Community
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GOCMV AGM results indecisive
Chaos and heated disagreements were the order of the day at the 2009 annual general meeting of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria.
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Autocephalic churches seek sanctuary in ‘Old Calendar’ church
The Federation of Greek Communities of Australia has signed an interim agreement with the ‘Old Calendar’ Orthodox in an attempt to legitimise its members religious status.
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25th anniversary Melbourne Thessaloniki Sister City relationship
Melbourne is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its sister city relationship with Thessaloniki this week.
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21 winners in literary competition
The latest edition of the periodical Antipodes was launced and the winners of the annual literary awards organised by the Australian-Greek Cultural League were announced in Melb
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25 Years of sisterhood celebrated
The Melbourne and Thessaloniki sister city relationship will be celebrated on Sunday with a range of activities.
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Dikeos counterattacks with new proposals for GOCMV reform
GOCMV Treasurer, Con Dikeos, has announced a range of new proposals aimed at restructuring the Greek Community’s board.
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Sponsors and Greek government gift to Greek Community of Melbourne
The Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne announced that Leonidas Argyropoulos funded a scholarship program for Alphington Grammar to the value of $50,000 while the Greek govern
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Dramatic drop in Modern Greek VCE numbers
There has been a significant drop in the number of students studying Greek at VCE level, from 643 in 1998 to 300 in 2009.
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Antipodes Festival dates for 2010 announced
Joe Mavrikos the director of the Antipodes Festival is excited about next year’s program
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New crop of future leaders
MP John Pandazopoulos the World Hellenic Interparliamentary Association President sees the new candidates as the “next generation of Greek Australian politicians.