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Marinakis sues president of Aris soccer club over ‘smear campaign’
In a high-profile defamation case unfolding in London, Greek shipping magnate Evangelos Marinakis is suing Aris Football Club President Irini Karipidis over an alleged online smear campaign accusing him of match-fixing and more.
Name violation
North Macedonia’s conservative prime minister, Hristijan Mickoski, has reacted angrily to allegations from the far-left nationalist opposition claiming he had shifted his position on the Prespa Agreement.
Rhodes yacht repair
A development plan for a mega-yacht repair center on the island of Rhodes was posted for public consultation on Friday, and will remain open to comments until November 11.
Denmark’s DFDS ends deal to buy transport network from Turkey’s Ekol
Danish shipping and logistics firm DFDS said on Friday it had terminated a share purchase agreement with Ekol Logistics and that a deal struck in April to buy the Turkish group’s international transport network would no longer take place.
Nicosia lightens its arrears
Cyprus made strides in paying down its debt in the second quarter of 2024.
New payment system for employer contributions
As of Monday, new payment options for employer contributions and outstanding dues will be available through the IRIS and DIAS online systems on the online platform of the Single Social Security Entity (e-EFKA).
Over 270 investment projects get approval
The Ministry of Development announced the approval of 271 investment projects throughout Greece, with a total budget of 858 million euros.
Five-year-old child killed in violent attack
A 5-year-old boy was killed in a targeted ambush Friday on his family’s vehicle in Markopoulo, near Athens.
Piraeus Bank sees record profit in January-September
Piraeus Bank announced on Friday record nine-month normalized net profit of 932 million euros, corresponding to €0.72 per share, leading to updated target of €0.90 for 2024.
More Euroleague wins for Reds and Greens
The Greek teams confirmed this week they are once again among the favorites for the Final Four.
ATHEX: Credit sector turns week into black
Banks almost single-handedly pushed the benchmark of the Greek bourse higher on Friday.
Τhe 40% of deprivation
Poverty is no longer due to unemployment, as was the case in the past. It has become a structural element of the functioning of the Greek economy, an economy that massively produces the new poor – people with jobs who earn meager wages.
Agreement on the basics
Achieving consensus between political parties is not always at their discretion. In some matters of major institutional importance, a consensus is required by the Constitution itself.
Nottingham Forest owner Marinakis’ court case starts in London
Evangelos Marinakis, a Greek shipping magnate and owner of English Premier League soccer club Nottingham Forest, was on Thursday accused of trying to fix a Greek soccer match, in a London libel lawsuit he is bringing over an alleged smear campaign in Britain.
Prices, wages, public goods: The perfect storm?
The financial difficulties of a large part of the population came to the fore again on the occasion of two surveys presented at a recent event.
A brave and necessary stand
It takes a lot of courage and a great sense of responsibility to go up against your country’s political system and the vast majority of citizens to criticize your country in time of war.
High school club parties, underage drinking a ‘lucrative business’
High school parties held at clubs across the Greek capital, often involving underage drinking and exposure to dangerous, poor-quality alcohol, have become a lucrative business with students frequently recruited by clubs as “promoters” to attract peers, former participants have told Kathimerini.
Nurse convicted over death of man with disabilities in home
A nurse has been sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment over the fatal beating of a 21-year-old patient who lived in a facility for young people with disabilities in eastern Thessaloniki.
National Gallery announces 2025 program
An exhibition of etchings and watercolors by Francisco Goya, a retrospective marking the centenary of the birth of painter Panagiotis Tetsis and an exhibition of Russian avant-garde works collected by Georgios Kostakis will be among the highlights of the 2025 program at the National Gallery in Athens, its director has announced.