Melbourne President Vasilis Papastergiadis welcomed various Greek Diaspora organizations' representatives in the community’s new building. During the special meeting, the officials discussed about the future of Greek-Australians and Greek organizations. They exchanged ideas and made numerous proposals...

The Greek Deputy Foreign Minister, Kyriakos Gerontopoulos, in a press conference in Melbourne stated that the Greek Minister of Tourism, Olga Kefalogianni, will be visiting Australia in early May, in order to promote Greek tourism and to sign an...

Australia day is celebrated by all Australians wherever they are. On this national day, all Australians honor their country’s values that unite them as nation. However, the majority of the indigenous Australians, also known as Aborigines, do not participate in...

The Melbourne Star (Melbourne Star Observation Wheel) opened once more on Sunday, December 22, and is expected to be the new tourist attraction of the city. The wheel opened for the first time five years ago in Melbourne, but due...

La Trobe University in Melbourne organizes, dialogues based on the method of Socrates, about the present and the future of the Greek Diaspora in Australia, and its relationship with Greece. The university states: "Recent developments in Greece and in the...