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Stavroula Karali

Stavroula Karali was born in Boston and raised in Nea Smyrni. Her family roots trace back to Asia Minor, specifically Cappadocia and Smyrna. She is a PhD candidate in Social Theology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She holds a Master’s degree in Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Turkish and Modern Asian Studies from the University of Athens. She has also pursued studies in Journalism, European History and Culture, Film Directing, and Film History. She has been working as a journalist since 1992, spending most of her career as editor-in-chief at MEGA TV, contributing to both news and entertainment programming. She has been a member of the Journalists’ Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers (JUADN) since 2000. Over the past year, she served as editor-in-chief at ERTnews and has now embarked on a new chapter with Voice of Greece.
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Chocolate… as a work of art | 17 June 2026
Η εικαστικός, jewellery artist κ. Σοφία Ζαράρη και η Σοκολατοποιός που ζει και εργάζεται στις Βρυξέλλες κ. Μίνα Αποστολίδη είναι τα «Πρόσωπα της Εβδομάδας».  Η κ. Σοφία Ζαράρη και η κ. Μίνα Αποστολίδη, οι δύο Ελληνίδες που έχουν καταφέρει να ξεχωρίσουν διεθνώς μέσα από την τέχνη και το πάθος τους, συνα...
“Sound Portraits”: Songs of Summer (Part III) | 16 June 2026
 “Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali presents a special tribute to Pontic Hellenism, marking the Remembrance Day of the Pontic Greek Genocide with an evening dedicated to history, memory, and music. The program journeys to Pontus, where for centuries a vibrant Greek civilization flourished, deeply rooted in history, faith, and tradition. Through narration, historical accounts, and emblematic songs, listeners follow the course of a people from prosperity and creativity to persecution, uprooting, and genocide. The tribute highlights defining aspects of Pontic history and identity: the Byzantine tradition, Orthodoxy, the Monastery of Soumela, the central role of the mother figure in the Pontic family, ... Read more
Michalis Akylas and the First Eight: The First Execution in Reprisal at the Kaisariani Shooting Range | 10 June 2026
Author Annita Panaretou, whose book “Michalis Akylas and the First Eight: Seizing the Light” was recently published by Hestia Editions, is the guest on “Remarkable Personalities” with Stavroula Karali on Voice of Greece on Wednesday, 10 June 2026. Panaretou discusses the life and legacy of Mi...
“Sound Portraits”: Songs of Summer (Part II) | 09 June 2026
 “Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali presents a special tribute to Pontic Hellenism, marking the Remembrance Day of the Pontic Greek Genocide with an evening dedicated to history, memory, and music. The program journeys to Pontus, where for centuries a vibrant Greek civilization flourished, deeply rooted in history, faith, and tradition. Through narration, historical accounts, and emblematic songs, listeners follow the course of a people from prosperity and creativity to persecution, uprooting, and genocide. The tribute highlights defining aspects of Pontic history and identity: the Byzantine tradition, Orthodoxy, the Monastery of Soumela, the central role of the mother figure in the Pontic family, ... Read more
Beatrice Saias-Magrizou on “Remarkable Personalities” | 03 June 2026
The program "Remarkable Personalities" with Stavroula Karali welcomes Beatrice Saias-Magrizou, author of the book The Fire Bracelet, for a deeply human conversation about memory, loss, and the duty to preserve historical truth. At the heart of the discussion is the true story of the Jewish Saias...
“Sound Portraits”: Songs of Summer | 02 June 2026
 “Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali presents a special tribute to Pontic Hellenism, marking the Remembrance Day of the Pontic Greek Genocide with an evening dedicated to history, memory, and music. The program journeys to Pontus, where for centuries a vibrant Greek civilization flourished, deeply rooted in history, faith, and tradition. Through narration, historical accounts, and emblematic songs, listeners follow the course of a people from prosperity and creativity to persecution, uprooting, and genocide. The tribute highlights defining aspects of Pontic history and identity: the Byzantine tradition, Orthodoxy, the Monastery of Soumela, the central role of the mother figure in the Pontic family, ... Read more
The Fall of Constantinople and the Marble King | 27 May 2026
Archaeologist and Honorary Director of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Achaia, Anita Koumousi, is featured in “Remarkable Personalities” with Stavroula Karali  Marking 29 May 1453, the day Constantinople fell, the program presents a special tribute to Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine emper...
