Eleni Winckel Moraitou, a member of the International Ravensbrück Committee (IRK-CIR) at the Greek Embassy in Berlin, appeared on the show to discuss the commemorative events for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Ravensbrück concentration camp. As she highlighted, this is a story that r...
Guests on the Wednesday, April 30th broadcast:
Manos Oikonomidis, journalist and political analyst at ysterografa.gr
Haris Mamoulakis, SYRIZA MP for Heraklion
Georgios Chrousos, Professor of Pediatrics and Endocrinology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
Vasilis...
Vasilis Kratsas from the village of Xylosyrtis in Ikaria spoke to the program “Fair Winds and Following Seas” and Voice of Greece.
“My childhood years were difficult,” he begins, “and that’s what led me to the sea.”
“I graduated from the Hephaestus School of Marine Engineering and signed on f...
Greek-Canadian Gerry (Gerasimos) Sklavounos, former Deputy Minister of Health and Environment in Quebec, joined Voice of Greece and the program “Our Global Voice” with Dimitris Kontogiannis to discuss the outcome of Canada’s federal elections and its potential impact on U.S.-Canada relations under Presi...
Ioanna Lou (née Vasilakopoulou) was born in Athens in 1968. She studied journalism and worked in magazine publishing for six years. In 1998, she moved to Paris for postgraduate studies, first at Paris III and later at Paris IV Sorbonne, specializing in comparative and travel literature.Her doctoral ...
Maria Papaleontiou, the distinguished vocalist known for her notable collaborations, was a guest of Alexis Kostas on “Voices and Music.”
The acclaimed radio series “Unguarded Passage” presents a revealing audio documentary on the assassination of Grigoris Lambrakis and the shadowy operations of the deep state behind it. Drawing from documents once sealed in the files of the State Security Services and Intelligence Agencies, this bro...
On April 27, 1941, the Wehrmacht marched into Athens. They found a city emptied of life — streets and squares abandoned, homes tightly shuttered. It was, unmistakably, one of the first great collective acts of spontaneous resistance by the people against the invader.
It begins with the unforgettable vo...
On Wednesday, April 30th at 12:00 PM Athens time, the radio program “Faraway Words” sets its course for Germany.
The featured guest is Mr. Kostas Kachrimanidis, president of Omogenia Germanias e.V., the Federation of the Greek Diaspora in Germany. He will speak about the upcoming parade to be hel...
Nikoletta Dioli meets Rebetiko on canvas… A different kind of exhibition, steeped in emotion, opens its doors on Monday, April 28, 2025. It is a tribute in paint to today’s rebetiko musicians — men and women who, with passion and soul, keep this timeless tradition alive. “These are my Saints of Rebetiko, my noble ladies of Rebetiko,” Nikoleta Dioli says with disarming honesty. She is a guest in the studio of Voice of Greece, accompanied by Stelios Papadopoulos and Giorgos Zorbas — two seasoned musicians with long, admired journeys in rebetiko song. Together, we listen to live performances of songs that inspired the exhibition and discover how the ... Read more
Stathis Siomos was born in the Psyrri neighborhood of Athens, where he spent his childhood, and later moved to Petroupoli, where he still resides. His family roots trace back to Dodoni in Ioannina. A graduate of a programming school, he has also studied journalism and attended seminars in psychology,...
The show pays tribute to Greek 'rebetiko' music, featuring artists who made history in the genre as well as rare recordings and new releases.
Each week, seven poems—one Greek poem a day—travel across the airwaves of Voice of Greece, reaching Greek communities across the world.The week of April 28 to May 4, 2025, is dedicated to the poet Ioanna Lou.
Ioanna Lou (née Vasilakopoulou) was born in Athens in 1968. She studied journalism and ...
Stathis Siomos was born in the Psyrri neighborhood of Athens, where he spent his childhood, and later moved to Petroupoli, where he still resides. His family roots trace back to Dodoni in Ioannina. A graduate of a programming school, he has also studied journalism and attended seminars in psychology,...
“Our Town” presents a special episode titled The Art of Remembering. Inspired by the eponymous film by Anneta Papathanasiou, the episode follows a visual and emotional journey into memory, trauma, healing, and reconciliation.Joining the conversation is visual artist Artemis Alc...
Why do we give things up—possessions, comfort, even our lives—in the name of love, faith, or hope? Is sacrifice a sacred act—or a way to make sense of fear and chaos? Do we need suffering to forgive, to grow, to be reborn?
On the next episode of the English-language show #InfinitelyCurious with ...
“Unguarded Passage” presents the documentary episode “From Haidari to Kaisariani: The Execution of 200 Communists on May Day 1944”.
In the early hours of May 1, 1944, German military trucks transported 200 communist prisoners from the notorious Nazi detention camp in Haidari to the execu...
A documentary-style exploration of the history of rebetiko and our traditional folk music… Who were the main figures, and what were they called?Nikolas Angelidis walks the paths of history, attempting to turn back time to exceptionally captivating moments… What was the real name of the legendary Pro...
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