On Thursday, April 18th, 2024, after commenting on the News and the headlines of the newspapers, we spoke, on the occasion of the developments in Israel, Gaza, Iran, and Ukraine with the international scientist, Dr. Panteion University, Law, Dimitris Stathakopoulos, who chose to refer to the global dimension of these events and the consequences they will have in the Old Continent and in general in the West, in combination with the worrying demographic data. An important conclusion is that Europe should embrace multiculturalism instead of being fortified behind far-right perceptions, in relation to the Refugee-Migration issue.
Immediately afterward, the guest in the studio of the show was Sofia Mela, creator of handmade children’s clothes inspired by Greek tradition and Greek Culture. Creations which, these days, are exhibited at the Hellenic Foundation of Culture in the exhibition entitled “I embroidered with yarn my own Myth”. Sofia Mela, in an effort to discover the power of Greek traditional arts and techniques that have been lost over the years, comes into contact with the last remaining craftsmen of silk, lace, textile, etc., and creates unique pieces, after thorough research on traditional costumes, historical references and local myths.
In the second part of the show, Aigli Zafirakou, one of the most important Greek women in the Diaspora who is engaged in Education, was invited to the studio. Through her (among other things) work as an Education Advisor for the World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Mrs Zafirakou was in Greece on the occasion of an invitation from the Economic Forum of Delphi, where she spoke about the OECD’s worrying data on the level of learning in Greece during the years of the economic crisis and pandemic. Mrs Zafirakou referred to the effort that must be made in Greece to support and upgrade Education at all levels and for all students, which will have a multiplier effect also at the economic level for the country. She made it clear that the famous evaluation of teachers should not be done at the level of teachers but through the result of their work at the level of children’s learning.
The show ended with the international news from Ivana Djordjevic and the sports news from Antigone Drakatou in the studio.
An all-inclusive show featuring current affairs, as well as interviews with politicians, scientists, journalists, representatives of non-governmental organizations, people of the Greek Diaspora, and artists.
Presented by Prokopis Agelopoulos
Research by journalist Lia Tarousi