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Prices bite into Greek Christmas even as economy improves
Greece’s traditional Christmas sweets made of icing sugar, honey and powdered almonds tantalise shoppers ahead of the festive season as they do every year. But with prices for the delicacies …
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Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki approved for construction after 10 years of delays
A decade after plans first arose of a Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki, the city has finally approved its construction. After years of land ownership and zoning issues of the Thessaloniki …
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Archive of renowned poet Constantine P Cavafy displayed in Athens
On the 160th anniversary of his birth, the archive of one of the most important figures in Greek and Western poetry will now be permanently housed in Greece. Konstantinos Petrou …
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Kasselakis move to win over voters in Australia
The new leader of SYRIZA Stefanos Kasselakis looks likely to vote in favour of the absentee ballot. Until now, the principal left opposition party, SYRIZA, has been staunchly against granting …
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Czech university mass shooting, Greek PM shares condolences
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has shared his condolences to the families of the victims of a mass shooting in Prague. According to local police, a 24-year-old Czech student shot …
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Greece to join naval coalition to protect Red Sea shipping
Greece will join a US-led naval coalition to protect the Red Sea global shipping lane from Yemen’s Huthi rebels, the defence minister said Thursday. A Greek navy frigate will join …
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Vale Ubaldo Larobina, our friend
This is a sad week, as one of our peers, a towering figure in multicultural media and the Italian Australian community, Ubaldo Larobina, founding editor of Il Globo, passed away …
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UK House of Lords debates the future of the Parthenon Marbles
On December 14, the Conservative Lord Lexden, formerly Alistair Cooke, a rose in the House of Lords to “ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of proposals to …
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Three Greek Australians inducted into 2023 Victorian Multicultural Commission Honour Roll
Three Australians of Greek heritage were recognised at the Victorian Multicultural Awards earlier this week. Nola Radiotis, Helen Stamoulis and Kyriakos Gold were all inducted in the Victorian Multicultural Commission …
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The Greek Community of Melbourne hosts defibrillator training seminar for its churches’ priests
The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) took a major step forward in enhancing the safety of our community after organising a defibrillator training seminar at the Greek Centre, tailored specifically …