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Alket Rizaj nabbed

Twice-escaped convict Alket Rizaj was caught by police on Monday after being on the run since his daring helicopter escape with fellow inmate, 42-year-old Vassilis Paleokostas, in

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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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Clinton and Papandreou meet on Berlin sidelines

In Berlin, the Greek PM Papandreou briefed Clinton in his trip to Cyprus and Greece’s expectations for a solution to the name dispute with Skopje.

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Afghan 300 ready for action

Greek troops in Afghanistan may be required to fight

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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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Georgiou slams Turnbull on refugees

Senior Liberal Petro Georgiou is critical of the Malcolm Turnbull’s policy of re-introducing temporary protection visas for unauthorized refugees.

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Equal rights for migrant children

Prime Minister George Papandreou at an international migration conference in Athens announced that all children born to migrants from now on will automatically acquire Greek citize

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Lesvos migrant centre shut down

At an international conference on migration held near Athens last week, the new government announced the closing of the Lesvos illegal migrant detention centre.

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