Australia
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Lucky Peter nabs an iPad
Eleven year old Peter Giasoumi bought an iPad on Friday, after its nation-wide release, at Chadstone Shopping Centre’s Apple store.
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Greeks to make case to Gillard
The Australian Hellenic Council is meeting the Federal Minister for Education, Julia Gillard to press for the inclusion of of Modern Greek in the National Curriculum
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MP wants to keep the Cat out of Australia
A Victorian MP wants to ban entry to Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens)
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Stefan Cassomenos still calls Australia home
He could be performing at prestigious concerts in London or composing in Milan, but for pianist Stephen Cassomenos Melbourne is where he wants to forge his future.
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Skilled Greeks look to Australia as GFC peaks
The Greek financial crisis is prompting Greeks to seek work beyond their own shores.
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Greek financial crisis hits hip pocket here
Greek importers expect price increases due to the Greek crisis
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Socratous calls for investigation
Former Labor staffer Costas Socratous has called for a formal investigation into his allegations that he was engaged in branch-stacking on behalf of MPs Theo Theophanous and Tel
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Socratous: “I was regularly given large amounts of cash.”
Costas Socratous, a former Labor Party staffer turned whistleblower, claims he was involved in branch-stacking in several key Melbourne ALP branches.
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A History of Greece: launching soon
On Sunday 23 May Dr Nicholas Doumanis will launch his new book A History of Greece, which presents the story of the land and its people as a continuity from prehistoric times to
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Young Greek of the week: Alexandra Patrikios
Alexandra Patrikios, Journalism student, 19, is our young Greek of the week.