Greece Abroad

Anastasios Tamis, a distinguished diaspora researcher and Emeritus Professor of Greek Diaspora History, spoke about the history of the Greeks of Perth and the sparsely populated region of Western Australia more broadly—particularly the early Kastellorizian settlers and, later, the Macedonians. He w...

Diaspora youth Elisa Bruni from Italy, Dimitra Konstanti from Germany, Amanda Thomas from Canada, Melina Mygdalis from Argentina, and Emily Pandis from the United States—participants in the 2nd Greek Youth Diaspora Symposium, organized in Athens by the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public D...

Listen to the first in a series of interviews given by young Greeks from abroad to the program “Take Your Time” on Voice of Greece, recorded during the Greek Youth Diaspora Symposium held at the Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre on Piraeus Street. Efrosyni Vergitsi, just 17 years old, is taking par...

Speaking about the work of the 2nd Greek Youth Diaspora Symposium, which concludes on Friday, 28 November, the General Secretary for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy, Maira Myrogianni, joined the program “Take Your Time” from the Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Centre. There, young Greeks of the 2nd and...

On the Thursday edition of the program, 27 November 2025, we spoke with ERT’s correspondent in Turkey, Pierros Tzanetakos, who is covering the historic visit of Pope Leo XIV to the neighbouring country. Immediately after reviewing the day’s online and print headlines, we talked with Eleni Tserezole, jou...

The program hosted Zoe Delibasis, head of the cultural department at the Canadian Institute in Greece. The conversation centered on the exhibition “The Kastorians in Canada: Recollections of a Community,” which opens on Wednesday, 26 November, and will be open to the public from 27 November through 18 ...

“Infinitely Curious” with Katerina Batzaki, opens a chapter of Greece’s hidden history. A story of mothers, children… and the silent heartbreak of forced adoption.   Our guest is James P. Axiotis, Greek-American producer and humanitarian, adopted from Athens in 1963 and separated from his mother — ...

George Kokkinis, a Greek-Australian manager and entrepreneur who has been living in Singapore since 2017, spoke about the cost of living, housing, overall living conditions, and the Greek community in the smallest country of Southeast Asia. He was interviewed on Voice of Greece radio, on the programme...

Listen to the Thursday, November 20, 2025 broadcast. We spoke with Menos Deliotzakis, filmmaker and head of ERT's Department for Greeks Abroad, about the Chalkida Documentary Festival, which in its 19th year features a tribute to the Greek Diaspora of Australia. We also hosted Dimitris Mantzos, PASOK–KINAL M...

The guest on the program was the Secretary General for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy, Maira Myrogianni, who spoke to us about the 2nd Greek Youth Diaspora Symposium, which will take place in Athens (25–28 November 2025). The program also featured Elias Konteas, who talked about the theater g...

Konstantinos Voukelatos, President of the Greek Community of Buenos Aires, spoke about the Community school’s activities — with a particular emphasis on Greek-language education — as well as the recent visit of singer Giorgos Dalaras at the Community’s invitation. He also discussed the broader situati...

The program welcomed journalist Chara Agridioti from Paris, who guided us through the GrecDoc Greek Documentary Festival, taking place in the French capital from 21 to 23 November. Founded in 2019 by philhellene documentary producer Michel Noll and the Cine Club team, the festival aims to showcase the...

The program welcomed Andreas Boukas, researcher and prominent figure of the Greek community in Sweden, who spoke about the impact of the Polytechnic Uprising on Greeks living in the country at the time. As he explained, during the dictatorship they learned news from Greece through the radio, Greek newspapers,...

On the Friday edition of the programme, 14 November 2025, we spoke with Efthymis Lekkas, Professor of Natural Disaster Management at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and President of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organisation (OASP), about the inspections carried out on public...

Angelos Makrygiorgos, a second-generation Greek-Australian from Melbourne, joined the programme “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis on Voice of Greece radio. He spoke about his experience living in Athens as a postgraduate student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), off...

The program featured St. Catherine’s British School, a leading British international school in Greece. Guests Dr. Stuart Bond, Deputy Head, and Marietta Kandylaki, musician and educator, discussed the IB programme, new scholarship opportunities, and the school’s connection to Greek culture — highlighting disti...

On the Thursday edition of the programme, 13 November 2025, following the newspaper and online headlines, we spoke with Asimina Skondra, MP for Karditsa (New Democracy), on current affairs with a focus on agricultural and livestock issues. The discussion centred on OPEKEPE, the recent cases of sheep...

On Sunday, 09 November 2025, the program “Greeks Around the World – Greece in Denmark” with Elina Stamatatou welcomed Sofia Mavropoulou. Sofia Mavropoulou, mother of three trilingual children, heads the Sustainability Department at a major Danish company. Born in Denmark to a Danish mother and...