Marios Kampouris, a clinical and molecular geneticist at Sidra Hospital in Doha, Qatar, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program "Our Global Voice" with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the issue of quality control and certification of doctors — a process implemented by many countries around the world b...
An excerpt from the speech delivered by the President of WISTA HELLAS, Ms. Vivi Kolliopoulou, at the annual gala and awards ceremony honouring women who have distinguished themselves in the maritime sector. "Fair Winds and Following Seas" and Voice of Greece were there to cover the event.
“Developments i...
Maritime analyst John Faraclas– lecturer on shipping matters at educational institutions and organisations abroad, particularly in the United Kingdom; member of the Chios Marine Club and HESGB; author and co-founder of allaboutshipping.co.uk – spoke on ““Fair Winds and Following Seas” and Voice of ...
Athanasios Balerbas, Secretary General of the Ministry of the Interior, spoke on Voice of Greece and the programme “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the ministerial decision that sets out the criteria and procedures for restoring Greek citizenship to expatriates who were born in Gre...
Mrs. Filomila Bolia from Chios, retired Administrative Officer at the University of the Aegean and former Head of the Department of Shipping, speaks on “Fair Winds and Following Seas” on Voice of Greece about the event held on Sunday afternoon, 7 December 2025, in Lagkada, Chios, titled “Women Radio...
Greece has won the bronze medal at the World Shooting Championship in the men’s team skeet event.
The trio of athletes — Nikos Mavrommatis, Babis Chalkiadakis, and Panagiotis Gerochristos — stepped onto the third place of the podium at the competition, which was held in Greece, at the Malakasa Shoot...
The program “Take Your Time” with Prokopis Agelopoulos hosted acclaimed Greek-American filmmaker Nikolas Franghias from Los Angeles, on the occasion of the founding of his new production company, EmberFrames. The company’s mission is to create works that blend cultural identity, emotion, and contemporary cinem...
Stefanos Pallantzas, civil engineer and President of the Hellenic Passive House Institute, discusses the urgent need to upgrade and shield buildings so that heating and cooling costs do not become “money poured into a bottomless barrel.” He explains which interventions are necessary in older buildings and...
Athina Vorilla was born in Manhattan, studied journalism, and worked — among others — for the New York Times. Yet nostalgia for her father’s music and her lifelong love for Greece brought her here… This New Yorker, who declares herself in love with Schinoussa, has been living in Greece since 2005. S...
Evgenia Papapontikou, Chief Financial Officer at a major shipping company, speaks on “Fair Winds and Following Seas”.
“I come from Oinousses. My entire family and relatives have a long maritime tradition — the sea is our life. It is our identity. We owe so much to the wives of seafarers for countle...
An orange alert has been issued in Attica over the region’s water reserves, and the deteriorating situation appears to strengthen the case for the newly announced “Evrytos” plan, presented as a comprehensive response to the crisis. Residents of Evrytania, however, are expressing strong opposition. They ...
Maria Deligianni, Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean at CLIA, speaks on "Fair Winds and Following Seas” on Voice of Greece.
“Cruise ships account for just 1% of all ships worldwide — about 450 cruise ships in total — yet they employ nearly two-thirds of all seafarers, more than 200,000...
Thassos Bampalikis, a restaurant entrepreneur based in Portugal and, secondarily, in Spain, spoke about his professional journey, focusing on his Greek-cuisine restaurants in Lisbon, as well as the challenges posed by the housing crisis and rising living costs. He shared his insights on Voice of Greece...
Katerina Tsiridou and Nikos Protopapas are hosted on the program "Time in Greece" by Nikolas Angelidis. They present for the first time songs from their new album “Armonia – Rebetiko Guitars Project 3”.
At the European Taekwondo Championship, Greece won a total of 13 medals in the Cadets and Juniors categories: 2 gold, 6 silver, and 5 bronze.
Offering her analysis of these remarkable achievements for Greek sports was the internationally distinguished athlete Elli Mystakidou.
The Greek champion’s c...
Giorgos Rigas lives in Montreal, Canada, with family roots in a village in Messinia, near Kalamata. This year he is participating in the Symposium for the first time, following an invitation he received from the Greek Consulate in his city.
He speaks about the powerful experience of meeting young...
Apostolos Zezos is one of the young participants attending this year’s Symposium for the second consecutive time, an event organized by the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad and Public Diplomacy. He is 21 years old and moved with his family to Canada—specifically to Toronto—at the age of just nine....
The program “Take Your Time” with Prokopis Agelopoulos hosted director and author Ermis Peristeris and actress Lydia Giannousaki, on the occasion of the documentary theatre production «Άκου μικρέ, ο Πειραιάς βομβαρδίστηκε» (Listen, Kid — Piraeus Was Bombed), staged at the Piraeus Municipal Theatre throu...
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