Community
Lalor North Primary School ignores Greek parent calls for return to three-classroom bilingual programme
Despite the strong efforts of the parents and the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM), Lalor North Primary School’s Greek Bilingual Programme will again be run on a two-classroom system in …
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Greek government looks to cut through red tape at embassies and consulates abroad
The bureaucracy faced by many Greeks when dealing with Australian consulates and embassies may soon be a thing of the past. Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias said that the …
PRONIA unanimously elects Kris Pavlidis as President
The Board of Directors of PRONIA welfare organisation unanimously elected Kris Pavlidis to the position of President at its December meeting. The election of Office Bearers followed on from a …
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Australian Federation of Pontian Associations appoint committee
The annual meeting of the Australian Federation of Pontian Associations took place on 22 November with the appointment of an executive committee for a two-year term. Simela Stamatopulos-Eleftheriadis was elected …
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‘Beyond Trauma’, how Deborah Stathis defied medical odds to live a successful life and write an inspiring book
It was exactly a week after Deborah Stathis celebrated her 19th birthday when a near-fatal accident changed the course of her life. She was driving home, when she hit an …
Jewish community of Melbourne celebrates Hannukah at Federation Square
Over eight days from Thursday 10 to 18 December this year, the Jewish community of Melbourne is celebrating Hannukah, or Chanukah. Pillars of Light, at Federation Square, provides Melburnians with …
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Near fatal accident for elderly Greek Australian woman
A 77-year-old Greek Australian woman allegedly caused a nearly fatal accident last Wednesday, when her car ploughed into a shopfront in Adelaide’s north. According to various sources the elderly woman …
Vale Yiannis Papanikolaou, a great teacher
I was deeply saddened to hear the news from Northern Greece earlier this week that good friend and former colleague Yiannis Papanikolaou had passed away, at the young age of …
Children’s games we played on our street in Yiannina’s old castle
This is a reverse migration story. While so many Greeks were leaving to settle in Australia in 1967, my father had other ideas. He could see that Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) …
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Melbourne University medical students put forward Greek-Cypriot doctor for ‘Lecturer of the Year’ award
Students of the medical school of the University of Melbourne, are proposing expatriate doctor Stephanos Herodotou be named ‘Lecturer of the Year’. Dr Herodotou expressed the proposal made by his …