On Friday, March 1st, 2024, we devoted the first hour to current affairs. We read newspaper headlines, we talked and commented on what is happening with the political editor, Voula Kehagia. At the end of the first hour, we also had an amazing conversation with Mr Nikos Plakias, the man who lost his twin daughters and his niece, three young girls studying in Thessaloniki, at the Tempe accident-crime. He made it clear that he could not feel vindicated, in any way, as vindication would only be if he returned home and found his girls alive. However, he asked that the politicians involved in the case waive their immunity and stand before the judge. He called what happened in Tempe a murder and said that he considers it inconceivable that, in 2023, the passengers safety on a train would depend on what he called an incompetent station manager, since other systems that could prevent human error were not in place.
In the second hour, we “traveled” to England, first in Birmingham, where we met a young girl, Elena Mylona Xydaki, who immigrated there in 2016, studied music and singing and is currently a vocal coach. The occasion for this radio meeting was the release of her new single entitled “Burning”, a song dedicated to the memory of her brother, whom she lost at the age of 21, 7 years ago. Elena talked about her life in England, the path she followed to get here, the inspiration she got both from her brother, who always urged her to follow her dream, but also from her grandfather and grandmother who were artists in the 60s.
Also in England, we talked with Mrs Kyriaki Mitsou, educator and representative of the Hellenic Foundation for Culture in the United Kingdom, about the event organized by the foundation for Sunday, March 3rd at 3 pm, on the subject of Philhellenes and especially Lord Byron. An event in which they will present what the students of the community school of St. Nicholas in London have prepared.
The show ended with Ivana Djordjevic on international news and Antigone Drakatou in the studio, who informed us about sports news.