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Greek Child Star Conquers Turkish Television at 18

At the age of 8, Anastasia Tsilimpiou had her first acting role on Greek television. At 10 she stepped on the theater stage and at 12 she made many viewers cry on the TV version of Victoria Hislop's best seller...

Victoria Hislop: 'The Island' Author Hurts Cyprus

Frustration is spread in Cyprus for the highly anticipated new book on the occupied city of Famagusta, as British writer Victoria Hislop "whitewashes" the Turkish intruders, in what was originally presented as a novel that would spread the word of...

Victoria Hislop: ‘I Was at the Party in Greece, Now I’m Sharing the Hangover’

Victoria Hislop is a best-welling British author of "The Island and The Thread" books, stories of which take place in Greece. She first visited Greece on holiday almost 30 years ago and she still remembers that summer heat upon her arrival. Her Greek...

Greek TV Series “The Island” Hits Viewing Record in Serbia

The successful Greek TV series of private Mega channel, “The Island”, based on the Victoria Hislop novel of the same name, is doing very well outside Greece as well as within the country. In Serbia, the Greek production hit new viewing...