Dimitris Kontogiannis

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...

Konstantinos Voukelatos, President of the Greek Community of Buenos Aires, spoke about the Community school’s activities — with a particular emphasis on Greek-language education — as well as the recent visit of singer Giorgos Dalaras at the Community’s invitation. He also discussed the broader situati...

Angelos Makrygiorgos, a second-generation Greek-Australian from Melbourne, joined the programme “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis on Voice of Greece radio. He spoke about his experience living in Athens as a postgraduate student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), off...

Sotiris Delis, former member of the Swedish Parliament, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the current economic situation in the Scandinavian country, the growing demand from citizens for political accountability regarding the value they rec...

Xenophon Lambrakis, founder and president of the Hellenic–Eurasian Association, spoke about his personal journey — from his early years in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, to his arrival in Greece at the age of seventeen — as well as about the long-standing historical ties between the two peopl...

Alkman Granitsas, president of the Greek chapter of Democrats Abroad—the overseas arm of the U.S. Democratic Party for American citizens living abroad—spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the party’s recent electoral victories in gubernatorial and mayor...

Panos Danos, CEO of Danos Group – International Real Estate Consultants and Valuers, with offices in Cyprus and Greece, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis. During the discussion, he commented on the political landscape and the economic situation in Cy...

Evangelia Sourounis, newly elected President of the Panarcadian Federation of America, and Nikos Frangos, President of the Hellenic Institute of Culture in Milan, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the recent Convention of the Panarcadian Fed...

Antonis Klapsis, Assistant Professor of Modern History and International Diplomacy at the University of the Peloponnese, spoke on the Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis, about the historical events that led to the “Well, we have war” declaration on the mor...

Yannis Remediakis, president of the Hellenic Cultural Center of the South-West in the United States, spoke about the 53 online lectures that the Center is planning in collaboration with universities and other institutions in various countries. The theme of the series is Greek wisdom and how it connects...