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Greece takes steps to halt population decline
Greece’s rapidly aging population and declining birth rate pose significant threats to the country’s ability to grow, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned on Wednesday May 11. The prime minister announced …
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Dionisiou, Polykandriotis and Makropoulos to perform in Melbourne this weekend
Some of Greece’s biggest artists have made their way to Australia and will be performing across Melbourne and Adelaide this weekend. Legendary Greek composer and bouzouki master Thanasis Polykandriotis will …
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Documentary on Greek community of Istanbul showing in July
The Imvrians Society of Melbourne will be screening Life After Life: Greeks of Istanbul, a documentary film by Cem Hakverdi/Gonul Bozoglu about the historic Rum (Greek) population of Istanbul based …
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What’s On 10-17 June: A month full of art, music, flavours and conversations starting this week
VICTORIA ANTIPODEAN PALETTE ART TRAIL The Greek Australian Cultural League will be exhibiting the work of eight unique artists on 1.7 m x 2.3 m posters on various locations in …
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Diatribe: Antipodean Palette – trailing art
If Greek-Australian culture is going to survive, then it needs to be neither reactionary, that, is responding solely to stimuli emanating from Greece or the mainstream, nor mimetic. Instead, it …
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Online lecture: ‘Proselytes of a New Nation’
Dr Stefanos Katsikas, Associate Director of the Center for Hellenic Studies and Assistant Instructional Professor at the University of Chicago, will give an online-only lecture entitled Proselytes of a New …
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New call centre, additional staff brought in to deal with passport delays
A new call centre with 35 new staff has been set up this week to deal with the backlog in Australian passport applications with another 35 more staff to be …
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NUGAS Co-Presidents discuss goals, events and collaborations for 2022
NUGAS is nothing without our affiliate clubs, members, sponsors and the support from the wider Greek-Australian community. As such, strengthening the NUGAS community is our key focus for the 2022/23 …
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Nafpaktian Association of Melbourne receives $25,000 grant from government
Heang Meng Tak, the MP for Clarinda; Nick Staikos, the MP for Bentleigh and Steve Dimopoulos, MP for Oakleigh met with the committee and members of the Nafpaktian Association of …
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‘We are getting dangerously close to our limits’ – Greece Defense Minister to Turkey
In yet another provocative move, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that “the sovereignty of the Aegean islands will come into question if Greece does not stop violating international treaties”, …