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Greek Australian Prodigy Surfer Wins Hawaii Event

A 16-year-old young man from Australia was recently crowned junior world champion in surfing, taming waves up to ten meters in the championship that was held in Hawaii. One hundred and thirty teens from all around the world participated...

Greek Australian Lydia Ierodiaconou Wins Bronze Medal in Sochi

The 32-year-old Greek-Australian freestyle aerial skier, Lydia Ierodiaconou, won the bronze medal in the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Alla Tsuper from Belarus won the golden medal and the Chinese Xu Mengtao, the silver. "I'm proud of my achievement," said Lydia...

‘Neos Kosmos’ Announces Newspaper of the Year

The Greek community newspaper, Neos Kosmos, was awarded best Greek newspaper of the year in New South Wales, Australia's largest state. Neos Kosmos Weekend Edition won the "Best Print Publication of the Year - Periodicals" prize thanks to its content...

Australian Prime Minister Attends Greek Festival in Sydney

The Greek community in Australia is organizing the Greek Festival of Sydney with top cultural events including thematic events on Socrates, El Greco, General Makrygiannis, Cavafy and many more others. Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott accepted the organizers invitation...

A Greek Among the Top Young Female Entrepreneurs of Australia

Dimitra Markogiannaki, a Greek young woman who moved to Australia just five years ago, was included in a magazine’s list of the fifty most successful female entrepreneurs of the country under the age of fifty. Mrs. Markogiannaki is 29 years...

Australian Politicians Welcomed Melbourne’s Greek Festival

It is estimated that over 120,000 people attended the two-day outdoor feast of Antipodes festival in the center of Melbourne, in the presence of the Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott and the entire political leadership of Australia and the...

Greek-Australian to Build Artificial Island Near Darwin

The Greek owned company Halikos Group, considered one of Northern Territory’s leading construction companies, aims to build an artificial island near the port of Darwin in northern Australia. The company led by John Halikos has been a huge supporter of...

Greek Glendi Festival in Australia

For more than 30 years Greek-Australians have been organizing a Greek Glendi, an annual festival full of Greek food, dance, music, art and culture. Every year thousands of people crowd the event to get a taste of Greek lasagna,...

A Welcome Event for Newly-Arrived Greek Immigrants

  Despite the extremely hot weather conditions, more than 1000 persons attended the event that was organized by the Hellenic Australian Community Support Association (HACSA) to welcome the newly arrived immigrants from Greece. People from all ages and Greek immigrants of...

Upcoming Greek Education Seminars in Australia

Aspasia Hatzidaki, a linguist professor, and Ioannis Spantidakis, a pedagogy professor of the University of Crete will be visiting Australia on a mission to teach and organize seminars for Greek language education teachers in Australia. The two academics will give...