Voice of Greece

Yorghos Matskaris could never imagine dance would become his life. His childhood friend decided to apply to the National School of Dance and he impulsively joined. Thank God he did, because he is now Director of Studies at the Greek National Opera Professional Dance School and he is the one in charge...

Voice of Greece radio presents a major tribute to Maria Callas, on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of her birth (included in UNESCO's list of anniversary celebrations for the year 2023.)It is a collaboration between ERT’s International Program Department, the General Secretariat for Greeks A...

What is there to stop you, when you really want something with all your heart? For two young people, life showed the way, even though the situation during the pandemic looked grim. Interviewee: Andromachi AvgeriField Researcher: Evanthia BatalaPodcast Creation: Haris PagonidouSound...

A young marine engineer finds out he suffers from a heart disease during a shift in the open sea. Interviewee: the interviewee asked to remain anonymous Interview by: Stavros Vlachos Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound Rerording: Dimitris Paleogiannis Sound...

One night, the evening of the festival of Saint Paraskevi, Giannis Badanis is driving in Naxos. Through the wind and the darkness, he hears voices from the sea, calling for help. Interviewee: Giannis Bardanis Field Reporter: Efthymia Papagiannopoulou Podcast Creation: Stavros Vlachos Sound...

On 24 July 1974, Dimitris Doukas, former director of Athens Airport, was called on to make an important decision: Should he allow the flight carrying Konstantinos Karamanlis, the first president of the 3rd Hellenic Republic, to land in Greece. Interviewee: Dimitris DoukasField Reporter: Dimitris...

Voice of Greece radio presents a major tribute to Maria Callas, on the occasion of the centennial anniversary of her birth (included in UNESCO's list of anniversary celebrations for the year 2023.)It is a collaboration between ERT’s International Program Department, the General Secretariat for Greeks A...

Linda Carol Trotter grew up in San Antonio, Texas, adopted by loving American parents. She had always known she was adopted from Greece; she was told she was born premature, and that her birth mother had died during delivery. In 2017, her quest to find more about her roots led her to a remote village...

The tragic hours of the deadly forest fires in Mati in July 2018, experienced up close by a paramedic who threw himself into the flames from the very first moment. Manos Tsaliagkos from Rafina Civil Protection Service describes the battle with fire, the psychological effect and his permanent fears for...

A teenage boy piles up violent and hateful feelings as he spends his days working at the family grocery store. And yet he grows up to love the store, and cherish every single real life lesson it gave him. Interviewee: he has asked to remain anonymous Field researcher: Stefania Papoutsi Podcast...