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Greek Australian, John-Patrick Asimakis, receives prestigious Oxford scholarship

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Greek Australian, John-Patrick Asimakis, receives prestigious Oxford scholarship

Bachelor of Laws graduate from the University of Sydney (USYD), John-Patrick Asimakis, has been awarded the Peter Cameron Sydney Oxford Scholarship for 2021.

As the recipient, Mr Asimakis has headed to the UK to undertake postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford where he will study a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL). 

“The BCL is renowned as the most rigorous Masters-level law degree in the common law world. I am looking forward to making the most of the outstanding teaching that will be on offer,” Mr Asimakis said in a media release.

“I feel absolutely honoured to have been awarded this scholarship. Without the generous support the scholarship provides, studying at Oxford would simply not be possible for me.”

Mr Asimakis’ academic accomplishments as a Bachelor of Laws student at USYD included being the 2019 University Medallist in Law and receiving numerous academic prizes. He was also a reporter, volunteer, and skilled mooter. He graduated with honours.

Greek Australian, John-Patrick Asimakis, has received a prestigious Oxford scholarship.

To add to his impressive list of achievements, Mr Asimakis speaks four modern languages, and knows Latin and Classical Greek.

He says he plans to practice law and “to continue contributing to legal study by writing and teaching.”

“I genuinely loved my undergraduate studies in law. At the risk of sounding cynical, I don’t think all or even most law students could honestly say that. So pursuing further study in law is something that has always appealed to me,” Mr Asimakis said.

He concluded by giving advice to others who also want to pursue law.

“Be open minded about where you may end up. There are lots of career paths which someone with a law degree can fruitfully pursue.” 

Source: The University of Sydney.

FFA Cup: Sydney Olympic to welcome Sydney FC to Belmore on November 24

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FFA Cup: Sydney Olympic to welcome Sydney FC to Belmore on November 24

Wednesday, 24 November 2021 at 7.30 pm is the date Sydney Olympic FC will welcome fans back to Belmore Sports Ground for a huge FFA Cup Round of 32 fixture against Sydney FC.

“It will be a great night for our Club and importantly a great chance to get the Olympic family back to Belmore to support the team,” CEO of Sydney Olympic FC, John Boulous, tells The Greek Herald.

“Our squad has commenced training this week and are looking forward to the opportunity to play for our Club and its supporters again.”

READ MORE: FFA Cup: Sydney Olympic to welcome Sydney FC to Belmore.

Mr Boulous said ticket details will be released in the coming weeks as game organisers “become a little clearer on any restrictions and conditions that will be required.”

“But we have a date and are asking all Olympic fans to mark it in your calendar and be ready to get your tickets, as we are expecting the maximum crowd we are allowed.”

Sydney Olympic team have begun training. Photo: Peter Oglos/The Greek Herald.

Match details:

Wednesday, 24 November 2021

Kick-off 7.30pm

Belmore Sports Ground

Jessica Sergis part of international trio signed by Wests Tigers for upcoming season

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Jessica Sergis part of international trio signed by Wests Tigers for upcoming season

Wests Tigers have announced the signings of three international representative players ahead of the 2022 Harvey Norman NSW Women’s Premiership season.

Following a strong season in 2021, Wests Tigers will be bolstered further by the re-signing of international fullback and captain, Botille Vette-Welsh, as well as the signing of Dally M Medallists, Kezie Apps and Jessica Sergis.

Jillaroos star, Sergis, will join Wests Tigers after she featured for Helensburgh Tigers in the 2021 Harvey Norman NSW Women’s Premiership season.

Jessica Sergis is part of an international trio signed by Wests Tigers for upcoming season.

One of the elite outside backs of the game, Sergis has competed at the highest level, having represented Australia and New South Wales over the past five seasons.

The 24-year-old received the game’s highest honour when she was named the Dally M Medallist for Women’s Player of the Year in 2019.

Wests Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe welcomed the new signings and said he was excited by the continued progress being made by the club’s women’s program.

“On behalf of all at Wests Tigers, I’d like to welcome Kezie and Jess to the club and say how excited we are to have them on board this year,” Pascoe said.

Jessica Sergis was named the Dally M Medallist for Women’s Player of the Year in 2019.

“They are both world-class players who have performed at the highest levels in the game and will certainly add a great deal of experience, talent and professionalism to our team.”

Sergis will begin the year playing in the NRLW competition after she switched from the Dragons to the Sydney Roosters.

