Natasa Vissarionos

Eleftheria Sofroniou joined the program to discuss her life in London and the city’s Greek Cypriot diaspora. Sofroniou worked as a journalist for the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) and Hellenic TV in London, where she also completed her doctorate on the Greek Cypriot diaspora. Her research e...

Just days before this year’s WOMEX in Spain, we welcomed Angeliki Spyridaki, head of Music From Greece, the national music export office, and Thanasis Zikas of Kadinelia, who will represent Greece at the event. The program also featured music by Alkyone and Kadinelia, this year’s Greek representatives at ...

To mark World Food Day on 16 October, we spoke with Paris Papachristos about healthy eating as part of a balanced life. Ioannis Mallios also joined us to discuss the nutritional value of authentic traditional products, including trahanas, hylopites, and pasta shapes such as spirals and small tubes. We...

The program welcomed Thaleia Bousiopoulou, chair of the organizing committee for the 2nd International Conference on Greek Diaspora Theater, to be held at the Hellenic House in Paris from 15 to 17 October 2026. Bousiopoulou discussed the success of the inaugural conference in Brussels and this year’s e...

The program welcomed Ioanna Zacharaki, a woman whose work embodies community service, the spirit of the Greek diaspora, and humanitarian values. She spoke with Natasa Vissarionos on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Academy of Values, the educational institution she founded in Germany to...

We traveled to the vineyards of Messinia to discover the Fileri grape variety. Nikos Loukakis, principal of the WSPC Sommelier Academy, joined us in the Voice of Greece studio to discuss Fileri. Drawing on his extensive experience as a sommelier and in the restaurant industry, he also shared his views...

“Faraway Words” welcomed author Marilli Diamanti for a conversation about her historical narrative “Argonaut, in the Depths of the Earth.” Drawing on extensive research into archives, immigrant lists, and forgotten documents, the book traces the life of her great-grandfather Panagis, who came fr...

The program welcomed Triantafyllos Kotopoulos, Professor of Creative Writing and Modern Greek Literature and Director and Academic Coordinator of the Master’s Program in Creative Writing. The occasion for the conversation was the 7th International Creative Writing Conference, which will take place i...

Joining us in the Voice of Greece studio were: Amalia Papagiannopoulou, an agronomist, educator, and specialist in wine tourism strategy and experience design, who spoke about “Wine Tourism in Practice,” the new program offered by the University of West Attica’s Center for Continuing Education and L...

Teachers Anastasia Megalokonomou and Eleni Bakousi, along with students Maria-Eleni Koutoulaki and Panagiota Strompolakou, joined the program from Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They spoke about the Greek school and the event they organized there to mark the European Day of Languages,...

Kostas Papakostopoulos, director and artistic director of the Greek-German Theatre of Cologne, traveled from Cologne to join us in the Voice of Greece studio. The acclaimed director discussed his forthcoming production of Samuel Beckett’s landmark play “Krapp’s Last Tape,” which will be staged in Colo...

In the first part of the program, we welcomed Christos Michalakelis, president and co-founder of Study in Greece. He discussed the organization’s strategic contacts and partnerships in Korea, opening new avenues for Greek universities to expand their international reach and attract students from abroad. In t...

The program traveled from the vineyards of France to some of the biggest celebrations of food and beer. Argyris Daouliaris, the only Greek with his own vineyards in France’s renowned Champagne region, shared the secrets behind the champagne he produces. Spiros Liakos joined us in the studio w...

Distinguished lyricist, poet and teacher Christos G. Papadopoulos was a guest in the Voice of Greece studio. He has lived in Cairo, Egypt, for the past 20 years. There, he taught as a teacher seconded from Greece and served for many years as president of the Greek Cultural Center of Cairo. He runs the...

Vasilis Angelopoulos, president of the Hellenic Community of Greater Montreal, joined the program by phone. He spoke about the community’s history as it marks 120 years since its founding, Greek-language education, and the challenges the organization faces today. The conversation followed a presentation b...

Journalist Chara Agridioti joined the program from Paris to discuss two events bringing Greece into the spotlight in French public and cultural life. The first was Greece’s participation in the IFTM Top Resa 2026 international tourism trade show, held September 15–17 at Paris Porte de Versailles. The...

Great Greek Wines founder and Master of Wine Yiannis Karakasis and the organization’s Development Manager, Grigoris Michailos DipWSET, joined us in the Voice of Greece studio. They discussed the upcoming presentation of more than 240 wines from 44 wineries across Greece and Cyprus, exclusively for w...

The program welcomed Chrysoula Melissinaki, president and founder of the Greek Museum of Adelaide. The interview focused on the museum’s current exhibition, which runs through 17 October 2026: “From the Phoenix to the Drachma and the Euro: The History of Money in Modern Greece.” The exhibition featu...