The main conclusion that we will be drawing from today’s GME is just how multi-faceted and versatile Vassilis Dimitriou was as a composer. You see, he always felt that music is unified. When he went to the conservatory in the early 1960s to study music, genres like traditional, modern, popular folk m...
Mr. Georgios Davris, retired Air Marshal (I), on “Hellenes Everywhere”
Filmmaker and author Stratos Tzitzis, a long-time resident of Berlin, visited the studio of Voice of Greece on the occasion of the release of his film "I Have Something to Say" in Greek cinemas, as well as the publication of his book "I Have Something to Say… Elements for a Theory of Completion", w...
On this episode of "Greece Around the World", Giorgos Dionysopoulos had the honor of hosting Giannis Melachrinooudis, the director of the Greek Cultural Center in Cairo. The conversation was sparked by the splendid concert held by the National Symphony Orchestra of ERT, which, in collaboration with...
Guests on the Wednesday, April 9th show:
Dimitris Kouklouberis, journalist, political editor at Efimerida ton Syntakton
Giorgos Gavrilos, Head of the Labor and Social Security Department, SYRIZA
Kostas Manikas, economist
Charalampos Arachovas, Administrative Director of the Institute of...
We turn the clock back to 1870…We encounter the infamous Arvanitakis brothers—feared bandit leaders of the time. They carry out a daring abduction in Syntagma Square, right outside the “Grand Hotel d’Angleterre” (as the “Great Britain” Hotel was then called), kidnapping a group of foreign travelers. Am...
Captain Vasilis Gkelis, originally from Dervenochoria, has sailed on 21 different ships with various companies throughout his long career. The final vessel he served on was the M/V "ATHANASIOS."
“I had no connection to the sea,” he recalls. “I was studying to get into Panteion University, and I end...
A musical journey through the alleyways of Greek music with beloved Greek melodies, from the early 20th century until this day.
Voice of Greece producers select some of our most beloved tunes from Greece and beyond, aiming to transmit the vibes of Greek conviviality. Songs that bring back memories of special moments, celebrated with good friends.
On Monday, April 7, 2025, “Our Town” with Themis Rodamitis featured a special tribute to the literary Athens of the Belle Époque. The program highlighted figures, circles, literary hangouts, publications, and cafés from the period of the 1880s-1920s.
In the studio, author Dionysis N. Mousmoutis discussed writers, ...
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