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There is a new fascinating development in the case of the family of the Battle of Crete veteran New Zealander Arthur Ernest Wright who were trying to find descendants of the family that hid him from the Nazis. After the huge publicity…

The “Nafsika Stamoulis Foundation” provided scholarship funding to three year 12 students who excelled in the stu-dies of Performing Arts, Visual Arts and History. The three recipients of the awards received $3000 each, provided by the “Nafsika Stamoulis Foundation”. Nafsika Stamoulis Scholarship…

On Monday the 29th of April, the National Union of Greek Australian Students (NUGAS) Victoria held their AGM to elect a new committee for the 2019/2020 term. Boasting a membership base of over 2000 members, NUGAS, as a Greek youth organisation, remains…

On May 26 2019, the Youth of Panagia Soumela – Pontian Association of Whittlesea hosted a genocide commemorative event to honour the Greeks of Pontus. The commemorative event was opened by the President of the Youth Committee Kiki Tsagalidis and included a…

The Seminar “The Greek language in Australia: Past, present and future, Challenges and Possibilities” that took place last Sunday, 26 May 2019, at the Greek Centre of the Greek Community of Melbourne, was a big success. According to Mr Sakis Zafiropoulos, founder…

On the 19th of May 2019, the global day of remembrance for the Greek genocide, an event was held by the Greek Genocide Commemoration Committee. The afternoon commenced with an introductory speech by the committee’s president, Peter Stefanidis, who highlighted the importance…

In order to connect with the local community and share their Cypriot heritage, the Greek Cypriot Youth of Melbourne – Apostolos Andreas, under the Australia and New Zealand branch of NEPOMAK (World Organisation for Young Overseas Cypriots) – held a cooking workshop and…

AGAPI Care Inc is a not-for- profit organisation committed to delivering tailored services and supports to people with a disability in Victoria since 1987, to meet identified needs and goals. This year as it does every year Agapi Care is having its…

On Saturday night the dance for Ivanhoe Grammar School and Ivanhoe Girls Grammar was held to celebrate 45 years of the Greek culture at the sovereign reception and had a very successful turnout and great time was had by all.…