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Tribute to Mikis Theodorakis In Adelaide

The Adelaide suburb of Woodville is preparing for a musical feast celebrating legendary Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. The tribute concert will take place on Saturday at the Woodville Town Hall. Mikis Theodorakis is one of the most famous Greek composers...

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...

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...

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....

Mikis Theodorakis Film Opens in German Cinemas (video)

A movie on the life of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis will premiere in German cinemas on May 10. The film -- Dance Fight Love Die -- by director Asteris Kutulas is described as an exuberant visual epic; a poetic road...

Popular Singer Grigoris Bithikotsis Remembered

The passing of Grigoris Bithikotsis on April 7, 2005 marked the end of the era of the great Greek folk singers (laikos tragoudistis) and songwriters. Voices like that of Bithikotsis belong to a different time, to a different Greece. The...

Greek Composer Slams 'Barbaric' Easter Lamb Custom

The "barbaric custom" of roasting a lamb on the spit at Easter should stop, famous Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has said. Theodorakis, a high-profile figure in Greece and abroad, was writing on his blog about animal cruelty after video emerged...

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...

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...

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...