Mikis Theodorakis

Internationally acclaimed Greek composer, Mikis Theodorakis, with a text he uploaded on his personal website, gives his opinion on the latest political developments in Greece, in which the epicenter is the meeting between the Greek Finance Minister, Giannis Varoufakis,...

Alejandro Castro Espin -- son of current Cuban leader, Raul Castro, and nephew of iconic figure of the Cuban Revolution and former leader of the island, Fidel Castro -- during a visit in Athens, denied the rumors of his...

"They manipulated us in 2012 to increase their electoral power," world-known composer Mikis Theodorakis wrote to a friend explaining the reasons he does not support leftist SYRIZA in the upcoming elections. Theodorakis had said before that he will support the leftist...

His support to Greek main opposition SYRIZA, under the condition that when elected "it will bring a law on the final discharge of the country from the onerous terms of the Memorandum," expressed the internationally acclaimed composer Mikis Theodorakis. As the...

A classic milestone of Greek culture, world-famous musical Mikis Theodorakis’ "Zorba the Greek" is to be presented by the Greek National Opera Ballet in its debut at the Panathenaic Stadium, for a one and only performance on Sunday June 29. This high...

The Cinema for Peace Foundation in Berlin, Germany honored Greek documentary "Recycling Medea: Not an Opera Ballet Film" by Asteris Kutulas with the Most Valuable Documentary for 2014 award. The documentary impressed the international jury, who described it as...

Tzeni Vanou, one of the most popular Greek singers of all time lost her battle with cancer on Wednesday. During the last few months she was in an Athens hospital where she had undergone a surgery to remove a...

Famed Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, who has been on a rant against the government and the country's international lenders, has rebuffed a suggestion from PASOK Socialist chief Evangelos Venizelos, who's also Deputy Premier/Foreign Minister, to be a candidate for...

World renowned Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis was rushed to the Medical Center of Athens, Greece, where he was hospitalized with a lower respiratory tract infection. Theodorakis had a high fever and was quickly admitted so that the doctors could monitor his...

The internationally renowned composer Mikis Theodorakis will officially become an honorary member of the Athens Academy on December 3. The president of the Academy, Spyros A. Evagelatos and the General Secretary Vasilios Petrakis will talk about the personality and the...