Our Global Voice

Nikos Frangos, President of the Hellenic Institute of Culture in Italy, and Lia Drosou, Deputy Mayor of Oraiokastro for Contemporary Culture, Outreach, Tourism Development, and Companion Animal Protection, spoke about the newly established sister city agreement between the Italian village of Bodio Lomnago in the Lombardy Region and the Municipality of Oraiokastro in Thessaloniki. The discussion took place on the Voice of Greece radio program “Our Global Voice,” hosted by Dimitris Kontogiannis, following the recent visit of an Italian delegation led by the Mayor of Bodio Lomnago to Thessaloniki. The partnership is the result of a joint participation by the ... Read more

Filippos Georgopoulos, a gastroenterologist who has been living and working in Dubai for the past 13 years, spoke on the radio show Our Global Voice on Voice of Greece, with host Dimitris Kontogiannis. He discussed life in the UAE — from the climate and everyday living to the growing presence of m...

Vasilis Koufiotis, president of the Greek Community in Morocco, based in Casablanca, shared his personal story and spoke broadly about the presence of Greeks in the country from the previous century to the present day, during an interview on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dim...

Antonis Klapsis, Associate Professor of Modern History and International Politics at the University of the Peloponnese, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the Battle of Crete (1941) and the Genocide of the Pontic Greeks by the forces of Mustafa Kem...

Second-generation Greek expatriate Kostas Konstantinou from South Africa was a guest in the studio of The Voice of Greece, on the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis.He spoke about the recent Forum of Overseas Cypriots, held for the second time in Limassol, his vision for establishing a m...

Daniel Makris, President of the Greek Community of Messina in Sicily, joined the radio program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis on Voice of Greece. He spoke about his family’s history, as well as that of the city’s Greek-descended residents, tracing their roots back several centuries. Mr. Makris ...

Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Giannis Loverdos, who oversees matters concerning the Greek diaspora, joined "Our Global Voice" with Dimitris Kontogiannis from Luxembourg, where he participated in the 134th Session of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. He spoke about his meeting with C...

Greek minority MP Evangelos Doules, who appears to have been re-elected in yesterday’s national elections in Albania, expressed disappointment over the result, as his party failed to defeat the ruling Socialist Party of Prime Minister Edi Rama. Nonetheless, he voiced satisfaction with the "resistance" s...

Greek minority MP Evangelos Doules, who has been elected in Albania since the 1990s—initially with the Omonia–Human Rights Union Party—spoke candidly about the country’s upcoming national elections this Sunday, during his appearance on ERT’s radio Voice of Greece, on the show “Our Global Voice” with...

Ms. Angeliki Oikonomou, who has been living and working in Cargese, Corsica—known as the Greek village of Corsica—since the time of the financial crisis in Greece, spoke on the radio program “Our Global Voice” on Voice of Greece, hosted by Dimitris Kontogiannis. She shared the history of the village...

Haris Theoharis, MP for New Democracy and former Minister of Tourism, is the first Greek candidate for the position of Secretary-General of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). In an interview on Voice of Greece's “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis, he spoke about his candidacy, the...

Greek entrepreneur Thassos Bampalikis, who has been active in the restaurant industry in Portugal since 2015, joined Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis to share his perspective on daily life in Lisbon amid a prolonged blackout, rising living costs, and an ...

Greek-Canadian Gerry (Gerasimos) Sklavounos, former Deputy Minister of Health and Environment in Quebec, joined Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis to discuss the outcome of Canada’s federal elections and its potential impact on U.S.-Canada relations under Presi...

Gonda Van Steen, Professor and Koraes Chair in Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language, and Literature, as well as Director of the Centre for Hellenic Studies at King’s College London, joined Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice”, hosted by Dimitris Kontogiannis, to reflect on a lon...

His Eminence Metropolitan Daniel of Accra spoke on the Voice of Greece radio and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about the traditions upheld by the Orthodox Church of Ghana during Holy Week.

George Rectsinis, a member of the Greek diaspora from Cairo, Egypt, spoke on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis about how Greeks observe Holy Week in the large Muslim country. He shared that they uphold the same customs and traditions as in Greece—such as th...

Michael Kazamias, whose family has lived in Tanzania since the early 20th century, shared a remarkable story on Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis. He spoke about a life-altering experience on his...