Australia

Bill Papastergiadis was re-elected President of the Greek community of Melbourne, winning comfortably along with his slate, on Dec. 16. In the days to come, the 19 elected members of his group are going to meet over the election...

Contemporary migrants have nothing in common with post World War II migrants, supports Professor of Cultural Studies, Media and Communications at the University of Melbourne Nikos Papastergiadis. The professor delivered a lecture to the Greek community of Melbourne on “The...

Greek Australians expressed their deep concern and disappointment regarding the recent coverage by ABC Channel of the Parthenon Marbles, where they were consistently referred to as the “Elgin” Marbles. The President of the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM), Bill Papastergiadis,...

The Greek and Cypriot communities in Australia urged Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday to recognize the genocide carried out against Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks and other Christian minorities by the Ottomans in the early 20th century. In a letter to...

After receiving word that the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) will donate funds and help in increasing student enrollment, La Trobe University reversed its recent decision to cease offering the Greek language in its curriculum. The language will be taught...

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 Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) hosted a Youth forum on Tuesday night, February 11 which was organized by two passionate young Greek-Australians, Dean Kotsianis and Vasilios Berbatakis. An intergenerational audience of 100 people, including young, inspiring Greeks from all walks...

The Greek community in Australia has joined efforts of the Federal government, aid organizations and government and communities around the world to help victims of the bushfires which are currently devastating multiple areas across the country. “We are going through...

The first annual "Greek Panorama Roadshow" will open to the public in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne on February 25, 2020 and will run until March 1. The organizers' intention to create the new event has been known since July,...

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...

Several Greek-Australians were included in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List, which was released earlier this week by Buckingham Palace. There were 993 total Australians who received recognition from the Queen in the general division and 221 people received meritorious...

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...

  Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited  the headquarters of the Greek Community of Melbourne on Thursday, where he hailed the contribution of Greek immigrants to the nation of Australia. "It's impossible to think about Melbourne without thinking about the Greek...

Promoting the speaking of the Greek language is one of the top priorities of the Greek communities in Australia. A recent study noted that, for the first time ever, Greek has slipped from its historical place as the second...