Greek Australian Costa Georgiadis Wins Most Popular Presenter Award
Television presenter and famous gardener Costa Georgiadis won on Sunday Most Popular Presenter award at the Australian Logies for 2019. The Logie Awards, presented in 20 categories, are an annual...
View ArticleYouth Mobility Program Between Greece and Australia Comes into Effect
A new visa agreement for the Greek and Australian youth has came into effect as of July 1st. The program is based on the Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of Greece and Australia on...
View Article10 of Sydney’s Best Greek Restaurants
By: Assil Giacheia Due to the economic crisis that has plagued Greece, a large number of Greeks migrated to find a better future. One of the main beneficiaries of this wave of migration is the city of...
View ArticleGreek Australian Diana Rouvas Wins The Voice Australia 2019 (video)
Greek Australian Diana Rouvas has won The Voice Australia 2019. The victory comes with a cash prize worth $100,000 and a recording contract with EMI Music. “I am literally so delighted,” said her...
View ArticleAustralian TV Show Celebrates Mitsotakis Victory Greek Style (video)
Three Australian TV hosts of Sky News celebrated the electoral victory of New Democracy Greek style, dancing the Zorba and smashing plates. The video looks and sounds more like satire than a news...
View ArticleArchbishop Makarios of Australia Makes First Pastoral Visit to Perth
The faithful from Western Australia welcoming new Australian Archbishop Makarios to their state. Source: greekorthodox.org.au His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia made his first pastoral visit...
View ArticleMelbourne Protest Against Turkish Occupation Demands Justice for Cyprus
The Coordinating Committee of Justice for Cyprus (SEKA) organized a protest rally which took place in the Greek neighborhood of Lonsdale Street in Melbourne, Australia on Sunday. The assembled...
View ArticleSixteen-Year-Old Greek-Australian Shot Twice; Brother Charged
Alex Gatis, 16, has been identified as the teenager shot at his home in Lockleys. Source: Facebook page of Alex Gatis Greek-Australian teen Alex Gatis, 16, was shot twice at his Lockley house in...
View ArticleFirst Greek Panorama Roadshow to Take Place in Australia in 2020
The 1st Greek Panorama Roadshow is expected to take place in 2020 in Australia. From February 25 until March 1, 2020, tourism business meetings with representatives from both Greek and Australian...
View ArticleGreek-speaking Care Givers Needed for Seniors in Australia
Greek social care organizations in Australia have appealed recently for more native Greek- speaking care givers for the elderly. The managing director of the Higher Education Institute (ITHEA),...
View ArticleGreek Cypriot Cancer Researcher Honored in Australia
Researchers Dr. Maria Kavallaris and Dr. Lakmali Atapattu Greek Cypriot researcher Dr. Maria Kavallaris recently won the prestigious Good Design Award for 2019 for the 3D printer she designed which...
View ArticleGreek Community of Melbourne Welcomes Archbishop Makarios (video)
Archbishop Makarios, the new primate 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...
View ArticleTennis Champion Nick Kyrgios Wins Washington Open Title
Nick Kyrgios celebrating win at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. Credit: twitter.com/CitiOpen Greek-Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios won it all at the Washington Open, sponsored by Citibank, on...
View ArticleHealth Minister Mikakos To Bring New Cancer Therapy to Victoria
Victoria, Australia’s Heath Minister Jenny Mikakos (left). Jenny Mikakos, the Health Minister for Victoria, Australia, recently announced that her ministry will make a breakthrough cancer treatment...
View ArticleMelbourne’s Greek Film Festival Announces Opening Night Film
Melbourne, Australia’s Greek Film Festival. File photo, credit: SBS From award-winning Greek Director Tassos Boulmetis, the heart-warming docudrama “1968,” chronicling the epic basketball game between...
View Article“Yiayia Next Door” Given Ticket to Visit Family in Greece (video)
The “Yiayia Next Door,” the elderly Greek-Australian woman whose generosity to her next-door neighbors Daniel and Luke Mancuso went viral earlier this year on Instagram, has now been given tickets to...
View ArticleArchbishop Makarios of Australia Set to Make Pastoral Visit to Adelaide
Great Vespers Service at St. Euphemia Church. Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. There is little rest for Australia’s newly-elected His Eminence Archbishop Makarios before his next...
View ArticleScions of Greek Community Meet Immigration Minister to Discuss Issues of...
David Coleman, Australia’s Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Minister. File Photo Bill Stergiadis and Costas Markos, who serve as the president and secretary of the Greek Community of Melbourne,...
View ArticleThe Oldest Greek Cafe in Australia Now Up For Sale
The Niagara Cafe. Source: Niagara Cafe Facebook page The oldest Greek cafe in Australia is now up for sale, in what will be just the second time it has changed hands in 100 years! But it may mark the...
View ArticleHundreds Welcome Archbishop Makarios in Adelaide (video)
Archbishop Makarios, the newly-enthroned Greek-Orthodox Archbishop of Australia, arrived in Adelaide on Saturday for his first pastoral visit to city since his enthronement in June. A huge crowd...
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