It is the Friday edition of the program “Time in Greece”, Back in the Day… takes us back to 1963. We pick up and leaf through "Apogevmatini" newspaper: the Friday, September 12th issue, 62 years ago today!
We read about...
A crime of passion in Galatsi that shocked the whole country.
The politic...
One of the most violent assaults by state and employers against workers took place in Lattimer, Pennsylvania (USA) in 1897. A major uprising and strike of 10,000 coal miners ended with the killing of 19 workers.
Layoffs, wage cuts, rising rents in the shacks where miners lived next to the pits, hostility...
Today we’re talking about e-books and neighborhood bookstores. Joining us are Michalis Kalamaras, publishing consultant at eAnagnostis.gr, and Giannis Tsioubris, owner of the “Monogramma” bookstore in Zephyri. Our discussion focuses on the rise of the e-book in Greece and on local bookstores, which...
A story of struggle and Resistance. Five fighters of EAM (National Liberation Front) are led to the gallows of the Nazi executioners in the square of Lixouri, Kefalonia. They are the professor and philologist Dionysis Ratsiatos, Gavriil Rallatos together with his son Vasileios, Antonis Lixouriotatos,...
Every Friday, "Time in Greece" takes you back into the world of press history. Nikolas Angelidis becomes your time-travel guide, turning the calendar back to a specific date and leafing through the newspapers of that day.
Today, we open the issue of the newspaper“Αθλητική Ηχώ” (Athlitiki Echo) from Fri...
Politician, diplomat, historian, poet, novelist, journalist, essayist, writer, soldier, translator, biographer... All these titles belong to one man – and that’s no exaggeration!
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand, a figure of French literature, fell so deeply in love with Greece –its struggl...
Today we once again turn back the pages of the calendar and open the ledgers of history. We arrive in 1843, on the 3rd of September… A movement breaks out in Athens with the aim of establishing parliamentarianism against absolute monarchy… The uprising proceeds successfully… The absolutism of King ...
Rosa Imvrioti… A monumental chapter—one of the most remarkable—in the history of education in Greece. An educator who transformed teaching methods and a pioneer in special education, she founded the first school for children with intellectual disabilities in 1937.
But her mission was not confined to th...
One of the foremost figures of the Modern Greek Enlightenment… The great Cephalonian prose writer and satirical poet, Andreas Laskaratos, unfolds before us his turbulent life and his rich body of work.
A lawyer never accepted by the establishment, almost a doctor, yet ultimately a rare kind of t...
It is the Friday edition of the program “Time in Greece”, Back in the Day… takes us 50 years or half a century into the past. We leaf through “Eleftherotypia” newspaper. And back then, too, it was a Friday.
We read the news of the time and discover…
The Palestinian issue, already at an impass...
From Alexandria to Marseille, then to Athens, from serving as a wartime radio operator to stepping onto the stage and the big screen to deliver unforgettable laughter—Dinos Iliopoulos is one of the great figures of Greek cinema and theatre.
“Time in Greece" presents his story, his body of work, and...
"Time in Greece" brings to the spotlight the legendary Dire Straits. To stir memories for the older generations – and to let the younger ones discover them…
The iconic guitarist Mark Knopfler, one of the greatest in his field, founded the band in 1977 together with his brother David (also on gui...
Georgios Souris left his mark on his time… Many hated him, but many more adored him.
Called the “modern Aristophanes”, he wrote about kings and their kin – and just when you thought he was praising them, he would, through allegory, turn it into biting satire. He was even prosecuted for it! One poe...
The date is 25 August 1898. We are in Crete. Ottoman groups attack a British military unit and then massacre hundreds of Christians.
The program “Time in Greece” explores the historical and socio-political context, the causes, and the consequences of the massacre.
How and under what circumstances did...
We turn the calendars back. 58 years ago. Back in the Day… Monday, 22 August 1967. In front of us lies a newspaper of that day. It’s the sports weekly OMADA, filled with rich coverage of all the teams and every sport…
So today we learn:
About Olympiacos’ trip to Canada and their matches played ...
General Strike of 1923: On this day, 102 years ago, took place the strike that went down in history and opened the road for new struggles and demands…
1923: After the uprooting and exile of the Greeks of Asia Minor, the working classes endured absolute misery in their labor conditions.
The working c...
How many know the details about the Greek seafarers who sailed with Magellan and Columbus on the first explorations of the world?
The program “Time in Greece” with Nikolas Angelidis sheds light on the history of all the sailors of Greek origin who took part in those early voyages — seafarers from ...
It was on this very day, 19 August 1960, that Belka and Strelka, two mixed-breed stray dogs, traveled into space. The two Soviet strays remained in orbit for a full 24 hours, completing 17 revolutions around the Earth.
Today, the program “Time in Greece” with Nikolas Angelidis tells the story of ...
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