Greeks

The President of the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM), Bill Papastergiadis OAM, warmly welcomed Anthony Koutoufides, an independent candidate in Melbourne’s upcoming mayoral race.

Greeks marked National Day of Remembrance of the Genocide of the Greeks of Asia Minor on Saturday with Defense Minister Nikos Dendias paying tribute to the victims in a post on X.

On Wednesday evening, the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) welcomed 18 enthusiastic participants from their inaugural Youth Camp to The Greek Center for a final briefing. The camp, which will run from 23 September to 01 October, is an initiative of the GCM and the Prefecture of Attiki. It has been designed to offer a comprehensive exploration of Greek culture, history, and heritage.

Following its successful launch, the book has now arrived in Melbourne and is available for sale to the general public via our online bookstore or from the Greek Community of Melbourne Office.

Today marks 69 years since the day when the Hellenism of Constantinople became the scapegoat for the beginning of the EOKA struggle for the unification of Cyprus with Greece. Two seemingly unconnected events, in two different geographical areas, but with the same “object”. Turkey’s intention to impose itself in the eastern Mediterranean by pushing aside the “obstacle” of the Greeks.

Constantinople was the capital of the eastern Christian world since Emperor Constantine in 330 A.D.

Deputy Foreign Minister George Kotsiras and the head of the Public Employment Service (DYPA), Spiros Protopsaltis, signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at engaging the Greek diaspora on Wednesday. According to an announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the memorandum seeks to inform Greeks living abroad about job opportunities in Greece.

Has the purchasing power of Greeks slipped below the Bulgarians', or is it slightly below the EU average and improving? Depends on how to frame the question and what data you use.

Kayaköy, also known as Livissi, emerges like a photograph from the past on a mountainside in southwestern Asia Minor. This Greek village, abandoned for almost 100 years, caught the attention of CNN, which visited and explored its history.

Christos Yannaras, one of the most popular contemporary Greek philosophy professors and authors, has passed away at the age of 89.

The news of his death was announced by his son via Facebook.

Christos Yannaras was a fellow of the German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.