August 2nd marks the Memorial Day of the Roma Holocaust, a lesser-known tragedy where around half a million Roma were systematically exterminated by the Nazis during World War II. Shedding light on this dark episode in global history is a crucial step in combating discrimination.
On Saturday, ...
In the show, we hosted the painter Kostas Zogas from Dropull (Dropolis), who spoke about the 4th Dropull International Short Film Festival. The festival will take place from August 6th to 9th, 2024, and is considered the most significant cultural event in the minority villages of Albania.
Elina Afentaki on “Our Town” | 15 July 2024
We all know that the military junta in Greece fell in 1974, but few are aware that during the same period, we also witnessed a transition from dictatorship to democracy in two other countries in Southern Europe, Spain and Portugal.On this episode of "Historical Walks", historian and associate professor...
Elina Afentaki on “Our Town” | 15 July 2024
On Friday July 19, at 14.00 Athens time, Gianna Triantafylli hosts the Syrian songwriter Tito Baden in the studio of “Voice of Greece”. They refer to his life in Aleppo, his musical influences from Syria and the East as well as his European and contemporary musical compositions.
Tito Baden l...
"Imprint" with Fuli Zavitsanou, meets Ioannis K. Hassiotis, Emeritus Professor of Modern History of the Department of History and Archeology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, who talks about his new book titled "The Greek World in the Mirror of Spain's Golden Age" (University Studio Pres...
Our beloved Sophia Arvaniti was a guest of Giannis Papoutsakis on the show "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" on July 16, where she talked about her journey in Greek music and her unforgettable collaborations, while also presenting her new single "Tonight is a celebration"
The visual artist, political engineer, and poet Iliada Andronikou was a guest on July 15 on Giannis Papoutsakis' show "Heliotrope"! Ms. Andronikou read excerpts from her first poetry collection, "Support Yourself in the Heart," accompanied by the voices of Andy Williams, Procol Harum, Deep Purple, Leonard...
Katerina Mavroudi -Steck and Kleon Skourtis, members of the volunteer group that has been organizing the San Francisco Greek Film Festival since 2004, were hosted in the studio of Voice of Greece and told us about the festival, which is the longest running in the USA and accepts 350- 400 applications....
"Summer in Poetry and Song" was the theme of the Sunday episode of "Journeys Basking in Greek Light" with Giannis Papoutsakis on July 14. The show featured poems by Palamas, Elytis, Vrettakos, Embiricos, Leivaditis, and others, along with songs by Moscholiou, Mitsias, Xylouris, Homata, Yovanna, Dimitriadis,...
On Sunday, July 14th, “Our Town” pays tribute to Nikos Gounaris.
The important singer, considered by many to be “the most beautiful troubadour the place has ever known”, carried centuries of memories and transformed them into art. Characteristically, Tsitsanis said about him: “As long as Gounaris...
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