Diaspora
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Stephen Minas and his move from Victorian politics to the United Nations
Stephen Minas, now 36 years old, has made high achievement seem an effortless task. Mr Minas worked in his mid-twenties as an adviser to the former Premier of Victoria, Ted …
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Honouring the legacy of Greek contribution to Inner West Sydney
Marrickville and Dulwich Hill have a long history of Greek contribution, even being unofficially dubbed as ‘Little Athens’. The Inner West Council of New South Wales has agreed to honour …
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There are still 11,000 Australians trying to return home
The Federal Government continues to work with domestic and foreign airlines to bring home Australians stranded in various parts of the world due to the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier this week …
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Study shows migrant teens are more resilient to trauma than other youths
A new study has found that migrant teenagers who have moved within their own country or overseas are more resilient and better able to recover from trauma than teenagers who …
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Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson post heartfelt video celebrating Greece’s 200 years of independence
Tom Hanks’ constantly growing love for Greece is almost as famous as he is. The Hollywood A-lister and his Greek-American wife never miss a chance to publicly demonstrate it. The …
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Letter: Greek elderly citizens in Australia call for free-of-charge ERT
The Association of Greek Elderly Citizens Clubs of Melbourne and Victoria has addressed a letter to conservative Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to the opposition leaders, Alexis Tsipras (SYRIZA Radical …
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Australia’s Greek, Armenian and Assyrian communities push for recognition of Turkish-committed Genocide
Last Tuesday, 25 February, representatives from peak bodies of Australia’s Greek, Armenian and Assyrian communities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking the launch of their “Joint Justice Initiative” in …
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‘I need to feel whole’: Cypriot woman in search of twin she thought was deceased
On 20 December, 1965, a woman gave birth to twin baby girls in Athens, Greece. But amid the joy there was heartbreak – the mother was informed that one of …
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Global advocacy for elderly Greek Australians being misdiagnosed with dementia
Neuropsychologist Matthew Staios is at the forefront of cutting edge research into the misdiagnosis of dementia among elderly Greek Australians. As part of his PhD, he has managed to highlight …
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Video of 9-year old boy with dwarfism sends shivers through the internet
Earlier this week, a video of a nine-year-old Indigenous Australian who has achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism shook the internet and public opinion. Quaden Bayles was seen, in the footage …