Faraway Words

Writer, actor, director and artistic director of the Greek theatre group ...pros ton ilio (...Toward the Sun), Thodoris Limitsios joined "Faraway Words" from Vienna, where he has lived permanently since 2011. The conversation was prompted by the presentation of his latest novel, One Kiss, at a central...

Musician, singer, and songwriter Katerina Fotinaki, who has been based in Paris for many years, joined "Faraway Words" to discuss the lecture-performance "Someone, I Say, Will Remember Me – Women's Voices from Antiquity to the Present", which she will present alongside Theodora Psychogiou as part o...

Nikos Kastrinakis, President of the World Council of Cretans and President of the American branch of the Eleftherios Venizelos Foundation, was the guest on “Faraway Words” to discuss the 2026 World Congress of Cretans, which will take place in Chania from 21 to 26 July 2026 at the Orthodox Academy of ...

Guests on the program were Yiannis Mavroeidakos, founder of the Desmos Bookstore and Publishing House in Paris, and Isabelle Tloupas, the publishing house’s principal translator. They discussed the latest double issue of the renowned bilingual magazine Desmos, dedicated to the theme of displacement t...

On Wednesday, 17 June 2026, "Faraway Words" welcomed Giota Nakou, founder and director of the Greek Library of London, to discuss one of the most important cultural institutions serving the Greek and Cypriot communities in the British capital. The conversation was sparked by particularly encouraging...

The program featured Maria Karachaliou, Vice President of the Brussels branch of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women. She spoke about her decision to settle in Belgium and about the activities of the Lyceum Club of Greek Women in the Belgian capital since 1992. The discussion highlighted the organization’s c...

Guests on the program from Johannesburg were Dr. Eleni Griva, Professor of Applied Linguistics and Vice Rector at the University of Western Macedonia, Director of the Institute of Greek Language, internationally recognized for her work in promoting Greek as a second/foreign language; Elena Piperidou,...

The internationally acclaimed laouto player and composer Vasilis Kostas was the guest on "Faraway Words." The Grammy-nominated Greek musician, based in the United States and a graduate of Berklee College of Music, is returning to Greece for a special performance at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus with...

One of the most distinguished Greek scientists of the Diaspora, Dr. Vasilis Vasiliou, was the guest on the program. He is Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Yale School of Public Health, part of Yale University. Through his academic research, Dr. Vasiliou...

Guest on the program was Spyros Pilos, co-founder of the cultural organization “Mitos,” based in Luxembourg. Mr. Pilos spoke about the wide-ranging activities of the non-profit cultural organization, which seeks to strengthen the connection between Greece and Luxembourg and promote contemporary Gre...

Guest on the program was Panagiotis Roilos, Professor of Modern Greek Studies and Comparative Literature and holder of the George Seferis Chair at Harvard University. He spoke about Greek-language education on the other side of the Atlantic, as well as the European Cultural Centre of Delphi, of which...

Guests on the program included: Nektarios Filippopoulos, who introduced listeners to the secrets of mushrooms, on the occasion of his special appearance at ARK. Georgia Panagopoulou and Giannis Tsiatsianis, who shared their passion for wine and wine tourism, revealing what visitors will experience...

In this episode of "Faraway Words", the program connected with Munich for a conversation with Christina Astrapidou, President of the Federation of Thracian Associations of Europe. A member of the Greek diaspora herself, Christina Astrapidou spoke about the Federation’s mission and activities, as w...

Angeliki Spiridakis was the guest on “Faraway Words”. She is the founder and director of Music from Greece, the nonprofit organization that now officially serves as Greece’s National Music Export Office. Ms. Spiridakis spoke about the organization and its efforts to promote contemporary Greek music...

Soprano Vasia Alati, a permanent resident of Vienna, joined us on the program and spoke about her professional journey, from Athens to Vienna and from there to some of the world’s major opera stages in Germany, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, France, South Korea, Cyprus, and Albania. The occasion f...

Vasilis Adrahtas, Coordinator of the Greek Studies Program at the University of New South Wales, was welcomed to the studio of Voice of Greece. We spoke about his personal journey, from Australia to Athens and back to Australia, about Greek-language education in Sydney, as well as his professional...

One day before the First Semi-Final, Akylas speaks with Ariadni-Sofia Kouri about Ferto and the Greek entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026!

Journalist Ariadni-Sofia Kouri joined the program to convey the atmosphere of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026, while a telephone interview she conducted with Akylas, who is representing Greece in this year’s competition, was also broadcast. The program also featured Mr Alexandros Theodosiadis, p...