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Greek Prime Minister thanks THI Australia for its support
THI Australia’s President, Nick Pappas AM, met with Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on 5 January 2022 to provide an update on THI Australia’s progress in both …
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Motion passed unanimously in Federal Parliament for Gov’t to recognise genocides committed by Ottoman Empire
The President of the Greek Community of Melbourne and Victoria, Bill Papastergiadis and the Cyprus Community of Melbourne and Victoria, Theo Theophanous, with the support of the Pontian Federations of …
Archbishop Makarios stops St Albans talks, calls for new board
The Greek Orthodox Archbishop Makarios of Australia has suspended talks between the archdiocese and administrative committee of the community of St Paraskevi in St Albans, Melbourne, for as long as …
Greek Community of Melbourne AGM will go ahead this Sunday
The annual general meeting of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne will definitely be held at 1pm on Sunday, 16 January as planned but there will be no online link …
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Search for Greek Community of Melbourne’s Hellenic Chair in Diasporic Studies at University of Melbourne has begun
First announced in Federal Parliament as part of its 2019-20 Budget, the Greek Community of Melbourne’s Hellenic Chair in Diasporic Studies at the University of Melbourne has taken the next …
Maya Angelou is the first African-American woman to feature on a US coin
The United States Mint has begun circulating 25c coins that feature the portrait of the late Maya Angelou making the poet and civil rights activist whose husband was Greek, the …
Call by former Greek-Australian politician to boycott Ancient Greek warriors’ exhibition generates debate on Facebook
Former Victorian Labor Minister, Theo Theophanous called for a boycott of the current exhibition Ancient Greeks: Athletes Warriors and Heroes at the National Museum of Australia from the British Museum. …
Theophanous condemns attacks on Australian democracy symbols
The Victoria state member for Northcote, Kat Theophanous has lashed out at anti-vaxxing and sovereign citizen protesters who set fire to the door of the Old Parliament House in Canberra …
Growing worries surface over fate of Greek associations’ assets
The recent failed auction of the Pontian Community of Melbourne building has brought to the fore an issue that is sure to dominate a wider debate in the coming years: …
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21-year-old John Kokolakis retrieves Holy Cross on his nameday…
Last Thursday marked a historical day for the members of the Greek Orthodox Community of Port Adelaide in South Australia, as they were the only Greek Australians in the country …