Take Your Time

In the second hour of the radio show "Take Your Time", on Thursday, 24 July, the guest in the studio of Voice of Greece was Vassilis Xiros.Greece’s Consul General in Shanghai from 2015 to 2019, Xiros is the director of the film "A Day in Shanghai", which is available on ERTflix through the end of A...

In Thursday’s episode, 24 July 2025, we began with a roundup of current affairs and the day’s headlines from the internet and newspapers. Right after that, we spoke with Mr. Filippos Fortomas, Member of Parliament for the Cyclades with New Democracy and Chair of the Special Permanent Committee of the...

On the Wednesday, 23 July 2025 episode, we began with an evening greeting from distant Australia. We connected live with Sydney to speak with the Greek Consul, Giannis Malikourtis, just days before the end of his term and his return to Greece. He shared his experiences from nearly three years in office,...

On the Tuesday, 22 July 2025 edition of the show, we discussed the ongoing heatwave and weather forecast with Kostas Lagouvardos, Research Director at the National Observatory of Athens. After our review of the day’s newspapers, we turned to tourism, connecting live with Heraklion, Crete, for a conversation w...

On Monday's show, 21 July 2025, we started the day with a warm good morning from Corfu, as ERT correspondent Giannis Andriotis brought us the latest news from the island. Right after the headlines from the web and the press, we turned to European economic affairs. Emeritus ProfCofuessor of Economics...

Greek educator Giota Stavridou, currently on secondment in Melbourne, was today’s guest on "Take Your Time" with Prokopis Agelopoulos, live from the studio of Voice of Greece. Ms. Stavridou is the coordinator of the Pedagogical Institute’s program "Hellenism of Anatolia – from the Aegean to Pontu...

On the Friday edition of "Take Your Time", 18 July 2025, we began the day with a live check-in from the island of Ikaria. ERT correspondent Giorgos Vitsaras gave us an update on the ongoing tourist season.Right after the day's headlines, we turned to current affairs in a conversation with Mr. Giorgos...

On the Thursday edition of the show, 17 July, we said good morning to Despina Amarantidou, ERT’s correspondent in Kozani, who brought us the latest news from the region along with highlights of local festivals and summer gatherings. Then, following a look at the headlines from news sites and newspapers, w...

In the Friday edition of the show, 11 July 2025, after our usual look at the headlines from news websites and newspapers, we connected live with Samos, where Anastasia Miliou, Director of Research at the Archipelagos Institute, informed us about the presence of jellyfish in Greek waters. Ms. Miliou...

In an interview with Voice of Greece and the show "Take Your Time", Louka Katseli discussed the 2015–2019 period, the referendum, today’s economy, and the lasting impact of the bailout years. She also touched on the role of banks and the law that went down in history bearing her name—a law that serve...

In Thursday’s episode, 10 July 2025, we began with a good morning from Chios and learned many interesting things about mastiha production, as well as the problems and challenges faced by mastiha producers, from the president of the Chios Mastiha Growers Association, Mr. Giorgos Toumbos. Right after t...

On the Wednesday edition of the show, 09 July 2025, we said good morning to ERT's correspondent in Mytilene, Anastasia Spyridaki, and got the latest news from the island of Lesvos. After a look at the headlines, we discussed current affairs with Christos Mytilinios, political editor at political.gr. In...

Professor of Physics and High-Performance Architecture, Matthaios Santamouris, was a guest in the studio of Voice of Greece on the show “Take Your Time.” In this fascinating interview with Prokopis Agelopoulos, he discusses the impact of the Climate Crisis on temperature fluctuations in densely pop...

In the Tuesday edition of the show, 8 July 2025, after covering the latest news from the internet and the front pages of the newspapers, we focused on the issue of the climate crisis, prompted by the heatwave and high temperatures currently affecting our country. We spoke with Mr. Theodoros Giannaros,...

On the Monday, July 7th, 2025 episode, after the top headlines from online media and newspapers, we discussed the latest political developments with Kostas Poulakidas, political editor at the newspaper Avgi. We wrapped up the first hour with international news, presented by Ivana Djordjevic. The...

Dr. Marianna Charountaki, Assistant Professor of International Politics at the University of Lincoln in the UK, was a guest on the radio show "Take Your Time" with Prokopis Agelopoulos on Voice of Greece. She shared her journey from Panteion University in Athens to the UK, through several countries...

On the Friday, 04 July 2025 episode of “Take Your Time”, we began with a look at the day’s top headlines from major news portals and newspapers. In the first hour, political analyst Manos Oikonomidis joined us to discuss the current political landscape. During the second hour, we were introduced to Dr...

On Thursday’s edition of “Take Your Time”, 03 July 2025, the program opened with a roundup of current affairs and headlines from major news portals and newspapers. Political analyst Maria Karaklioumi joined to discuss the latest developments on the political front. In the second hour, we connected live ...