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The Australian Ambassador to Greece, His Excellency, Arthur Spyrou, is a senior career officer with Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and has been serving as Australia’s Ambassador to Greece, Bulgaria and Romania since December 2019. Prior to this he held various high profile roles, including a posting as Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates just prior to this role.  A career diplomat, he holds a Master of Arts (Foreign Affairs and Trade) from Monash University; Bachelor of Laws, Sydney University/Utrecht University; and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Sydney Universit...

Held at the Hellenic Museum, the event was deemed a success, with full house attendance. Distinguished guests included Greece’s Consul General to Melbourne, Emmanuel Kakavelakis, Archiepiscopal Vicar of Northcote, Archimandrite Fr Evmenios Vasilopoulos, state Labor Senator Lee Tarlamis, former state Minister John Pantazopoulos, President of Victoria’s Organising Committee of the National Anniversary Tony Tsourdalakis and GOCMV President Bill Papastergiadis. Snapshots from the event. Photos: Costas Deves Among those who addressed the audience was the Consul General giving the launch speech...

GREEK FRINGE: THRAKI SHOWCASE Explore the music of Thraki or (Thrace) – a region in southeast Europe, now divided between Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey with musicians streaming directly from Greece as well as local musicians playing live. Streaming direct from Greece: “Evritiki Zygia” have a cult following in Greece and have teamed up with renown vocalist – Katerina Douka to bring the traditional sounds of Greece to the world. The live performance will be given by Sydney based group Banda Politika who will be playing folk tunes from the regions of Thrace as well as Macedonia (a tribute ...

Klezmeritis The Fig Tree Replanted is the captivating new production from The Boite. After Victoria’s iconic multicultural music organisation The Boite valiantly waded through 2020 with their hugely-successful digital concert series, Adapt, Not Cancel, on Sunday February 21, they will be presenting their first live show of 2021. The Fig Tree Replanted is a communal venture from The Boite, in collaboration with the Hellenic Museum and Kadimah Jewish Cultural Centre, and sees them revive one of their most iconic artistic productions in their 40-year history. Featuring a dozen wor...

NSW KRITIKO GLENDI AT DEFI 2 LIVE WITH IHO NYX After 3 sold out shows @ Defi II, Iho Nyx are back again in 2021. Iho Nyx will be entertaining …