Natasa Vissarionos

Guests of the episode: Maria Netsika, oenologist and chemist, on Wine Club THESSALONIKI ’96 — one of the oldest wine clubs in Greece — celebrating its 30th anniversary. Aris Tselepos, on the wines of the Peloponnese making their way to Thessaloniki. Panagiotis Papadopoulos from Open Farm ...

The program hosted film producer Efi Skrombola and Nikolas Gavriilidis, president of the Parents’ Association of the Greek school in Oslo. Ms. Skrombola spoke about the film The Hen, shot entirely in Greece, a Greek–German co-production that had its world premiere at the Toronto International Fil...

Ourania Karteri, President of the Greek Festival of Sydney and Vice President of the Greek Community of New South Wales was hosted on the program and spoke about the Greek Film Festival of Australia, which this year celebrates its 30th anniversary. As she mentioned, the Festival travels to all the major...

On this episode of "The Sweet Life," we served pistachios from Aegina, crispy chickpea fritters with almond and garlic from Nisyros, slow-cooked chicken from Ithaca, pretzels, and a fine selection of German and Greek beers.In the studio, we welcomed Karolina Doriti, who has been cooking professionally...

The program hosted Mr. Kostas Tatsis, editor of the expatriate newspaper Doryforos Munich, who spoke about the most important initiatives and challenges facing the Greek community in Munich. A special focus was given to the 11th Solidarity Action, which this year will support three children’s foundations: Elpida –...

The program welcomed Greek-Australian educator Dimitris Kametopoulos from Sydney, Australia. The discussion was prompted by his recent honor, the “Award of Excellence” bestowed upon him by the World Cultural and Charitable Organization “Writers Capital International Foundation”, in recognition of his ...

In the first part of the program, we travel to enchanting Cairo and meet chef Dimitris Koutsonikolas, known in the land of the Nile as the “ambassador of Greek cuisine.” He introduces us to Egyptian gastronomy, guides us through the streets of Cairo, and takes us into the kitchen of the Egyptian Gre...

The program hosted Archimandrite Georgios Siomos, Head Priest of the Church of All Saints in Munich and President of the Ecumenical Council of Bavaria. He spoke about the moving initiative of the Greek community and local institutions in Munich to substantially support the operational capabilities of...

We sample skaltsotseta, sartsa, meatballs, and lamb fricassée with boiled wild greens, along with shrimp giouvetsi. The first three dishes take us to the “Flower of the Levant” — Zakynthos — while the last two lead us all the way to… Helsinki. All this in the show's final episode for August. Guest in the stu...

The program welcomed Vrasidas Karalis, Professor of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at the University of Sydney and author, who spoke about his latest book “The Blues of Glebe Point Road, in Prose and Verse,” translated by Sofia Troullinou and published by Petites Maisons. He reflected on the liv...

On the occasion of the “Festival of the Diaspora” organized by the Municipality of Kalymnos, with the participation of many Kalymnian expatriates, the program hosted Mayor Ioannis Mastrokoukos, Nikolaos Kalouris (Vice-President of the Pan-Kalymnian Federation of America and Head of Cultural Events), and...

The program hosted Mr. Nikos Kastrinakis, President of the World Council of Cretans, Vice-President of the Pancretan Association of America, and President of the “Eleftherios Venizelos” Foundation branch in New York. Mr. Kastrinakis has been active in the Greek diaspora since his student years in ...

The program hosted Giorgos Aslanidis, photographer and director, who has been living permanently in London for the past seven years. The occasion for the conversation was the video documentary he created, titled “Why We Left: The True Stories of Greeks in London”, which brings us closer to eight Gre...

The program hosted researcher and sociologist Dimitris Kourtis, who spoke with Natasa Vissarionos and Eleni Kostaki about his book-study “Let’s Go to Honolulu. Kostas Bezos 1905–1943”, published by Aiolos. The work is the result of ten years of study and research on Kostas Bezos - “whom some knew as t...

On the program, Natasa Vissarionos and Eleni Kostaki spoke with Agoritsa Skamvardoni, teacher, and Eleftheria Tsikou, student, from the Konstantinos Karatheodoris Lyceum in Munich. Both shared their experience of the school’s participation in the Youth Parliament. They discussed the importance o...

Kostas Spiliadis, one of the most emblematic ambassadors of Greek gastronomy and culture worldwide, was the first guest on the program "The Sweet Life" on Friday, 8 August. He spoke about his acquaintance with Mikis Theodorakis, his initiative to include Theodorakis’ symphonic works in two landmark c...