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Council votes to preserve Merri-bek’s 40-Year sister city ties with Sparta
The ties between Merri-bek and Sparta have been preserved after a council motion was passed to maintain the near 40-year relationship. The decision was put to council in a meeting …
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GCM schools hold insightful VCE educational seminar on migration
The Greek Community of Melbourne schools hosted a most informative educational seminar for its Year 12 (VCE) students centred on the topic of migration. Dr Antonis Piperoglou, Hellenic Senior Lecturer …
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Peter Tziotzis’s defamation lawsuit against Channel Nine begins trial
The hearing of the defamation lawsuit filed by Greek Australian Peter Tziotzis against Channel Nine‘s “A Current Affair” program has begun in the Supreme Court of Victoria. The case concerns …
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Archbishop Makarios: We need a rallying of the Diaspora to protect the ‘treasure’ we have inherited
“I cannot accept that the Greek community is ‘aging’. Australia’s Greek community will never ‘age’. That is my deep inner conviction. But obviously by your question you mean that with …
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Albanese government’s $1.23m commitment to preserve heritage and reimagine St Dimitrios for the future
The completion of a long-awaited multi-function community theatre space at St Dimitrios in Windsor has been backed by a $1.23million commitment from Federal Labor to bring the project to life. …
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The Greek Centre hosts forum on Khaled Sabsabi, art, and institutional courage
The Greek Centre just hosted Who’s Afraid of Khaled Sabsabi? Art, Fear, and the Collapse of Institutional Courage—a forum that addressed the recent controversy surrounding Lebanese-Australian visual artist from Western …
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Labor pledges $49,500 for elevator at Pontiaki Estia in Brunswick
The Central Pontian Association in Brunswick will receive $49,500 in federal funding from a re-elected Albanese Labor Government to install an elevator at its Pontiaki Estia headquarters on Sydney Road. …
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Merri-Bek’s Sister City ties with Sparta in jeopardy
The future of Merri-Bek’s long-standing Sister City relationship with Sparta, Greece is in jeopardy, with councillors set to vote on a recommendation to end the partnership at this Wednesday’s council …
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Ecumenical Service at St. Paul’s Cathedral commemorates Genocide victims and Mavro Pascha anniversary
An Ecumenical service held at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne on April 6, brought together members of the Armenian, Assyrian, and Greek Orthodox communities to commemorate the victims of the …
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Battle of Crete veteran Arthur Leggett dies aged 106
Last Sunday marked a true “end of an era” as Arthur Leggett, the last surviving veteran Western Australian soldier who fought in the Battle of Rethymno in May 1941, passed …