Australia
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Seventy new visa overstays a week
The government released figures on immigrants who may have arrived in the country legally but who have overstayed their visas and are now living in Australia legally.
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General Australian Macedonian Advisory Council Meeting
The Australian Macedonian Advisory Council will be holding its annual general meeting on 12 August.
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Australian churchgoers raise $320,000 for Greece
Greek Orthodox churchgoers around Australia raised a total of $320,000 in aid for Greece
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Cyprus visit for Albanese
MP Anthony Albanese is in Cyprus this week to discuss transport, infrastructure and joint business opportunities.
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Radio National adopts Greece
ABC’s Radio National Drive program have chosen to follow the journey of the Greek national team in their bid for Olympic glory at the 2012 London Games.
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Bob Carr: no policy change on FYROM
Foreign Minister sticks to UN name and praises Australian Macedonian contributions.
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Golden Dawn: no place in Australia
A report in The Australian linking the Greek community to neo-Nazis has sparked outrage within the community dismissing it as a “media beat up”
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Professor Fels responds to taxi article
Once again taxi reforms cause a stir in the community.
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Spanking linked to anxiety and depression
Taking issues raised in Christos Tsiolkas’s The Slap into real life, a study has found, physical punishment of children has been linked to the onset of mental illness in adulthood.