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My Afternoon With Zorba: When Mikis Theodorakis was Banned in Greece
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During the time of the military junta in Greece from 1967 to 1974, Greek composer and activist Mikis Theodorakis' music was banned.
By Bill Thomas
The road to my afternoon with Zorba began in 1968. I was in the US Navy...
Culture
Mikis Theodorakis, World-Renowned Greek Composer, Turns 96
Mikis Theodorakis, who has been a Greek patriot, a politician and a world-famous composer in his long career, celebrated his 96th birthday.
Culture
Mikis Theodorakis: I Remain a Greek Soldier Defending our Rights
Mikis Theodorakis, the world renowned composer and lyricist, who turned 95 recently, said on Friday that he remains a soldier in defense of the nation's rights in the face of Turkish aggressiveness.
In a statement, he accepts that in the...
Culture
Premier Mitsotakis Meets With Composer Mikis Theodorakis
Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Saturday afternoon with the great composer and lyricist Mikis Theodorakis at the latter's home in Athens.
The two men have a long-lasting relationship since Theodorakis was also friends with the Prime Minister's father, Konstantinos...
Culture
Mikis Theodorakis Returns Home After Lengthy Hospital Stay
Composer Mikis Theodorakis was released from the hospital on Thursday after sixteen days of treatment for a heart condition.
Theodorakis, 93, was transported on February 26 to the private Iatriko Kentro clinic in a northern suburb of Athens.
The globally-renowned composer...
Culture
Mikis Theodorakis Treated for Heart Problems in Hospital
Renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has been hospitalized in Athens for over a week after suffering from heart problems, a hospital source said Thursday.
Theodorakis, 93, was transported on February 26 to the private Iatriko Kentro clinic in a northern...
Greece
Greek Composer Mikis Theodorakis Calls on MPs to Vote Against Prespa Agreement
Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis in an open letter published by the Greek daily Ta Nea on Saturday calls on Greek Parliamentarians to vote against the Prespa Agreement.
Theodorakis calls on all 300 members of the Parliament not to support ''this...
Greece
Mikis Theodorakis Discharged from Greek Hospital
Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis was discharged from the Athens Medical Centre on Tuesday after three days of treatment.
Theodorakis, 93, had been rushed to hospital on Friday after experiencing intense chest pain and suffering from a heart irregularity. Doctors said...
Culture
Greek Composer Mikis Theodorakis Suffers Major Heart Attack
Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis is out of immediate danger at an Athens hospital after having suffered a major heart attack.
Sources told Athens Macedonian News Agency that Theodorakis, 93, was rushed to the hospital on Friday after feeling intense chest pain...
Greece
Greek Composer Mikis Theodorakis Calls 'Macedonia' Deal 'National Humiliation'
Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has launched a stinging attack against the SYRIZA-led government over the 'North Macedonia' agreement signed last week, calling it "national humiliation".
In an article, Theodorakis says the decision to sign the deal has enraged the Greek people....
Greece
Greek Gov't Attacks Mikis Theodorakis over Speech at "Macedonia" Rally
"The shift of Mr. Theodorakis to intolerant and politically extreme positions is a sad development," Greek government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Monday.
Speaking to national broadcaster ERT, Tzanakopoulos criticized harshly the presence and speech of renowned composer Mikis Theodorakis...
Greece
Macedonia will Always be Greek, says Mikis Theodorakis at Huge Athens Rally
Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis made an emotional defense of the Greekness of Macedonia during a speech to hundreds of thousands of Greeks in Athens on Sunday.
"Macedonia is and will always be Greek," he said to a huge applause by...
Crime
Mikis Theodorakis House Vandalized over Macedonia Rally (video)
The house of world-renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis was vandalized on Saturday, on the eve of the 'Macedonia is Greece' rally where he is the main speaker.
Unknown assailants sprayed red paint at his house situated near the Acropolis.
They also...
Greece
Mikis Theodorakis to Address 'Macedonia is Greece' Rally
World-renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis is to address crowds at a major Athens rally on Sunday called against use of the term 'Macedonia' by the government in Skopje.
Theodorakis, regarded as a guru of left-wing politics in Greece, is an...
Diplomacy
Mikis Theodorakis Warns of Disaster if 'Macedonia' is Included in Compound Name
World renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis expressed his opposition to any agreement with Skopje that would include the term 'Macedonia' in the compound name.
Theodorakis, regarded as a guru for the Left, said that there should be no derogation from...