Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGreece's visa program for Turkish visitors and the ongoing efforts to maintain calm in the Aegean
Episode 963
Greece has just opened a new vacation visa terminal for Turkish visitors this week as part of a diplomatic effort to ease long-standing tensions betw…
2 years, 7 months ago
Turkey's opposition stuns Erdogan with historic win in local elections
Episode 962
Less than a year after securing another term, Turkish President Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party suffered its worst defeat in its 22-year hist…
2 years, 7 months ago
Is Erdogan's invite to the White House a diplomatic win?
Episode 961
On Friday US and Turkish officials confirmed that Turkey’s President Erdogan will visit the White House on May 9th, a move that has been described as…
2 years, 7 months ago
Quest for an antique reveals Thessaloniki's multilayered past
Episode 960
Can a small antique table give us insight into the history of an entire city and its broader connections to the region? A recent quest for such an an…
2 years, 7 months ago
Can changes in higher education turn Greece into a global education hub?
Episode 959
A few weeks ago Greece passed a law allowing the operation of private, non-profit universities, including allowing foreign private universities to se…
2 years, 7 months ago
50 years after the Metapolitefsi: What lessons does it hold for democracy?
Episode 958
Earlier this year Kathimerini organized a three-day conference looking back at the 50 years since the restoration of democracy in Greece in 1974, or …
2 years, 7 months ago
Lord Byron and the Greek Revolution
Episode 957
As we celebrate Greek independence day today, March 25th, we’re going to take a deeper look at one of the crucial figures of the Greek Revolution of …
2 years, 7 months ago
Focus on Cyprus: From President Biden's letter to Greek Independence Day celebrations
Episode 956
This past week Washington’s attention has been on Cyprus and the humanitarian corridor from Gaza, from President Biden’s letter thanking President Ch…
2 years, 7 months ago
Why NATO's tolerance of Turkey's occupation of Cyprus weakens its case on Ukraine
Episode 955
With Ukraine facing a resurgent Russia, NATO leaders have been clear that they do not and “will never recognize Russia’s illegal and illegitimate ann…
2 years, 7 months ago
Erdogan says all of Cyprus could have been Turkish
Episode 954
In a speech on Monday Turkey’s President Erdogan not only defended the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, but went even further, stating that if Tur…
2 years, 7 months ago