The Greek Club in Queensland, in conjunction with the Greek Orthodox Community of St George, bring you a show-stopping New Years party

George Parthimos looks at bringing vending machines to the 21st century.

Melbourne’s New Year’s Eve dwellers will be treated to a glimmering night out as the city’s festivities will be inspired by the gold rush era.

“It is for the Greeks to search within the detritus of their past in order to understand the causes of their current plight” says Dean Kalimniou in this week’s diatribe.

To farewell the most successful year in the history of the AHC (NSW), the Friends sub-committee are organising a New Year’s Eve Dinner Dance on Saturday 31 December.

Dora Kitinas-Gogos makes magic from Christmas leftovers with her kotopita (chicken pie) recipe.

Nicotine replacement drugs will be listed for subsidy on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme in the new year.

Anyone who had tax affairs to settle by the end of this year will be able to do so on January 2, according to an announcement on Thursday.

Doctors in Greece are planning a four-day walk out to protest over new reforms.

English edition editor Eugenia Pavlopoulou looks over the stories that shaped 2011, and the year that saw Greece in crisis.