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Dimitris Kontogiannis

Dimitris Kontogiannis holds a Ph.D. in Macroeconomics and International Finance from the City University of New York; he is a journalist, a producer of a show about Greek expatriates on the Voice of Greece and a producer of a financial broadcast on ERT’s First Programme. Previously, he had worked with Reuters, ‘’Eleftherotypia’’ newspaper, and was a columnist for the English edition of ‘’Kathimerini’’ newspaper. He has been an associate of ‘’the Financial Times’’ for years and has written for several magazines, including ‘’Euromoney’’. He has also commented on Greek financial affairs on foreign networks such as BBC, BBC Radio, German ZDF, and the Chinese channel CCTV, among others. He has taught economics at American universities, like Baruch College and Hunter College.
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Dimitris Katsaounis from Canada on “Our Global Voice” | 25 Aug. 2025
Dimitris Katsaounis, who left Greece with his family during the years of the financial crisis and now works in Canada in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), spoke on Voice of Greece Radio and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis. He described the challenges of adapting to ...
Dimitris Tsikas from Poland on “Our Global Voice” | 20 Aug. 2025
Dimitris Tsikas, who works in the IT sector and left Greece during the years of the financial crisis—first moving to Iceland and later to Poland—spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis. He noted that dozens of Greeks are now heading to this Central Europea...
Metropolitan Stephanos of Estonia on “Our Global Voice” | 19 Aug. 2025
Metropolitan Stephanos of Estonia, elected to his position by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1999, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis. He referred to the work of the Orthodox Church in the Baltic country, where its flock continues to grow, to the sma...
Bishop Photios on the Dormition Feast in Malawi | 15 Aug. 2025
Bishop Photios of the Republic of Malawi, the small African nation, spoke about the celebration of the Dormition of the Theotokos by the local Greek Orthodox community on August 15, as well as the efforts being made to secure funding for a multi-purpose building near the church, intended primarily for...
Sotiris Delis from Sweden on “Our Global Voice” | 24 July 2025
Sotiris Delis, former member of the Swedish Parliament, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the challenges faced by himself and other Greek expatriates who wish for their children—Greek citizens—to obtain a Tax Identification Number (AFM) in orde...
John Pandazopoulos from Australia on “Our Global Voice” | 24 July 2025
John Pandazopoulos, former Minister in the State Government of Victoria, Australia, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the promotion of the Greek language and culture. Mr. Pandazopoulos, who has also served as president and secretary general of ...
Australian MP Steve Georganas on “Our Global Voice” | 23 July 2025
Steve (Stathis) Georganas, federal Member of Parliament in Australia, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the history of Australia's capital and the ongoing effort to establish a sister-city relationship between Athens and Adelaide. Mr. Geo...
Gerry Sklavounos from Canada on “Our Global Voice” | 22 July 2025
Gerry Sklavounos, former Member of Parliament and Deputy Minister of Health in Quebec, Canada, spoke on Voice of Greece radio and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis. He discussed the recent elections of the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association (PADEE), of which he ...
Yakinthos Delernias on the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus | 22 July 2025
Yakinthos Delernias, an administrative officer at Neapolis University Pafos, spoke about the wounds left by the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July 1974, in an interview with Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” hosted by Dimitris Kontogiannis. He addressed the violation of human rig...
Antonis Klapsis on the Turkish Invasion of Cyprus in 1974 | 21 July 2025
Antonis Klapsis, Associate Professor of Modern History and International Politics at the University of the Peloponnese, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis, reflecting on the events surrounding the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in July 1974. Professor Kla...
Vasilis Stergiou from Thailand on “Our Global Voice” | 17 July 2025
Greek expatriate and entrepreneur Vasilis Stergiou, speaking from Phuket, Thailand, joined Voice of Greece and the show “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis to discuss the country’s economic challenges, the high cost of living, and his impressions from a recent trip to Laos, where China's influ...
Antonis Klapsis on the lead-up to the turkish invasion of Cyprus | 16 July 2025
Dr. Antonis Klapsis, Associate Professor of Modern History and International Politics at the University of the Peloponnese, spoke on Voice of Greece radio and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis. He discussed the key events that shaped the Cyprus issue during the 1950s and 196...
The story of A. Andrianopoulos, a patron of the Greek Diaspora in Australia | 04 July 2025
Professor Anastasios Tamis, researcher and Emeritus Professor of Greek History and Diaspora Studies in Melbourne, Australia, spoke on Voice of Greece and the show “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the life and legacy of Andreas Andrianopoulos. Andrianopoulos left his native Arc...
Steve Georganas, Greek-Australian MP, on “Our Global Voice” | 04 July 2025
Re-elected Australian federal MP Steve (Stathis) Georganas visited the studio of Voice of Greece and spoke with Dimitris Kontogiannis on the program “Our Global Voice”. He shared the story of his own family and paid tribute to the early Greek migrants who paved the way in Australia. Emphasizing the...
Dimitris Mantheakis from Tanzania on “Our Global Voice” | 02 July 2025
Greek expatriate and second-generation entrepreneur Dimitris Mantheakis joined “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis on Voice of Greece, sharing the fascinating story of his family and the Greek presence in Tanzania. He spoke about the St. Constantine School in Arusha, a cornerstone of the...
Marios Kampouris from Qatar on “Our Global Voice” | 01 July 2025
Marios Kampouris, a clinical and molecular geneticist at Sidra Hospital in Doha, Qatar, joined the studio and spoke about the personal story of a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from a poor single-parent family who failed a school year in Greece and left the country in 1980...
Antonis Klapsis on the enduring Greece–Iran relationship | 26 June 2025
Antonis Klapsis, Associate Professor of Modern History and International Politics at the University of the Peloponnese, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the long-standing relationship between Greece and Iran, from antiquity to the present day...
F. Alfitian, former Iraqi Ambassador to Greece, on “Our Global Voice” | 25 June 2025
Dr. Farouk Alfitian, former Ambassador of Iraq to Greece, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis. He discussed the situation in Iran and Syria—particularly the recent killings of Greek Orthodox Christians by Islamist extremists—and more broadly, develop...