Australia
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Greek economy minister set to come to Australia to seek investors
Dimitri Papadimitriou will hold discussions with Greek Australian community leaders and entrepreneurs to attract investors to Greece.
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‘Many benefits’ to bilingualism, experts say
The decline in language maintenance is depriving those with greater opportunities and a higher capacity for bilingualism from numerous cognitive and linguistic benefits.
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Liberal MP Alex Hawke denies Greek citizenship
The assistant immigration minister’s mother was born in Greece and immigrated to Australia in the 1950s.
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‘Supervised injecting facilities save lives’
North Richmond Community Health CEO Demos Krouskos on the state government’s ‘historic’ decision to start a trial safe heroin injections program to stop the overdose crisis.
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‘A lot of new migrants come to the country totally unprepared’
Two years in implementation, Pronia’s Newly Arrived Greek People Project offers some valuable insight. Katerina Kouroutsidou shares her experience running the settlement service.
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Greek student wins primary category in SBS National Languages Competition
Students were assessed on their video submissions about what learning a language means to them.
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Holden’s closure marks end of an era for automotive manufacturing in Australia
The Australian made cars were synonymous with freedom for Greek migrants.
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Nursing home audit changes welcomed by Fronditha Care
Nursing homes will get no notice of an impending Government audit as the Commonwealth moves to stop the aged care industry hiding bad practice.
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Women are the worst affected victims of pokies
Councillor Mary Lalios talks about the first Women Against Pokies rally highlighting her personal experience of the affects of gambling within her local Greek community.
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Nurse Helen Zahos nominated for Greek International Women Awards
The Greek Australian nurse has dedicated to her life to helping the world’s most vulnerable from Greece to Iraq, Nepal, and the Philippines.