Time In Greece

How a foreign-language teacher and a firefighter decided to travel the whole world and turned it into a life bet. We meet Athanasia Velliou and Danis Staios and travel with them to 58 (!) countries, learning about their experiences… The couple from Thessaloniki finds time in everyday life to escape… and...

Author Eleni Birbili is a guest on "Time in Greece" with Nikolas Angelidis, where she talks about her latest work, the outstanding novel “Δεν είσαι μόνη" (You Are Not Alone). The plot is gripping and keeps readers in a constant state of suspense… Ariadni meets “Augustus” online and falls passionat...

Film director Ismini Sakellaropoulou presents the documentary "Pass for Solidarity", which sheds light on a dark and blood-soaked chapter in the history of the Balkans: the period of NATO’s bombings of the former Yugoslavia. In April 1999, amid ongoing air raids, AEK dares to undertake a historic j...

It’s Friday, and we open the old chest of newspapers, leafing through news items and stories from another era. In front of us lies the newspaper “Ta Nea” of Saturday, 12 December 1987, as we wander through its sports pages. And this is what we discover… • The draw for the World Cup qualifiers and the a...

Sotiria Maragkozaki, author of the book White Dog, Black Dog, which recounts the life, actions and struggles of Nikos Vavoudis, is a guest on the program "Time in Greece" with Nikolas Angelidis. Nikos Vavoudis, also known as Raikos, remained faithful to his ideology until the very end. He was imprisoned...

We turn back time… as we do every Friday in our “Back then” segment.We open the newspaper Apogevmatini, dated Monday, 5 December 1977. Forty-eight years ago. And we discover… Andreas Papandreou’s messages to Konstantinos Karamanlis, shortly after the parliamentary elections The lament of a refu...

Athina Vorilla was born in Manhattan, studied journalism, and worked — among others — for the New York Times. Yet nostalgia for her father’s music and her lifelong love for Greece brought her here… This New Yorker, who declares herself in love with Schinoussa, has been living in Greece since 2005. S...

An orange alert has been issued in Attica over the region’s water reserves, and the deteriorating situation appears to strengthen the case for the newly announced “Evrytos” plan, presented as a comprehensive response to the crisis. Residents of Evrytania, however, are expressing strong opposition. They ...

It’s the program “Listen & See, Look & Hear”, with Nikolas Angelidis and Grigoris Nanis at the helm… And today we’re poking around the strange, the curious and the downright unbelievable — the kind of stories you’ve probably never heard of, nor even imagined. So, here’s what we uncover… ...

Katerina Tsiridou and Nikos Protopapas are hosted on the program "Time in Greece" by Nikolas Angelidis. They present for the first time songs from their new album “Armonia – Rebetiko Guitars Project 3”.

As we do every Friday on the program "Time in Greece" with Nikolas Angelidis at the microphone, we dive into history, leafing through old newspapers.Today we’re looking at the historic sports daily “Omada”, as we travel back to 1961. And here’s what we discover… Panathinaikos betting on fresh blo...

It is the moving story of Markos Kikivarakis, who lost his sight as a child but continues to watch his beloved team, AEK, by going to the stadium and following them wherever they play. He is one of the rare cases worldwide… He can describe what is happening on the pitch better than anyone. Grigoris H...

The program "Time in Greece" with Nikolas Angelidis presents the band "Mousikoi Periigites" (Musical Travelers). Lyricist Giannis Delis and composer–singer Panagiotis Koulouris talk about the band’s 25-year journey, their musical style, and the songs that carry their own stories. Join us as we enjoy the...

It feels like a poorly made American movie. In truth, reality surpasses the realm of imagination and turns into a relentless “witch hunt.” It is the era of McCarthyism in the United States, and Hollywood is accused of being “red.” The “exterminators” must find their targets… and they arrive at a list of ...

We turn the clocks back and read together the press of the time, as we do every Friday in the “Back then” segment of the program “Time in Greece”. Today we leaf through Aigyptos (Tachydromos) of the Greek community of Alexandria. And we learn about… • The liberation struggle of Cyprus – As if not...

The program “Time in Greece” and Nikolas Angelidis welcome two creators of the remarkable theatre–documentary production “Listen, Kid… Piraeus Was Bombed.” Writer Spyros Asimenios (together with Ermis Peristeris) and actress Lydia Giannousaki speak about the production, currently staged at the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus. The play brings memories to the surface and revisits the true story that history wrote in dark letters: the bombing of Piraeus by Allied forces on 11 January 1944 — one of the most harrowing chapters of our country’s past. We learn how events led to that moment, what happened in Piraeus on that fateful day, ... Read more

Today’s program is dedicated to the legendary saltadoroi (children and teenagers in occupied Athens who jumped onto moving trucks to steal food and supply starving families.)Katerina Katsari, creator of the documentary Korona-Grammata: The Saltadoroi of Athens (Heads or Tails: The Saltadoroi of Athens) j...

The acclaimed actor Giannis Bostantzoglou is the guest of "Time in Greece" with Nikolas Angelidis.He talks about everything: his childhood years, his love for sports — which is how he began — as well as theatre, television, and the people close to him who play such an important role in his life. ...