Why did they set rice on fire in Vietnam, as Savvopoulos sings? Mikroutsikos asks: Do merchants even know what rice is, or do they only care about its price? Tzimis Panousis is trying to figure out whether tzatziki and souvlaki is Greece’s actual contribution to Europe. And Ypogeia Revmata band warn: T...
How many know the details about the Greek seafarers who sailed with Magellan and Columbus on the first explorations of the world?
The program “Time in Greece” with Nikolas Angelidis sheds light on the history of all the sailors of Greek origin who took part in those early voyages — seafarers from ...
Fish and fishermen – these are the themes of the songs that we are listening to today here at GME. Giorgos Mouflouzelis goes fishing, Vaggelis Korakakis tells the story of some prodigal fishermen, and Opisthodromiki Kompania sings an anthem for a fishing boat named Saint Nicholas. As for Babis Goles a...
It was on this very day, 19 August 1960, that Belka and Strelka, two mixed-breed stray dogs, traveled into space. The two Soviet strays remained in orbit for a full 24 hours, completing 17 revolutions around the Earth.
Today, the program “Time in Greece” with Nikolas Angelidis tells the story of ...
Mikis Theodorakis and Dimitris Lagios. The two composers were friends, lived in the same neighborhood “in the shadow of the Acropolis,” and shared common musical and aesthetic tastes. Between them there was esteem, love, admiration, and companionship.
Both cherished poets, setting their verses to ...
Throughout the week that starts today, here at GME, we shall be celebrating the Greek cuisine and, of course, the songs that contain references to it, to food and to its social significance. Today, Sakis Rouvas is cooking spaghetti, Arleta is dancing a “tsifteteli” with vinegar, Thanasis Gaifyllias rem...
The historic character who bridged generations and entire cultures. From India to Turkey, and from there to Greece in the early 1800s!
The program “Time in Greece” with Nikolas Angelidis takes us back to Nafplio in 1841, where Karagiozis made his first recorded appearance.
Together, we learn abo...
** Vicky Moscholiou was, always, a conservative person in ideas and views - yet at the same time free.
She was never ashamed to speak about what she believed, about what had marked her life, about her devotion to the motto ‘fatherland, religion, family’ - to put it somewhat provocatively - without thi...
A beautiful and unique tribute to the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, celebrated every year with great reverence both in Greece and among the Greek diaspora, is presented by the program “Narratives – Stories and Fairy Tales for All Ages” on Voice of Greece.
On Saturday, 16 Au...
The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, on August 15, is a major religious holiday. It is also a name day for several names including Maria, Mary, Panagiota and Despina. Here, at GME, we shall be celebrating together with all these people, listening to songs that refer to their names. Maria who was laughing,...
Konstantinos Kyriakou, a former political prisoner in Albania (during the regimes of Hoxha, Alia, and Berisha), recalls Dormition Day in 1994, when in Tirana the “Trial of the Five of Omonia” began.
Andreas Morphitis, from Famagusta, remembers abandoning his beautiful hometown on Dormition Day in ...
The Earthbound is a Greek band formed in Athens in 1998 by six members and former members of The Last Drive, Honeydive, Rockin' Bones and Engine-V. The band is led by prominent rock figures Alexis Kalofolias and Thanos Amorginos. After playing locally for about a year, the Earthbound recorded its debut...
It has been 53 years since the farewell to the unforgettable Nikos Fermas. The calendar read 14 August 1972… on this very day. The incomparable comic, a leading man in “supporting roles” of Greek cinema, left his own unique mark on the silver screen.
With his raspy voice, epic humor, and the authe...
Mr. Stefanos Tanimanidis, honorary president of the Panhellenic Federation of Pontian Associations, historian, and researcher, was a guest on Voice of Greece program “Remarkable Personalities” with Stavroula Karalis.
Mr. Tanimanidis spoke on the program about Panagia Soumela, the journey of ...
Greek Music Express: GREEK ROCK PSYCHEDELIA: The alternative rock 1980s | 13.08.2025 The third part of our week-long tribute to Greek garage and psychedelic rock in the past and present turns to the 1980s, a decade of explosive creativity and originality. Our track list includes six bands that marked...
The unyielding journalist of “Rizospastis”, Kostas Vidalís, ignored the advice of his colleagues and loved ones and set out for Thessaly. His mission was to report on the crimes of the paramilitary gangs who terrorized, robbed, raped, and brutalized civilians in every possible way.
Shortly after his ...
This week, here at GME, we have been returning to the rock soul of Greek music – fascinating bands and artists that demonstrate just how rich garage and psychedelic rock discography has been in this country. Today’s destination? Psychedelic Greece, then and now: Purple Overdose and No Man’s Land. A syn...
Ο Θέμης Ροδαμίτης παρουσιάζει την ιστορία του Αλέξανδρου Μανθούλη.
Ο καλεσμένος της εκπομπής σκηνοθέτης και συγγραφέας Νίκος Θεοδοσίου, με αφορμή το βιβλίο «ο Περιπλανώμενος Ρωμιός», το οποίο έχει επιμεληθεί, μιλάει για την ξεχωριστή και συναρπαστική ζωή του Αλέξανδρου Μανθούλη, που βρέθηκε το 1918 να πολεμά στο μέτωπο ...
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