Sotiris Delis, a candidate for municipal councilor in Sweden’s 13 September elections and a former MP for the Moderate Party, spoke about the latest opinion polls and key issues dominating the election campaign, including security, immigration, and the economy. He also discussed the Greek community i...
Vassilis Stergiou left Greece during the financial crisis and moved to Thailand, where he launched his own online business. In an interview with Dimitris Kontogiannis on Voice of Greece’s “Our Global Voice,” he discussed life in the Southeast Asian country, focusing on tourism, the Greek community, how G...
Giorgos Rektsinis, a member of the Greek diaspora who works in Egypt’s tourism sector, discussed the situation in the country and its Greek community and offered useful information for those planning to visit the Arab nation. He spoke with Dimitris Kontogiannis on Voice of Greece’s “Our Global Voice...
A true legend of Greek music, Kyria Koula, known as the “Canary of America,” was born in Constantinople in 1878. After falling in love and eloping with her future husband in Cairo, she emigrated to the United States in 1914.
Koula and Andreas Antonopoulos settled in Chicago, where they opened a g...
Antonis Klapsis, Associate Professor of Contemporary History and International Politics at the University of the Peloponnese, discussed Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus, focusing on its second phase, known as “Attila II,” which began on 14 August following the collapse of negotiations in Geneva.
He spoke...
Theodoros Marangelis, president of the Greek community in Caracas, Venezuela, spoke about the community’s Dormition celebrations at the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary in the country’s capital. He also discussed the torrential rains that claimed three lives three days earlier and the sit...
On the Friday, 14 August 2026 broadcast, following a review of the day’s headlines, we analyzed the latest developments in the Palestinian issue with Giorgos Tzogopoulos, lecturer at the European University.
After international and Balkan news with Ivana Djordjevic, the second hour was dedicated t...
We leaf through the newspapers of the era and travel back to Alexandria, Egypt. Today, we read the weekly newspaper Egypt, dated Saturday, 14 August 1971, and learn about:
Jordan’s attack on Syria
The Turkish side’s accusations against Makarios
U.S. senators calling for aid to Israel
The fat...
On Thursday, 13 August 2026, we reviewed current affairs through the headlines before exploring today’s energy landscape, from wars and the use of renewable sources to the much-discussed energy exchange and its impact on consumer prices. The English edition of Yannis Bassias’s book, “Economic Trans...
The program welcomed Panagiotis Bazigos, secretary of the Messinian Amphictyony, to discuss the summer gathering of Messinians from around the world, held in Kalamata on 4 August. As Bazigos noted, this was the first time all 13 members of the organization’s board had attended. He also discussed the c...
The program welcomed Giorgos Salim, Vice President of the Greek Community of Tilburg and a member of the administration of the “Platon” Greek School, based in the Dutch city.
Mr. Salim described his life journey, from Libya, where he was born (his mother is Greek and his father is Libyan), to Ath...
In the program on Tuesday, August 11, 2026, we connected with Corfu and spoke with Giannis Andriotis, ERTnews correspondent in Corfu, about the anniversary of the miraculous rescue of Corfu by Saint Spyridon. The occasion is celebrated every year on August 11 with a procession of the Saint’s icon, a...
From Hermes of Pera to Heracles of Tatavla, and from Apollon to Panionios, today’s research takes us to the first Greek sporting clubs.
Their activities extended far beyond the boundaries of sport. Hephaestus, Fostir, Robert College, Aris of Büyükdere, Achilles of Tzavalia, Jason, Elpis of Chalcedon, Ast...
The programme featured a telephone interview with Mr. Alexandros Pouros, the parliamentary representative of the Greek ethnic community in Hungary.
Mr. Pouros spoke about the Greek community in Hungary, Greek-language education, the 37 municipalities across the country where recognized Greek associations...
In the prograμ on Monday, August 10, 2026, we read the front pages of major news portals and newspapers and then devoted the second half-hour to tourism, speaking with three representatives of hoteliers in popular Greek destinations. Joining us by phone were Polykarpos Chalkidis, representative of ...
On the program on Friday, August 7, 2026, following a look at current affairs through online and newspaper headlines, we spoke with Kimon Hadjibiros, Professor Emeritus at the National Technical University of Athens, about the environmental impact of wildfires and the measures that need to be taken...
He was one of the most ruthless exploiters of Greek immigrant labor in the United States in the early 1900s. His name was Leonidas Skliris, and he came from Sparta.
After arriving in America, he established connections in the railroad construction and coal-mining industries and used his position...
On the Wednesday, August 5, 2026 edition, following the introduction and a review of headlines from online media and newspapers, we discussed the devastation caused by the major wildfire that swept through Western Attica, focusing in particular on efforts to rescue animals amid the inferno in Porto...
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