Nikos Gatsos: Poetry turned Into song | 26 May 2026
 “Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali presents a special tribute to Pontic Hellenism, marking the Remembrance Day of the Pontic Greek Genocide with an evening dedicated to history, memory, and music. The program journeys to Pontus, where for centuries a vibrant Greek civilization flourished, deeply rooted in history, faith, and tradition. Through narration, historical accounts, and emblematic songs, listeners follow the course of a people from prosperity and creativity to persecution, uprooting, and genocide. The tribute highlights defining aspects of Pontic history and identity: the Byzantine tradition, Orthodoxy, the Monastery of Soumela, the central role of the mother figure in the Pontic family, ... Read more
Pontic Hellenism and the Remembrance Day of the Pontic Greek Genocide | 20 May 2026
Konstantinos Tsahouridis — artist, researcher, and academic — is the featured guest on Voice of Greece’s weekly program “Remarkable Personalities”. Speaking with Stavroula Karali, he reflects on the Pontus of memory and the heart in a program dedicated to the history and culture of Pontic Hellenism, w...
Pontus: Memory through song | 19 May 2026
 “Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali presents a special tribute to Pontic Hellenism, marking the Remembrance Day of the Pontic Greek Genocide with an evening dedicated to history, memory, and music. The program journeys to Pontus, where for centuries a vibrant Greek civilization flo...
Remarkable Personalities: Vasilis Tzanakaris | 06 May 2026
Journalist and author Vasilis Tzanakaris from Serres speaks about the heroine of his book, Amalia — a real person, a woman who experienced displacement, poverty and war. A woman from Smyrna who, through a harsh life journey stretching from the Asia Minor coast to interwar Athens and postwar Thessaloniki, r...
Eurovision: From Marinella to Akylas (Part II) | 05 May 2026
“Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali followed the rhythm of Eurovision, tracing Greece’s journey in the contest from Marinella in 1974 to the present day. In the second part of the tribute, the program unfolds Greece’s course in the competition, featuring major successes as well as moments that sp...
Napoleon Soukatzidis: A Life of Sacrifice and Defiance | 29 Apr. 2026
Spyros Tzokas—academic, author, and former mayor of Kaisariani—is featured on the Voice of Greece program “Remarkable Personalities”, hosted by Stavroula Karali. Drawing on his books “The Cycle of Futile Acts” (Evmaros Publications) and “One Long Night” (Synchroni Epohi Publicati...
Eurovision: From Marinella to Akylas | 28 Apr. 2026
 “Sound Portraits”, presented by Stavroula Karali, tunes into the rhythm of Eurovision. From Marinella and Greece’s first participation in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 to the present day, the program traces the country’s journey in the contest: major successes, talked-about moments, withdraw...
Eftychia Papagiannopoulou: A Life on the Edge of a Dream | 21 Apr. 2026
This episode of “Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali is dedicated to the life and work of Eftychia Papagiannopoulou — a woman who transformed her personal pain into song; a woman who lived intensely and left behind lyrics that have stood the test of time. Born in Aydın, Asia Minor, Papagian...
Remarkable Personalities: Konstantinos Lagos | 15 Apr. 2026
“Remarkable Personalities” turns to April 1941 and Greece’s northern front, where one of the most dramatic—and at the same time heroic—chapters of modern Greek history unfolded: the Battle of the Metaxas Line. Konstantinos Lagos, Professor of Air Force History at the Hellenic Air Force...
Akis Panou: A Life in Song | 14 Apr. 2026
“Sound Portraits” with Stavroula Karali presents a special tribute to the great laïko composer and songwriter Akis Panou—a journey through music and storytelling. The program sheds light on lesser-known aspects of his life: the profound impact of his brother’s loss, his deep connection to laïko music, hi...
Remarkable Personalities: Archimandrite Filotheos Dedes on “The Night of the Betrayal” | 09 Apr. 2026
Archimandrite Filotheos Dedes, Director of Church Construction at the Holy Synod and cleric of the Archdiocese of Athens, reflects on one of the most dramatic and theologically profound nights of the Christian tradition. At the heart of the discussion lies the Last Supper—the final gathering of Christ w...