Australian F1 rookie driver Daniel Ricciardo has been confirmed as a permanent driver for the Toro Rosso team (Red Bull second team) for the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship.

New charges have been laid against the skipper and second officer of the cargo ship Rena, which crashed into a reef off the New Zealand port of Tauranga.

Authorities in a flood-stricken southern Philippine city have organised this week the mass burial of nearly 700 people who were swept to their deaths in one of worst calamities to

Sir Michael Somare continues to insist he is Papua New Guinea’s prime minister, despite the governor general and the nation’s civil service backing Peter O’Neill.

Arab League officials arrived in Syria on Thursday to prepare for monitors overseeing an Arab peace plan.

Thousands of silent mourners have accompanied the body of Vaclav Havel through central Prague as the Czech
Republic began three days of national mourning for the icon of the Velve

There are many marine wonders from Port Phillip Bay waiting to be discovered by big and small kids alike at Queenscliff’s Marine and Freshwater Discovery Centre.

Hellenic festivals in Victoria were the big winners in the Unity Through Partnership grants announced on Tuesday.

Thomas Andronas and Hellenic Museum Director Vicki Yianoulatos, delve into the history of the Greek community at the State Library in Victoria.

Steve Karakitsos has been awarded the Hellenic Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (HACCI) Chris Saristavros Young Achievement Award.