On Christmas Eve, Christina Xydi and Giorgos Lignos—Greek musicians from Brisbane—visited the studio of Voice of Greece. Giorgos Lignos grew up in his father’s conservatory and went on to pursue music and production professionally, while Christina Xydi studied musicology and choral conducting.
Eight years...
On the programme, author Konstantina Tassopoulou was a guest on the occasion of her Christmas children’s book The Ball. The conversation focused on children’s books and Christmas, while Natasa Vissarionos and Giorgos Keramidas shared personal memories of past Christmases and their own holiday traditions and...
The President of the Federation of Greek Communities in Germany (OEK), Panos Drosinakis, joined "Faraway Words" by phone from Hamburg to speak about his recent visit to Athens and the meetings he held regarding issues affecting the Greek community in Germany.
He noted that he met with Sofia Zacharaki,...
Guests in the Voice of Greece studio included Giannis Georgizas, CEO of the City of Athens Development Company, on the occasion of two major distinctions for Athens at the World Travel Awards 2025: World’s Leading Cultural City Destination and World’s Leading City Break Destination.
Wine expert and...
The program hosted Othonas Anastasakis, Director of the South East European Studies Centre at Oxford (SEESOX), who spoke about the research conducted by diaNEOsis on the Greek Diaspora in Germany.The study was designed and authored by Manolis Pratsinakis of Harokopio University and the University of...
In the studio of Voice of Greece, we welcomed guests from Adelaide Chryssoula Melissinaki and Panagiotis Mavraidis. They spoke about their decision, fourteen years ago, to migrate to Australia, a choice they say they have never regretted. The conversation also focused on Greek-language education — w...
“The Sweet Life” dressed up for the holidays, making three flavourful stops and closing with a strong wine-themed finale. We began with Ioanna Stamoulou, talking about the Christmas sweets that define the most aromatic season of the year. We then travelled to Cyprus with Florentia Kythreotou, discovering Cyp...
A protest on one side, a Christmas initiative on the other.
The program welcomed teacher Kalliopi Zarogianni, who spoke about the charitable project “The Flame of Christmas Love”, carried out for the fourth consecutive year by students from ten Greek schools in Germany.
Joining the conversation as ...
What could be more delightful than traveling to Vienna or Paris at Christmastime?The guest on the program was Panos Angelopoulos, translator, lecturer in Modern Greek in Paris, and cultural coordinator of the association “Voice – Writing.” He guided us through the 2nd Salon du livre grec, which will ...
The program welcomed Christos Gakoudis, conductor and artistic director of the Hellenic Choir of Brussels, who spoke about the Christmas concert DONA NOBIS PACEM (“Give Us Peace”) performed on Sunday evening in the reverent atmosphere of the Catholic church of Saint-Paul in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.
The pro...
Alexia Kastro joined us in the studio and guided us through ProWein, the largest wine fair in the world, held every spring in Düsseldorf, Germany — an event that has significantly reshaped the international image of Greek wine.
Also in the studio was Michalis Marthas, a chef from Kalymnos, born in...
Writer, actress, and director Stella Roussaki joined us in the Voice of Greece studio on the occasion of the theatrical performance–presentation of her book “White Reality”, organized by the Consulate of Greece in New York with the participation of both Greek and American actors.
Also on the progr...
In this episode, "Faraway Words" welcomed two representatives of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women of Sydney: President Liana Vertzagia and Vice President Dimitra Michopoulou.
Liana Vertzagia’s family arrived in Australia in 1897. Raised with Greek customs, traditions, and culture, she became active i...
The programme’s first stop was Fthiotida, with a conversation with winemaker Dimitris Karadimos about the region’s evolving wine scene and the cultivation of Xinomavro.
Next, chef Giorgos Oikonomidis spoke to us about the safety standards and requirements of sustainable seafood consumption.
Finally, we ...
The program hosted Zoe Delibasis, head of the cultural department at the Canadian Institute in Greece. The conversation centered on the exhibition “The Kastorians in Canada: Recollections of a Community,” which opens on Wednesday, 26 November, and will be open to the public from 27 November through 18 ...
The program hosted Thisvi Ekmektzoglou, a representative of the newly-formed organization United Hellenic Women Club (UHW), who spoke about its goals and the actions planned under the umbrella of the United Nations “UNiTE” campaign — which this year focuses on combating digital violence against women...
Stelios Dimitriadis and Lefteris Chanialidis (MS) introduce us to the Wine Explorers, a new format of wine exhibition — and, taking wine as our starting point, we talk about everything. As the iconic Café Greco in Rome reaches the end of an era, Vassilis Stathakis, founder of the Association of Historic Ca...
The guest on the program was the Secretary General for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy, Maira Myrogianni, who spoke to us about the 2nd Greek Youth Diaspora Symposium, which will take place in Athens (25–28 November 2025).
The program also featured Elias Konteas, who talked about the theater g...
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