On this day, 10 February 1975, the poet of the sea — the poet of our sailors — Nikos Kavvadias passed away.
“Fair Winds and Following Seas” and Voice of Greece, wishing to honor his memory and his work, presented a short tribute featuring songs based on his poetry and highlighting the most signifi...
A show filled with songs we love and melodies that bring back memories, featuring tributes to influential artists.
Yiorgos Koumoutsakos, Greece’s Ambassador to UNESCO, who led the initiative to establish 9 February as World Greek Language Day, stated that Greece now holds a “golden international passport” to carry the Greek language across the world and to leverage it for the benefit of the country. He was speak...
Christos Klairis, Professor Emeritus of General Linguistics at the Sorbonne, stressed that “language is power and identity,” underlining that Greece and the Greek language go hand in hand. He spoke about the significance of establishing 9 February as World Greek Language Day, during his appearance on ...
A daily journey through the musical tradition of Greece. Featuring old recordings from ERT’s archive, new album releases and fresh recordings from ERT’s Musical Ensembles.
Today, we are celebrating a very special day – World Greek Language Day, which has been set by UNESCO on February 9. And the choice for today’s track list seems obvious: world-class poetry set to music by world-class composers. Our destination? Setting to music the poetry of Greece’s two Nobel Prize...
In a special episode marking the occasion, Stavroula Karali welcomed Christoforos Charalambakis, Professor Emeritus at the University of Athens and a distinguished author with an extensive body of work on language and the science of linguistics, who spoke about the historical framework of the Greek...
Fuli Zavitsanou hosted linguist Vally Lytra, Professor at Goldsmiths, University of London and Chair of the international Special Interest Group “Teaching Greek Abroad” (TEGA), for an in-depth discussion on multilingualism and the learning of Modern Greek outside Greece.
The conversation focused on ...
Guests on the Monday, 9 February broadcast:
Notis Ananiadis, ERT political editor, commenting on current political affairs
Anastasios Dimoschakis, Member of Parliament for Evros (New Democracy), commenting on current political developments
Sotiris Roussos, Professor in the Department of Political...
On World Greek Language Day, the program "Time in Greece" presents an in-depth exploration of the Greek-language media of the Diaspora.
From the first Greek newspaper published in Vienna in 1784 to the present day, the program journeys across all continents, tracing the paths of Greek journalism...
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