Isabella Vagnoni
Features –
Diaspora youth group but not as you know it
Hellenic pride in young diaspora is healthy in part thanks to Greek Youth Generator (GYG) which came about during COVID-19 as a way for Greek youth to connect and GYG …
Dialogue –
No cultural boxes for me
My mother was born in Famagusta, Cyprus, and my father’s parents in the Marche region of Italy. I was born and raised in Adelaide and try to embrace all three …
News –
Aphrodite’s island hosts global Diaspora youth
The World Organisation for Young Overseas Cypriots or NEPOMAK (Νεολαία Παγκόσμια Ομοσπονδία Αποδήμων Κυπρίων) has celebrated its twentieth anniversary. The organisation held two successful diaspora youth exchanges to Cyprus in …
News –
Australia is great… but needs a bit of salt
Elsie Mitromara, 19, a Greek national was “surprised at how many Greeks were in Melbourne” when she first moved here. The Greek Financial Crisis (2008-2017) resulted in a new wave …
Features –
My pappou, a prisoner of war
In the summer of July 1974, Turkey invaded Cyprus. My grandfather Panayiotis Harpas was aged 35 and my grandmother Ellatha Harpas was only 29 years old. That summer would changed …