Makronisos

Award-winning and best-selling writer Victoria Hislop has been inspired once again by Greece, this time from Makronisos, an island laden with a tragic political history. "After The Island", the new book by the British author, was inspired by Spinalonga and is an...

Greece is preparing to submit an application to UNESCO to recognize the uninhabited island of Makronisos; an island where tens of thousands of political prisoners were once held, as a World Heritage Site. The island is located near the southernmost...

A unique 'archaeological' scuba park off Attica prefecture's eastern coast -- the southern Evoikos Gulf -- will feature 26 well-preserved underwater shipwrecks. The initiative to showcase the underwater attractions is envisioned in an agreement reached on Wednesday between Attica...

Greece's best-known living composer, Mikis Theodorakis, will go back to his place of exile, the island of Makronisos, to watch the performance on his life and work, Poios ti Zoi Mou. Makronisos is an island in the Aegean sea and...

Left-wing activist and author Chronis Missios, who titled his critically-acclaimed and best-selling 1985 autobiography Lucky You Died Young, passed away on Nov. 21 at the age of 83. The Kavala-born Missios was interned as an exile during the Civil...

A film dedicated to the Greek Island of Makronissos, directed by the Swiss Olivier Zuchuat, will premiere in April at the Nyon Festival in Switzerland. The film titled 'Like Stone Lions at Nightfall' (original title: Comme des lions de pierre...