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On Monday, May 5, from 22:00 to 23:00 (Athens time), the program “Our Town” welcomes pianist Katiana Georga. The accomplished soloist, currently based in Paris, shares her remarkable musical journey, which began with advanced studies in Greece, France, and the United Kingdom.Katiana discusses her...

On Monday, May 5, at 20:00 (Athens time), the Voice of Greece radio program “Irregular Notes” with Stelios Ioannidis presents a special tribute to Nikos Gounaris, the beloved singer with the “velvety voice,” who passed away on this day in 1965. The broadcast will revisit the life and legacy of the ...

Each week, seven poems—one Greek poem a day—travel across the airwaves of Voice of Greece, reaching Greek communities across the world. Voice of Greece—ERT’s international radio service dedicated to Greek speakers around the world and to the promotion of the Greek language and culture—continues its belov...

Why do we climb mountains? To conquer? To escape? To listen—to something greater than ourselves?This week, VoG’s English-language show “Infinitely Curious” with Katerina Batzaki takes you to the thin air and thick silences of Earth’s highest peaks. From Everest to K2, from triumph to tragedy, we explore the raw human drive to ascend—and what it costs to touch the sky. You’ll hear: — The final voice of legendary Greek climber Antonis Sykaris, recorded atop Dhaulagiri — A heart-rending tribute from his wife, Popi Poulopoulou— Why Everest is more dangerous than ever— The untold lives of Sherpas, including one who carried ... Read more

On Sunday, May 4, at 10:00 (Athens time), the radio program “Greeks Around the World – Greece in Denmark” with Elina Stamatatou welcomes the popular band Kinoi Thnitoi (“Common Mortals”) from Aliveri. In anticipation of their upcoming concert in Copenhagen on Friday, May 9, the group joins the show ...

The show "Narratives – Stories and Fairy Tales for All Ages" with Maria Karagiannaki Iona will air on Saturday, May 3, 2025, from 17:00 to 18:00 on Voice of Greece. It will feature the reading of The Apricot Tree That Grew Inside a Red Shoe, a book published by Kalendis publishing, written by the a...

This Saturday, the program “Remarkable Personalities” with Mina Ralli, features political scientist and author Takis Pappas. With a distinguished international academic career and significant contributions to the field of political science, Takis Pappas offers insight into Greece’s political journ...

On Saturday, May 3rd at 13:00, “Historical Walks” with Marilena Katsimi takes us on a journey to Paxoi — the small Ionian island of rare beauty and layered history. Guest of the episode is Spyros Bogdanos, former mayor of Paxoi for twelve years and a dedicated researcher of the island’s history and fol...

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...

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 ...