This Saturday at noon, “Our Town” hosts Yangos Andreadis, Emeritus Professor at Panteion University, to discuss the upcoming cultural event “The Islands of Greece: An Archipelago of Love and Freedom” at the Museum of the City of Athens (Vouros-Eutaxias Foundation).
The event pays tribute to Lord...
Anna Prokova
Anna Prokova is a translator and journalist, specializing in cultural reporting. She has a master's degree in film theory, a love affair with music and she likes to wander, in every possible way. She's a city child, with a soft spot for garage rock and songs about the moon. She oscillates between auteur cinema and cult horror films, perfectionism and impulsiveness, collective excitement and subjective melancholy.
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In a world that moves ever faster—where cities become impersonal, our connection to nature fades, and community life quietly slips away—we find ourselves craving more meaningful ways to travel. We seek authenticity, not hurried postcard snapshots or thumbnail #happyphotos in polished after-movies. Wha...
Olga Stavropoulou, General Director of the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association – HELMEPA, will be the guest on “Saturday Shift”, the special weekend edition of the radio show “Fair Winds and Following Seas” with Antonis Karagiannakis, broadcast on the Voice of Greece, on Saturday, May 3, 20...
On Thursday, May 1st, from 21:00 to 23:00, the radio program “Our Town” offers a special tribute to May Day, through a rich and evocative musical journey with the Alcedo Folk Band.
With melodies as vivid and delicate as the wings of a halcyon, these gifted musicians will gui...
The acclaimed radio series “Unguarded Passage” presents a revealing audio documentary on the assassination of Grigoris Lambrakis and the shadowy operations of the deep state behind it. Drawing from documents once sealed in the files of the State Security Services and Intelligence Agencies, this bro...
On Wednesday, April 30th at 12:00 PM Athens time, the radio program “Faraway Words” sets its course for Germany.
The featured guest is Mr. Kostas Kachrimanidis, president of Omogenia Germanias e.V., the Federation of the Greek Diaspora in Germany. He will speak about the upcoming parade to be hel...
On April 27, 1941, the Wehrmacht marched into Athens. They found a city emptied of life — streets and squares abandoned, homes tightly shuttered. It was, unmistakably, one of the first great collective acts of spontaneous resistance by the people against the invader.
It begins with the unforgettable v...
On Monday, April 28, from 22:00 to 23:00 Athens time (with a repeat broadcast on Tuesday, April 29, from 04:00 to 05:00), the program "Our Town" delves into the world of Criminology and the Crime genre.
The episode will explore how the science of criminology influences and enriches the narrative...
Nikoletta Dioli meets Rebetiko on canvas... A different kind of exhibition, steeped in emotion, opens its doors on Monday, April 28, 2025. It is a tribute in paint to today’s rebetiko musicians — men and women who, with passion and soul, keep this timeless tradition alive.
"These are my Saints of ...
Each week, seven poems—one Greek poem a day—travel across the airwaves of Voice of Greece, reaching Greek communities across the world.The week of April 28 to May 4, 2025, is dedicated to the poet Ioanna Lou.
Ioanna Lou (née Vasilakopoulou) was born in Athens in 1968. She studied journalism and ...
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...
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