The Wests Tigers Harvey Norman NSW Women’s Premiership team will begin its initial pre-season training in the coming weeks before players with NRLW commitments will return to the team full-time in April in the lead-up to the 2022 campaign.

Source: Wests Tigers.

The Gravanis brothers sell Empire Hotel in Annandale for about $20 million

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The Gravanis brothers sell Empire Hotel in Annandale for about $20 million

Sydney pub barons, Bill and Mario Gravanis, have sold the Empire Hotel in Annandale, Sydney to a new fund put together by well-known business figure, Jon Adgemis, for about $20 million.

The multi-level hotel includes 25 accommodation rooms, 16 gaming entitlements and a 3am trading permit. The sale was brokered by JLL Hotels.

It is the second hotel acquired by Mr Adgemis from the Gravanis brothers this year after companies associated with him snapped up the Strand Hotel on William Street in Darlinghurst for $17 million in May.

Jon Adgemis has also acquired the Camelia Grove Hotel.

Mr Adgemis’ Public Hospitality Group also owns Paddington’s Art Hotel, Camelia Grove Hotel at Alexandria and eight other venues.

The venues will be operated by The People, which was founded by hospitality entrepreneur Paul Schulte and former Starwood Hotels executive Andrew Taylor.

News of this sale comes just one month after the Gravanis brothers struck a $50 million deal to buy the Oakwood apartment hotel in Brisbane from Singapore real estate giant, Mapletree Investments.

READ MORE: The Gravanis brothers pick up Brisbane’s Oakwood hotel for $50 million.

Waverley Council launches new Cultural Diversity Strategy

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Waverley Council launches new Cultural Diversity Strategy

Multicultural NSW CEO, Joseph La Posta, and human rights activist and former Socceroo, Craig Foster, are among the panelists at Waverley Council’s launch next week of its new Cultural Diversity Strategy.

The community is invited to attend the launch on Thursday, October 21 at 6pm via Zoom. Click here to register via Eventbrite.

Mayor of Waverley, Paula Masselos, said the strategy outlines the actions that the Council will take over the next decade to build a welcoming, cohesive and resilient community where people of all cultural backgrounds can belong and participate in social, cultural, economic and civic life.

READ MORE: ‘So honoured’: Paula Masselos re-elected Mayor of Waverley.

Waverley Mayor, Paula Masselos.

“The Waverley area is home to almost 40% of people born overseas and this strategy aims to promote social inclusion and community resilience and support, enhance and celebrate our social and cultural mix, including residents, visitors and workers from culturally diverse backgrounds,” Mayor Masselos said.

“It will help guide staff in their work they do to provide the best possible service for our multicultural community and to facilitate a vibrant, diverse and dynamic Waverley.”

The strategy was developed with input from the community and Council’s Multicultural Advisory Committee, in collaboration with local stakeholders, representatives from local organisations and peak bodies.

READ MORE: Ditching the TV for street fun: Waverley Council’s Sunday street closure met with success.

Waverley Council launches new Cultural Diversity Strategy.

Attendees will have an opportunity to ask Mayor Masselos and our other panelists questions about the strategy, worked on by consultants Professor Andrew Jakubowicz and Elly Spiro from CRED Consulting.

“Our Council has a strong history supporting social justice initiatives and social inclusion initiatives, such as our LGBTQ+ Roundtable, held for the first time this year, and our Future Waverley Youth Summit, being held this afternoon” Mayor Masselos said.

“We are pleased to be launching this strategy at the start of this period of recovery after lockdown and invite the community to join us for this important occasion.”

Greek youth in Perth hold meeting with Secretary General for Greeks Abroad

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Greek youth in Perth hold meeting with Secretary General for Greeks Abroad

Greece’s General Secretary for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy, Professor John Chrysoulakis, has held his first meeting with diaspora in Australia as part of his goal to create a communication network of young expatriates around the world.

The meeting was held with the executive committee of the Greek Students Association of the University of Western Australia and the Consul of Greece in Perth, Georgia Karasiotou.

READ MORE: Five students band together to form the only active Greek youth group in WA.

During the meeting, Mr Chrysoulakis informed the young Greeks about the initiatives of the General Secretariat of Hellenes Abroad, both for the dissemination of the Greek language and for the new, English-language programs of Greek universities.

The executive committee of the Greek Students Association of the University of Western Australia and the Consul of Greece in Perth, Georgia Karasiotou.

Regarding the English-language programs of Greek universities, Mr Chrysoulakis stressed that the main goal is to attract third or fourth generation Greeks who may not speak the language sufficiently and who, until recently, did not have the opportunity to study in their place of origin.

