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Roderick Beaton wins Runciman Award for biography on modern Greece

Roderick Beaton has won the Runciman Award for his 2019 book Greece: A Biography of a Modern Nation. It is his record-breaking fourth time winning...

Microsoft’s Myladie Stoumbou to guest Greek Australian Dialogue Series event

Microsoft senior regional director Myladie Stoumbou will guest this year’s last Greek Australian Dialogue Series event on Monday. She will speak about women in science,...

Marios Koutsakos awarded Victoria Fellowship to improve flu and COVID-19 vaccines

Marios Koutsakos has been awarded an $18,000 Victorian Fellowship which will allow him to study human immune responses to flu and COVID-19 vaccines. Early-career researcher...

Oakleigh Grammar Year 12 students score top ATARs

Year 12 student Steven Kostopoulos has graduated as dux of Oakleigh Grammar in Melbourne with an ATAR of 96.1 and VCE scores above 40....

Developer Jim Raptis buys $16m Gold Coast property amid ATO asset freeze

Prolific tower builder Jim Raptis has confirmed his purchase of a $16 million property in Mermaid Beach amid an arm wrestle with the Australian...

Greek Australian councillors vote in move to change ‘racist’ Moreland council name

A Melbourne council voted on Monday to rename itself after a public outcry over its name, which pays homage to a Jamaican slave estate.  The...

Chanel Contos receives Young People’s Medal at Human Rights Awards

Chanel Contos has won an Australian human rights award for her work in standing up against abuse culture. The advocate of sexual consent was awarded...

Milwaukee names bus route after Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo

The US state of Wisconsin has honoured two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo with his own eponymous bus route. Route 34, named ‘Giannis Line’ to coincide with...

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‘Stalactites’ restaurant owners sell Toorak house for close to $10m

The owners behind famous Melbourne Greek restaurant Stalactites have sold their prestigious Toorak pad for close to $10m.  Nicole Papasavas and Lazaros Papasavas sold the...

Halimah Kyrgios, Nick Kyrgios’ sister, to compete on ‘The Voice’

Halimah Kyrgios has entered the race to become Australia’s next winner of reality singing show The Voice.  The self-proclaimed “straight-MT girl”, that is “musical theatre”,...

Greek cafe owners launch Tasmania’s first locally-made ouzo

Ritsa and Perry Nicholas have teamed up with Michael Stevens and Peter Hayes to create Tasmania’s very first locally-made ouzo.  The couple make the distinct...

On This Day in 1453: The Fall of Constantinople

The 29th of May, 1453, marks the end to one of the longest-lasting Medieval powers and the beginning of centuries of Greek oppression. The...

What led AFL footballer Josh Rachele to call the Adelaide Crows home

Josh Rachele is a young footballer on the rise.  The Crows selected Rachele on Thursday as pick 6 in Wednesday night’s AFL draft.  Rachele, 18, is...

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Simon Kennedy sends message to Greek community ahead of Cook by-election

Next Saturday, April 13, the by-election in the federal seat of Cook takes place following the resignation of former Prime Minister of Australia, Scott...

The dream, the utopia and the Greeks abroad built the independence of Greece

By Anastasios M. Tamis* There are many readings and interpretations, and myriad questions arise about the Greek Revolution, a phenomenon that gave birth to the...

Professor Anastasios Tamis: ‘Abolish university entrance exams in Australia’

By Anastasios M. Tamis* I have always been in favour of abolishing university entrance examinations. This institutional examination process in the form of HSC, VCE...