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On Sunday, April 27, from 12:00 to 14:00 Athens time (with a repeat broadcast on Monday, April 28, from 05:00 to 07:00), "Our Town" welcomes Petros Veronis and his friends. Guided by a love of music rather than by labels or genres, six remarkable musicians — all living away from the urban center —...

Why do we give things up—possessions, comfort, even our lives—in the name of love, faith, or hope? Is sacrifice a sacred act—or a way to make sense of fear and chaos? Do we need suffering to forgive, to grow, to be reborn?  On the next episode of the English-language show #InfinitelyCurious with ...

On Saturday, April 26, from 12:00 to 13:00 Athens time (with a repeat broadcast on Sunday, April 27, from 04:00 to 05:00), the radio show “Our Town” presents a special episode titled The Art of Memory. Inspired by the eponymous film by Anneta Papathanasiou, the episode follows a visual and emotional journey into memory, trauma, healing, and reconciliation.Joining the conversation is visual artist Artemis Alcalay, who appears in the film. She will speak about her work, share her family’s story, and explore how, consciously or unconsciously, she has come to terms with unspoken histories, inherited trauma, and the memory of ... Read more

Folklorist and ethnologist Miranda Terzopoulou joins Marilena Katsimi on the radio program “Historical Walks”, airing Saturday, April 26, 2025, at 13:00 on Voice of Greece. Bright Week—the most radiant week of the year in Greek tradition—follows Holy Week and runs from Easter Sunday to Thomas Sunday....

On Friday, April 25, 2025—marking the last Friday of the month— "Greek Jazz Players" on Voice of Greece, hosted by Pantazis Tsaras, welcomes the quartet of pianist, composer, educator, and improviser Paris Gagastathis. The ensemble performs in a special concert recorded exclusively for the show at ...

A musical journey into the heart of Western Thessaly, with a particular focus on the primal, vocal ritual traditions of the Agrafa region. The radio program "The Elves of Tradition" traces the hidden melodies of the land, from the steep, untamed slopes of southern Agrafa to the wide Thessalian plain...

On Friday, April 25, 2025, the radio series "Unguarded Passage" presents the documentary episode "From Haidari to Kaisariani: The Execution of 200 Communists on May Day 1944". The program will air on Voice of Greece, ERT’s international radio service, at 13:00 (Athens time). In the early hours o...

Voice of Greece, in collaboration with the program "Take Your Time," hosted by Prokopis Agelopoulos, presents a special Easter Monday broadcast on April 21, 2025, at 10 AM Athens time, from the ERT Music Ensembles studio. This two-hour journey through Greece promises to be rich in tradition and culture. The...

[ The Ship's Log - 18 April 2025 ] Good Friday - Indonesia. The pilot has just stepped onto the bridge.The weather is fair. Calm seas.The mooring lines are cast off.The ship, fully loaded, sets sail—Captain Yiannis K. at the helm,bound with his crew for oil in Singapore,then onward to Bangladesh.Such i...

On Good Friday, from 13:00 to 14:00, the radio program “Unguarded Passage” presents a special tribute to the iconic folk ballad The Dead Brother's Song (Του Νεκρού Αδελφού). The broadcast explores the song’s various versions as they appear in the oral traditions of Greece and the wider Balkan region, ...

On Saturday, April 12, from 12:00 to 13:00 (Athens time), with a repeat broadcast on Sunday, April 13, from 04:00 to 05:00, the radio programme Our Town presents the first part of a tribute to Menis Koumandareas. The second part will air on Monday, April 14, from 22:00 to 23:00 (with a repeat on...

Nikos Charalambides, Executive Director of the Greek office of Greenpeace, is the featured guest on "Saturday Shift", the weekend special edition of the radio program "Fair Winds and Following Seas" with Antonis Karagiannakis on Voice of Greece, airing on Saturday, April 12th, at 08:00 a.m. In a...

The programme "Narratives – Stories and Fairytales for Children of All Ages" presents on Saturday, April 12, 2025, from 17:00 to 18:00 (Athens time), a delightful selection of children’s poems dedicated to the seasons of Spring and Summer, broadcast by Voice of Greece. The verses of some of Greece’s great...

A series of intimate audio portraits where artists converse with the sacred atmosphere of Holy Week, offering personal interpretations through music, voice, and word. Saturday of Lazarus, April 12 Souzana and Eleni Bougiouklis – “The Lament of the Voice” Palm Sunday, April 13 Metavasis Ensemble &...

Unlike previous years when, here at GME, we chose religious or devotional music for Easter, this year we turn to Greek song and how it converses with the divine element, with God. There is no end to the references of our song to God, as there is no end to the injustices or pain or love or anticipation...

The radio series "Unguarded Passage" presents a radio documentary about a child who unjustly lost his life — a child who, as his teacher says in the audio document that opens the program, “Vasileios Maggos was a child who lived among us for 26 years and 65 days.” A remarkable child, sensitive and c...