Time In Greece

Ο συγγραφέας, σκηνοθέτης, σεναριογράφος, ζωγράφος Θανάσης Σκρουμπέλος φιλοξενείται στην εκπομπή ΩΡΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ και τον Νικόλα Αγγελίδη. Μας μεταφέρει με αφηγηματικό τρόπο τις ιστορίες των βιβλίων του. Αφορμή για τη συνάντηση μας αποτέλεσε μια άγνωση ποδοσφαιρική ιστορία της Χούντας με πρωταγωνίστρια την ομάδα της Καλλιθέας. Μιλάει με πάθος για τα όσα έζησε, όσα ανακάλυψε μέσα από ... Read more

We travel back to 1810 and trace the history of Oktoberfest, the world’s largest beer festival, to the present day. How and why did it begin? How did it become an institution? What connections might it have with Greece? Which customs have survived through the years to become traditions? And what music i...

We leaf through the sports newspaper OMADA, dated Tuesday, 16 October 1962—64 years ago—and discover that… Panathinaikos steamrolled Apollon Kalamarias with an emphatic 6–1 victory. Giorgos Sideris and Thanasis Bembis are no longer welcome at Olympiacos! T saknanti, Petridis, and Skevofylax shoulde...

Actress Thalassini Bostantzoglou joins Nikolas Angelidis on “Time in Greece” to talk about her passion for the stage, her roles in successful television series, and her latest projects. She also discusses her parents, each with a distinguished career in the arts, her grandfather—the legendary Bost—...

Stories of military campaigns and catastrophe in remarkable places… Asia Minor engulfed in flames and devastation… A comic book offers readers a deeper understanding of the history of the Asia Minor Catastrophe. Spyros Theocharis and Chrysavgi Sakellaropoulou have created a distinctive work, pub...

We explore the biggest wins in Greek Cup history, uncovering a match that ended 23–0 (!) and plenty of other victories with double-digit goal tallies. Join us as we turn back the clock and revisit some of the most astonishing moments in the competition’s history. Produced and presented by Nikolas Ang...

Author Thanasis Karagiannis, who holds a doctorate in Education, joins Nikolas Angelidis on “Time in Greece” to discuss his latest work, “Theater Criticism for Little Ones” (Κριτική Θεάτρου για νήπια, παιδιά και εφήβους). For nearly half a century, Karagiannis has championed literature and culture. A rese...

As we do every Friday, we leaf through a newspaper from the past. Today, we travel back to 1965 with the Saturday, 9 October edition of “Apogevmatini.” Among the stories we read: New military leadership under Lieutenant General Tsolakas—is the groundwork being laid for a coup? Soviet Foreign Minis...

A remarkable man from beautiful Morfi, a mountain village in the municipality of Voio, Kozani, in Western Macedonia. Michalis Daniil arrived in the United States in 1956 with his lifelong partner, Eleni, in search of a better life. Through his music and orchestra, he left an enduring mark on New York...

A rebetiko gathering that has won hearts and become a firm favorite. Now an established tradition, the Rebetiko Festival returns for its third consecutive year, opening on Friday, 9 October, for three days of music. Bands and musicians from across Greece, Cyprus, and abroad are preparing an unforgettable...

“Time in Greece” has researched and compiled the biggest wins in the history of the Greek football championship. From Olympiacos’s 11–0 victory over Fostiras in 1974 to Ethnikos’s ten goals against Atromitos in 1981. From Proodeftiki’s nine goals against Olympiacos Nicosia in 1970 to Panathinaikos’s 9–1 win over ...

Kelly Ioannou, a clinical criminologist with a PhD in digital criminology, joins Nikolas Angelidis on “Time in Greece.” We explore serious issues affecting children and adults, focusing on the pitfalls of artificial intelligence and the unchecked use of mobile phones. We also discuss crimes in whi...

We leaf through the sports pages of “Ta Nea” from Saturday, 2 October 1971, and read that… The league takes on fresh interest. AEK offers a bonus of 20,000 drachmas for the major victory over Inter. Olympiacos returns from freezing Moscow after its triumph over Dynamo. The junta’s Secreta...

Thousands of Greeks and Armenians in Smyrna were saved in August 1922, as the city burned, thanks to a Japanese captain and his crew who defied threats and braved the flames. Now, 104 years later, the story of the Japanese ship Tokei Maru continues to yield extraordinary accounts of courage and rescue. What...

Which U.S. states have the largest Greek populations? A major study of the Greek diaspora in the United States reveals some surprising findings through facts and figures. Do Astoria and New York lead the way, or do other areas take the top spots when measured as a share of the population?

Michalis Papazoglou left his mark on both Panathinaikos and the Greek Resistance. He is credited with bringing the clover, a symbol familiar to Greeks from Asia Minor, to the club. Born in Chalcedon, Constantinople, Papazoglou joined Panathinaikos in 1912. He spent seven years competing in the javelin...

A book with two sides… Antonis Kasitas’s "Αντικριστά Κάτοπτρα" (Facing Mirrors) brings together haiku poetry and the author’s eye for photography. Its 200 short poetic fragments create a world of observation, memory and reflection. Everyday moments, human figures, the passage of time, decay, lonelin...