Dimitris Tsikas, who works in the IT sector and left Greece during the years of the financial crisis—first moving to Iceland and later to Poland—spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis. He noted that dozens of Greeks are now heading to this Central Europea...
Metropolitan Stephanos of Estonia, elected to his position by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 1999, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis. He referred to the work of the Orthodox Church in the Baltic country, where its flock continues to grow, to the sma...
On the occasion of the “Festival of the Diaspora” organized by the Municipality of Kalymnos, with the participation of many Kalymnian expatriates, the program hosted Mayor Ioannis Mastrokoukos, Nikolaos Kalouris (Vice-President of the Pan-Kalymnian Federation of America and Head of Cultural Events), and...
The program hosted Mr. Nikos Kastrinakis, President of the World Council of Cretans, Vice-President of the Pancretan Association of America, and President of the “Eleftherios Venizelos” Foundation branch in New York.
Mr. Kastrinakis has been active in the Greek diaspora since his student years in ...
Bishop Photios of the Republic of Malawi, the small African nation, spoke about the celebration of the Dormition of the Theotokos by the local Greek Orthodox community on August 15, as well as the efforts being made to secure funding for a multi-purpose building near the church, intended primarily for...
The president of the Kastorian Association of New York “Omonoia,” Mr. Christos Gioves, spoke on the Voice of Greece and the program “Take Your Time” about the history of the association, founded in 1910, the Kastorian compatriots in America who always remember their city and villages and return, as well...
On Thursday’s broadcast, 14 August 2025, we connected live from Prespes for a morning greeting and spoke with Thomas Manouris, president of the Association of Tourism and Related Activities of Prespes. We discussed the summer activities in the region, its comparative advantages, its renowned products, a...
Greek musician, composer, and performer Kallirroi Raouzaiou was a guest in the studio of Voice of Greece on the program “Take Your Time” with Prokopis Agelopoulos. Kallirroi has been living in Marseille and building her career there for over 15 years. We talked about her musical journey, her artistic roo...
On Wednesday’s program, August 13, 2025, we began with the front pages of newspapers and news sites. We then spoke with Mr. Theodoros Tsikas, political analyst and international relations expert, about developments on the two major fronts of Ukraine and the Middle East, on the occasion of the upcoming T...
The program hosted Giorgos Aslanidis, photographer and director, who has been living permanently in London for the past seven years. The occasion for the conversation was the video documentary he created, titled “Why We Left: The True Stories of Greeks in London”, which brings us closer to eight Gre...
On the Tuesday show, August 12, 2025, we began with the latest news and a look at the day’s headlines from online media and newspapers. Immediately after, we connected live with Sofia, Bulgaria, and spoke with Kalina Bliznashka, a modern Greek language teacher who teaches her fellow Bulgarians, whether t...
Nikos Papastergiadis, university professor in Melbourne and brother of the president of the Greek Community, Bill Papastergiadis, was a guest on the program “Take Your Time” on Voice of Greece, on the occasion of being awarded the Michael Crouch Award for his book John Berger and Me—a biography of th...
On the program, Natasa Vissarionos and Eleni Kostaki spoke with Agoritsa Skamvardoni, teacher, and Eleftheria Tsikou, student, from the Konstantinos Karatheodoris Lyceum in Munich. Both shared their experience of the school’s participation in the Youth Parliament.
They discussed the importance o...
On the Monday, 11 August 2025, edition of the program, we connected with Rhodes, where Katerina Theodoraki, president of the “Apollon Triathlon” association, spoke about summer on the island, tourist arrivals, the problem of rising costs affecting Rhodes as well, and of course the traditional festivities of ...
A conversation with Jim Zervanos - writer, painter, educator and Greek-American storyteller whose words travel from hospital rooms to high school classrooms, from the most personal moments of illness to the shared search for meaning.
Jim’s memoir, That Time I Got Cancer: A Love Story, isn’t just abo...
On Tuesday’s show, 05 August 2025, we welcomed ERT journalist Anastasia Spyridaki from Lesvos, in her first interview following her retirement — 35 years after the start of her journalistic journey.
Right after the morning press review, we hosted Mr. Alexandros Kazamias in the studio, Member of ...
On the Monday, 4 August 2025 edition of the show, we got the latest news from Patras from ERT correspondent Athanasia Stamopoulou, who brought us the good news of the dramatic improvement in the health of the 15-year-old who had suffered from heatstroke and...
What does it mean to be Greek… when your Greek is imperfect?
When your name lives in two languages?
When home feels like both a place — and a question?
With special guests:
Dr. Eleni Hapidou, Greek-Canadian psychologist, on the invisible weight of hyphenated identity and inherited grief.
Artemis Tak...
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