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Campaign to Promote Greek Language in Australia

A campaign entitled "Speak Greek in March" will be launched in early 2015 in Australia with the participation of Diaspora organizations, schools, mass media and all interested parties. The campaign's purpose is to preserve and promote the Greek language in...

Greek Australian Student Wins Gold Medal in Language Competition

Greek Australian Eleni-Penelope Tsolakidou from Queensland won the Greek language Gold Medal in the Language Perfect World Championship 2014. The 14-year-old student won the international competition top award for the second consecutive year. The web contest lasted 10 days and Tsolakidou...

Greek Australian Senator Launches New National Party

Greek Australian independent Senator Nick Xenophon has announced he will launch a new political party with candidates in all states and territories. The name of the new party that will participate at the next federal election will be the Nick...

Goody’s Chain Goes to Australia

The first Goody's Burger House restaurant in Australia will open soon on the ground floor of the newly built Greek Cultural Centre in downtown Melbourne. The Greek community of Melbourne confirmed that the best offer for the ground floor of...

Golden Dawn Members on Stealth Trip to Australia to Raise Funds

Two members of Greek extreme far-right political party Golden Dawn will visit Australia this week to raise funds and meet local supporters, according to a Guardian report. Ignatius Gavriilidis, Golden Dawn's Australian representative, said that the party members will be in...

Two Greek-Australian Scientists Among World’s Best

Two Melbourne Greek-Australian scientists are among the world's top scientists for 2014, according to the Sunday edition of "Eleftheros Typos" newspaper. Thomson Reuters made a list with 3,200 scientists from all over the world, whose work has benefited the planet....

Napthine and Andrews Celebrate at Greek Festival

Victoria Premier Denis Napthine and Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews enjoyed good Greek food and folk dances at a Greek festival in Melbourne's east on Sunday. The Oakleigh Greek Glendi Festival is a big fiesta for the Greek Australian community and...

Excitement at the Opening of the Greek Centre in Melbourne

"Melbourne officially has the largest Greek Cultural Centre in the world, marking a new, brighter future for the Greek Diaspora," said the President of Melbourne's Greek Community Vasilis Papastergiadis at the inauguration of the Greek Cultural Centre in Melbourne. The...

Greek-Australians Honor Asia Minor Catastrophe

Although many Greek-Australians who live in the country were born in Australia, as did their parents and grandparents, they always have their real homeland in their hearts, which they can't forget. Every year, the descendants of Greeks from Asia Minor who...

Young Professionals Network Launching Operation

The newly created Young Professionals Network by the Hellenic Australian Chamber of Commerce (HACCI) that will be launched in September aims to bring together young Greek Australian businessmen. HACCI aims to host a number of events and engage the younger Greek community...