Dimitris Kontogiannis

Theodoros Marangelis, President of the Greek Community in Caracas, Venezuela, said that the situation in the capital of the Latin American country has returned to normal following the dramatic events of the weekend that led to the arrest of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. armed forces. He was speaking on Voice ...

Seta Theodoridou, President of the Greek Community of Paris and Surrounding Areas, spoke about the celebration of Epiphany in the snow-covered French capital, as well as the cultural events the Community is organizing in the coming weeks. She was speaking on the radio of Voice of Greece, on the programme...

Antonis Klapsis, Associate Professor of Modern History and International Politics at the University of the Peloponnese, spoke about the life of Greece’s first Governor, Ioannis Kapodistrias, shedding light on lesser-known aspects of the role he played in securing the Greek Revolution and establishing G...

Giorgos Serafeim, now an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces, spoke from Serres, where he is currently spending the holidays, about the differences and similarities in Christmas and New Year celebrations between his hometown and Winnipeg, where he emigrated six years ago with his family. In his...

Nikos Frangos, President of the Hellenic Institute of Culture of Milan, was a guest in the studio of Voice of Greece, where he spoke about Christmas and New Year celebrations in Greece and Italy, as well as the differences in mentality and lifestyle between Northern and Southern Italy. In his interview...

Stathis (Steve) Georganas, a federal member of the Australian Parliament, referred to the recent Islamist terrorist attack that claimed the lives of 16 people in Sydney, to the promising positive outcome of the twinning between Athens and Adelaide, to Hellas Melbourne and the other Greek football clubs...

Harry Theoharis, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, spoke about the impressions and conclusions he drew from his participation in the outward-looking event “Rebrain Greece”, organized by the Ministry of Labour to encourage the repatriation of Greek scientists, which took place in New York. He also ref...

Stratos Pourzidakis, co-founder of the Hellenic Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, spoke on Voice of Greece about the challenges facing Greeks living there, as well as foreign nationals who wish to do business in or travel to Greece following the closure of the Greek Consulate in Hong Kong. In the interview,...

Marios Kampouris, a clinical and molecular geneticist at Sidra Hospital in Doha, Qatar, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program "Our Global Voice" with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the issue of quality control and certification of doctors — a process implemented by many countries around the world b...

Athanasios Balerbas, Secretary General of the Ministry of the Interior, spoke on Voice of Greece and the programme “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the ministerial decision that sets out the criteria and procedures for restoring Greek citizenship to expatriates who were born in Gre...

Kostas Politis, President of the Greek Community in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the history of the Greeks who found themselves in this landlocked Central Asian country, and about the new prospects now opening up ...

Businessman Panagiotis Koutsikos, Honorary Consul of El Salvador in Greece, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the social and economic situation in the most densely populated country of mainland Latin America, focusing on the drastic measures tak...

Thassos Bampalikis, a restaurant entrepreneur based in Portugal and, secondarily, in Spain, spoke about his professional journey, focusing on his Greek-cuisine restaurants in Lisbon, as well as the challenges posed by the housing crisis and rising living costs. He shared his insights on Voice of Greece...

Anastasios Tamis, a distinguished diaspora researcher and Emeritus Professor of Greek Diaspora History, spoke about the history of the Greeks of Perth and the sparsely populated region of Western Australia more broadly—particularly the early Kastellorizian settlers and, later, the Macedonians. He w...

Diaspora youth Elisa Bruni from Italy, Dimitra Konstanti from Germany, Amanda Thomas from Canada, Melina Mygdalis from Argentina, and Emily Pandis from the United States—participants in the 2nd Greek Youth Diaspora Symposium, organized in Athens by the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public D...

Professor Theodora Psychogiou, musicologist at the Sorbonne, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the two-day conference held at Sorbonne University in honor of Manos Hadjidakis on 21–22 November, titled “Manos Hadjidakis: musique, culture, politiq...

George Kokkinis, a Greek-Australian manager and entrepreneur who has been living in Singapore since 2017, spoke about the cost of living, housing, overall living conditions, and the Greek community in the smallest country of Southeast Asia. He was interviewed on Voice of Greece radio, on the programme...

George Rectsinis, a second-generation Greek expatriate from Cairo, spoke about the recently inaugurated Grand Egyptian Museum, the overall situation in the most populous Arab country, and the Greek Community, which now numbers only about 2,000 people, during the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kon...