Greece Abroad

Anastasios Tamis, researcher and Emeritus Professor of Greek History based in Melbourne, continued his tribute to the work of businessman Konstantinos Tsoulias, who, from his base in Canberra, has been a great benefactor of Hellenism throughout Australia.

Laokratis Koranis, Member of the Hungarian Parliament representing the Greek minority, spoke about his personal story, the local Greek community, and the Orbán government’s policies on minorities and demographics, in an interview on Voice of Greece, on the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontog...

On Thursday, September 18, 2025, our program hosted the mayor of Keratsini-Drapetsona, Christos Vrettakos, on the occasion of the day of remembrance marking 12 years since the murder of Pavlos Fyssas by members of the criminal organization Golden Dawn. We then reviewed the newspaper front pages and,...

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...

Anastasios Tamis, researcher and professor of Diaspora History, continued his series on prominent Greeks of the diaspora, speaking about the life and contribution of the late Nikolaos Tsoulias and his son Konstantinos Tsoulias to the Greek community of Canberra and Australia more broadly, on Voice of...

The broadcast of Friday, September 12, 2025, was mainly dedicated to music. Guests in the studio of Voice of Greece were, in the first hour, Katerina Pipili, the Greek musician, pianist, and performer who has built her career around jazz music in Paris and presented songs from her recent album "Room...

Konstantinos Voukelatos, president of the Greek Community of Buenos Aires, spoke on the Voice of Greece radio program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis. He shared the story of his family’s migration - beginning with his grandfather in the 1920s, followed by his father who arrived as a chi...

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 ...

Originally from the Peloponnese, Marilena Alevra grew up in Haidari. After finishing high school and following a discussion with one of her teachers, she decided to study midwifery. That was the beginning of a journey into a profession she loves, but one that also made her aware of the problems in Greece,...

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...

In the second hour of the program “Take Your Time” we welcomed Monika Kabasele to the studio of Voice of Greece. The Greek jazz singer, with paternal roots in the Congo, who thrives in Europe and is based in Paris, spoke to us about her life, her influences, her decision to settle in Paris, her col...

On the Friday edition of the program, August 29, 2025, we began our interviews with Nikoleta Tsitsanoudi-Mallidi, Professor of Linguistics and Greek Language, Dean of the School of Education at the University of Ioannina, and founder and scientific director of the International Summer University “Greek L...

In the second hour of the program “Take Your Time” on Thursday, 28 August 2025, the guest in the studio was, for the first time, the Greek Professor of Virology at University College London, Eleni Nastouli—the scientist widely known during the pandemic for her calm, scientifically substantiated views...

On Thursday, 28 August 2025, the program “Take Your Time” began with a live link to Prespes, where we spoke with Sofia Zouzelis, Head of Communications of the municipality, who shared details about the TRIETHNES arts festival - the first festival to bring together artists from the three countries bor...

Tasoula Hadjitofi, the Cypriot activist and entrepreneur based in the Netherlands, who became a refugee with her family at the age of 15 during the Turkish invasion of 1974, spoke on Voice of Greece Radio and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis. She shared her experiences of ...

Marianna Douka, President of the Lesvos Offshore Sailing Club (LOIATH), speaks on “Kales Thalasses” and the Voice of Greece. “The sea is my home. I live with it, I love it, and I cannot function away from it. Sailing is a kind of psychotherapy. When we set out into the open sea, we leave all our w...

Dimitris Katsaounis, who left Greece with his family during the years of the financial crisis and now works in Canada in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), spoke on Voice of Greece Radio and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis. He described the challenges of adapting to ...