April, 2019 - TA NEA

It’s an Aussie first as Valkanis gives Dutch lessons

Former Melbourne City caretaker and assistant coach Michael Valkanis is set to accept a new role “coaching the coaches” at Eredivisie side PEC Zwolle, in a first for an Australian overseas. The ex-Adelaide United skipper, who was also formerly on the Reds…

10 April, 2019

TRAVEL

8 Charming Islands near Athens

If you are lucky enough to be visiting Greece, you should make it a point to see some of the Greek islands. There are quite a few islands that are close to Athens. This makes it easy to do some island-hopping. You…

10 April, 2019

GREECE

Sitia under water after torrential rains strike East Crete

Homes and businesses flooded, agricultural land was covered by water and mud and the city of Sitia in Lasithi Prefecture on the island of Crete turned into a huge lake following huge volume of rainwater that fell in the area on Friday…

10 April, 2019

GREECE

Doctor in Mani wins WONCA 2019 Europe Award of Excellence in health care

Dr Anargiros Mariolis, director of the Areopoli Health Center in Mani, is the winner of the WONCA Europe Award of Excellence in Health Care for 2019. The 5-Star Doctor is an award to doctors, who, in the opinion of the WONCA Council,…

10 April, 2019

GREECE·SPORTS

April, 1896: The first modern Olympics are held in Greece

On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, at the Panathenaic Stadium with athletes from 14 countries participating and Greek Spyros Louis winning in the marathon run. The International Olympic Committee met for the first time in…

10 April, 2019

GREECE

Repatriating two rare ancient vessels

Standing at just under 60 centimeters in height, two 4th century BC marble vessels – a funerary lekythos and a loutrophoros – that the Greek state is in negotiations to repatriate from Switzerland have traveled across four countries, changing hands dozens of…

10 April, 2019

COMMUNITY

TOP 4! Sara Prica – Hellenic Museum Assistant

Costume from Epirus Every costume on display at the Hellenic Museum gives us a beautiful visual insight into the unique and rich costumes from around Greece, but the festive costume from Epirus stands out to me. The costume consists of a silk…

10 April, 2019

COMMUNITY

The Greek Community of Melbourne welcomes the $5million funding from the Federal Goverment

The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) welcomed last week’s budgetary announcement of the Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs David Coleman to fund our organisation with an allocation of $5 million in the 2019-2020 Federal…

10 April, 2019

COMMUNITY

Aged care forum for Broadmeadows Greek Community

Over 60 members of the Greek Orthodox Community of Broadmeadows and Districts attended an aged care forum hosted by Maria Vamvakinou MP in the electorate of Calwell on Monday 8 April. The forum, conducted by Pronia, was aimed at informing the Greek…

10 April, 2019

GREECE

Turkish researchers: No Sultan’s edict allowing Lord Elgin to loot the Acropolis

Two Turkish researchers have de-bunked the British claim that the Parthenon Marbles were a gift by the Ottoman Sultan Selim III to Lord Elgin. The Sultan did not issue an edict (ferman) allowing Elgin to loot the Acropolis, the researches have found.…

6 April, 2019

The News Weekly·WORLD

The new Grand Strategy of the United States

It is commonly believed in the United States that the country has no Grand Strategy since the end of the Cold War. A Grand Strategy is a vision of the world that one seeks to impose, and that all administrations must respect.…

6 April, 2019

GREECE

Rights of ethnic Greeks in Albania abused, again

Albania on Saturday reportedly withdrew a decision published in the online version of its government gazette calling for the seizure of properties belonging to members of the ethnic Greek minority in the town of Himara. According to diplomatic sources, Tirana’s decision came…

6 April, 2019

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It’s an Aussie first as Valkanis gives Dutch lessons

8 Charming Islands near Athens

Sitia under water after torrential rains strike East Crete

Doctor in Mani wins WONCA 2019 Europe Award of Excellence in health care

April, 1896: The first modern Olympics are held in Greece

Repatriating two rare ancient vessels

TOP 4! Sara Prica – Hellenic Museum Assistant

The Greek Community of Melbourne welcomes the $5million funding from the Federal Goverment

Aged care forum for Broadmeadows Greek Community

Turkish researchers: No Sultan’s edict allowing Lord Elgin to loot the Acropolis

The new Grand Strategy of the United States

Rights of ethnic Greeks in Albania abused, again

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