ERT continues to strengthen its connection with Hellenism everywhere through the new program of ERT COSMOS, the international channel of public television.
With news, fiction, Greek cinema, documentaries and programs dedicated to the Greek Diaspora, ERT COSMOS brings images, faces and stories from Greece to Greeks abroad every day.
Updates
Connections | Daily from Monday to Friday, at 05:00 (Greece Time)
Every morning, "Connections" provides the first comprehensive picture of current affairs. With reports, connections, interviews, analyses and an emphasis on the Region, Kostas Papachlimintzos and Katerina Douka highlight the small and big issues in politics, society and the economy.
Presentation: Kostas Papachlimintzos, Katerina Douka
News Bulletins | Daily at 09:00, 12:00, 15:00, 18:00,
21:00, 04:00 (Greece Time)
The ERTNEWS news bulletin with consistency in the battle of information.
Greek Cinema
ERT COSMOS enriches its program with daily films of old Greek cinema, which are screened daily from Monday to Friday at 19:00 (Greek Time), bringing classic moments of Greek cinematic history to the audience.
At the same time, the channel inaugurates the zone of new Greek cinema, with screenings of contemporary films starting on Friday, May 8, 2026, with the film "The Only Life of Taxidion".
The Only Journey of Life | Friday, May 8, 2026,
at 23:00 (Greece Time)
The childhood of Georgios Vizyenos in a tailor's shop in Constantinople, in the mid-19th century, his daydreams and the influence on his psyche of the stories of his grandfather, who lived dressed as a girl until the age of 10 so as not to become a janissary.
Directed by: Lakis Papastathis
Greek Documentary Zone
A separate zone dedicated to Greek documentary, with stories that illuminate society, history, memory and modern Greek culture.
The Mother of the Station | Saturday, May 8, 2026, at 22:00 (Greece Time)
Greek documentary produced in 2022, 80 minutes long. The documentary "The Mother of the Station" follows the lives of women who immigrated to Germany from the 60s to 1973.
World War II cast its shadow not only on European, but also on Greek history. For Greece, it meant the great exodus from the villages to foreign lands.
Screenplay-Director: Kostoula Tomadaki
New Show
Roots Abroad | Every Wednesday, at 16:00 Greek Time
A weekly hour-long television show that focuses on the activities of Greeks abroad and the most important news of the Greek Diaspora. The show showcases the modern face of Greeks in the Diaspora, through interviews with 3rd and 4th generation Greeks, scientists and artists who have emigrated in recent years, representatives of Greek diaspora organizations around the world, as well as our compatriots who, having their homeland as their starting point, travel and present their work abroad.
Greek Series
Electra | Daily Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday,
at 16:00 (Greece Time)
The period erotic drama "Electra", directed by Vicky Manolis and written by Mantos Arvanitis and Thomas Tsampanis, returns to ERT with the third series of episodes.
From sun to sun | Monday to Thursday, at 23:00 (Greece Time)
The period drama series is based on the homonymous dialogue by Mary Kontzoglou and narrates the events of the Serifos miners' strike in 1916. Through fiction and historical documentation, we watch Perseus, the son of a miner, work "from sun to sun", face dangers and fall in love with Andromeda, the daughter of his enemy, while fighting for humane working conditions.
Directed by: Vassilis Tselemegos, Christos Anagnostopoulos
Screenplay: Maria Georgiadou
With this message, I am pleased to inform you about ERT's international channel, which is called ERT COSMOS (replacing the name ERT World).
This is a new dynamic chapter for public television, which further strengthens its extroversion, aspires to be a bridge that will bring closer all those who love Greece and would like to connect with it, while at the same time strengthening ties with Greeks living abroad.
In the link below you will find more information (Greek & English language):
https://press.ert.gr/deltia-typou/ert-cosmos-to-diethnes-kanali-tis-ert-sti-nea-epochi/
In addition, the ERT COSMOS program is renewed and enriched with news, fiction, Greek cinema, documentaries and programs dedicated to the Greek Diaspora. More information can be found here (Greek & English):
ERT COSMOS is available worldwide and in the link below you will find the connection methods [satellite, cable and internet (IPTV), worldwide]:
https://www.ert.gr/tv/ertworld-connect-gr/
Social media is also being renamed from ERT World to ERT COSMOS — the same accounts remain active.
- https://www.facebook.com/ertcosmos
- On Instagram, the name change will be completed within days. However, the channel account is the same and those who already follow the channel will see the relevant posts in the following hyperlink:
https://www.instagram.com/ertworld?igsh=OXZtd2kyNGw0a2Yy
With warm regards,
Konstantinos Danassis
Consul General of Greece
Tampa, Florida
Consulate General of Greece/Consulate General of Greece
400 North Tampa Street Suite 1160
TampaFL 33602
Phone: + 1 (813) 865 0200
Fax: + 1 (813) 865-0206
https://www.mfa.gr/usa/en/consulate-general-in-tampa/
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E-MAIL: grgencon.tam@mfa.gr