Mr Chrysoulakis concluded and said the goal of the Greek government is to strengthen the role of the Greek diaspora in the country and announced hosting programs for the summer of 2022, which will enable young Greeks to visit their country of origin and get to know each other.

For their part, the Greek students from Perth said they were excited and willing to contribute with all their might to this effort.

READ MORE: Georgia Karasiotou: ‘No matter how far we are, Greece is always in our hearts’.

Pope Francis to visit refugee camp on Lesvos island next month

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Pope Francis to visit refugee camp on Lesvos island next month

Pope Francis will visit Lesvos in late November or early December, the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) reported on Wednesday.

In preparation for the visit, cardinals will arrive on the island on Thursday, accompanied by Migration and Asylum Ministry officials.

Pope Francis will visit the Greek island of Lesvos next month.

They will visit the temporary refugee camp at Kara Tepe, which will be on the pontiff’s itinerary.

Pope Francis last visited Lesvos in April 2016, when he met with both Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Hieronymos.

Greek politicians react to Fofi Gennimata’s withdrawal from leadership race

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Greek politicians react to Fofi Gennimata’s withdrawal from leadership race

Fofi Gennimata, the leader of the socialist party PASOK and the center-left coalition Movement for Change (KINAL), announced on Tuesday that she is withdrawing from the party’s leadership race that is currently under way after she was hospitalised.

Gennimata was admitted to Athens’ Evangelismos Hospital on Monday night with an intestinal obstruction.

“The deterioration of my health, which requires hospitalisation and treatment, obliges me not to participate as a candidate in the electoral process for the election of the president of the Movement for Change,” Gennimata said in a statement.

“As president until the emergence of a new leadership but also as an member of Parliament afterward, my priority remains the unity and the perspective of the party.”

Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, communicated with Gennimata to wish her well after news of her withdrawal and hospitalisation emerged. According to Ekathmerini, Mitsotakis also visited Gennimata at hospital on Wednesday, but no more details were made available about the visit.

“I communicated with the KINAL president, Fofi Gennimata, to share my wish that she feels better and has a speedy recovery. It is the wish of us all, that she will swiftly overcome this challenge,” said Mitsotakis in a Tweet.

SYRIZA leader, Alexis Tsipras, also communicated with the KINAL president on Monday night.

“I just communicated with Fofi Gennimata to convey my honest wishes for a speedy recovery and to wish her strength,” read the post by the opposition leader on Twitter.

“It is certain that in this battle, that is perhaps more important than the other battles of politics, she will prevail.”

Police launch investigation after 8-year-old raped on the Greek island of Rhodes

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Police launch investigation after 8-year-old raped on the Greek island of Rhodes

An 8-year-old girl on the Greek island of Rhodes is being treated at an institution under the supervision of a social worker and a paediatrician, after a complaint was filed that she was raped.

The rape of the 8-year-old girl was later confirmed by the examination of the medical examiner, Panagiotis Kotretsou, who located injuries to her genitals.

Greek police have launched an investigation.

According to a local newspaper on the southeastern Aegean island, police are focusing their investigation on people with whom the 8-year-old had contacts, while relatives of the girl will also be questioned.

The girl has been living in her grandmother’s house with her other three brothers for the last few years. 

“I have been crying since morning,” the 8-year-old’s grandmother told Star today.

Source: Ekathimerini and We24.

CaringKids donating toys for National Carers Week

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CaringKids donating toys for National Carers Week

Child welfare charity CaringKids helps young carers to feel less lonely and socially isolated. 

They are providing young carers with ‘Joy Boxes’ which hold toys, games, and books to celebrate National Carers Week this week.

“National Carers Week is a time to recognise and celebrate all those Australians who provide care and support to a family member or friend, including those children who are burdened with adult responsibilities,” CaringKids says.

CaringKids volunteers load toys and other goodies into ‘Joy Boxes’ (Photos: Supplied)

“This week is a fantastic opportunity to acknowledge the over 235,000 children and teenagers in Australia caring for a disabled or chronically ill family members, often spending over 6 hours a week on caring.”

“As well as taking on caring responsibilities, the children often have to cope with the financial hardship that goes hand in hand with the cost of caring for a family member with a disability.

CaringKids is an Eastgardens based charity based that has donated over 12,000 toys since 2014. 

Help CaringKids gift more toys to more kids with a donation to: https://caringkids.org.au/donate/

 

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