Time In Greece

Ο Νικόλας Αγγελίδης και η εκπομπή ΩΡΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ γυρίζουν πίσω τα ημερολόγια στις πιο σκληρές στιγμές για το ελληνικό ποδόσφαιρο. Μαθαίνουμε την ιστορία των ποδοσφαιριστών που έφυγαν από τη ζωή μέσα στους αγωνιστικούς χώρους ή έξω απ' αυτούς. Είναι μια έρευνα σε βάθος και με πολύ ψάξιμο, που μας πάει πίσω στο 192...

Μια ιστορία θα σας πω, και δυο... για τον Βαμβακάρη τον "Κοιλιά", τον αδερφό του Μάρκου. Μέγας και τρανός στο μπουζούκι, γλέντησε με τις πενιές του γενιές και γενιές στην Ελλάδα αλλά και στο Αμέρικα... Χρόνια έζησε εκεί, έκανε οικογένεια, αγαπήθηκε στη νύχτα και στη δισκογραφία όσο λίγοι. Ήταν καλοσυν...

Today we travel to Platanorevma, Kozani, to meet the local team — the winged Ermis. Everything you need to know about the history and home ground of the club competing this season in the B Division of the Kozani Football Clubs Association. We also listen to the team’s outstanding club anthem.

Elpida Karamandi — the heroine of the Partisans. A woman who became a symbol of the Resistance in former Yugoslavia. Honoured in 1951 with the title of Hero of Yugoslavia, her legacy lives on today in monuments, streets, and even schools that bear witness to the heroic Greek woman from Florina. She d...

We turn the calendar back to 1985 and leaf through the sports newspaper “Filathlos”, dated Wednesday, 30 January. Here’s what we read about… The incredible incidents in Salamina and the brutal beating of a referee during the match Aias Salaminas – Anagennisi Artas Anthimos Kapsis being removed f...

With a name as weighty as history itself…The child of the refugees from Fanari, who put down roots in Perama… Founded in 1927, wearing yellow and black and bearing—at first—the emblem of the double-headed eagle, AE Peramatos has inscribed its own indelible chapter in the history of amateur sport. ...

A tribute to the life and work of Thymios Karakatsanis, the great Aristophanic actor…In his own words, he speaks about theater, his combative presence on stage, the struggles of peoples for justice, Tambouria, and Karolos Koun…

We turn the calendar back 65 years… “Back in the day”, we open the newspaper Apogevmatini, dated Monday, 23 January 1961, and read that: John F. Kennedy was sworn in as President of the United States A chauffeur deliberately injured his wife Robots will take over the management of businesses in th...

What was Athens’ original name? When is the city first recorded in history?This program invites listeners to a journey through the history of the Greek capital and its course across the centuries. An encounter with lesser-known aspects of Athens’ past—facts and stories you may never have heard, read ...

We explore the history of Mandrakiakos and listen to the club’s anthem, celebrating a team that has risen as far as the Gamma Ethniki. As every Tuesday, the program "Time in Greece" is dedicated to grassroots sport. From the turbulent past of Mandra, traced back to antiquity, to the sporting journey o...

On this day, January 19… One of the greatest maritime tragedies in history occurred. The SS Heimara, carrying 616 people (530 passengers and 86 crew members), sank in the South Euboean Gulf. An explosion rocked the ship, which turned into a shapeless mass and drifted uncontrollably for an hour and a...

We open the newspaper Ta Nea of Thursday, 16 January 1992, and turn to the sports pages to read about… Oleh Blokhin taking Olympiacos to court—over serious money owed Kostas Generakis, president of AEK Athens, warning he may resign—why, exactly? Giorgos Vardinogiannis urging calm Argyris Salia...

Greek-Australian historical researcher Nikos Dallas is a guest on the program "Time in Greece", hosted by Nikolas Angelidis. He speaks about the major and long-overdue effort to document the fighters of the Democratic Army of Greece (DSE) who sought refuge in Tashkent after the Greek Civil War. This...

We go back to 1973 looking for the roots of the historic Ethnikos Katerinis. It's the team of the railway district of Katerini, with the front of a train as its emblem. The club has competed in the national championships, the Gamma Ethniki and Delta Ethniki, and has won the Pieria Championship three...

The story and struggles of the legendary Nikos Marambotas. A leading figure of ELAS and EPON in the Eastern districts of Attica. His action against the occupying forces and their local collaborators. Hand-to-hand battles in Kaisariani, Ilisia, and Zografou. Arrested at the age of eighteen, imprisoned...

In the “Back in the day…” segment of the program “Time in Greece”, we read together the newspaper Eleftherotypia of 9 January 1978. We revisit and learn about: The forthcoming visit of Konstantinos Karamanlis to Moscow The danger facing dozens of people cut off in villages due to heavy snowfall ...

It is July 1966. The political scene is in deep turmoil… Mikis Theodorakis dares—by Greek standards—the impossible… He takes his music into an open-air space! For the first time in history, a concert is held for thousands of people. Romiosyni by Giannis Ritsos is performed for the first time. Everyon...