Europe

Police in Zurich, Switzerland are investigating the conditions in which a Greek businessman died, authorities have reported. Greek native Manolis Kyprianidis was a permanent resident of the country and was found dead on Monday in his upscale home near Zurich and according...

Greek-Russian businessman Ivan Savvidis has made a generous offer to the Turkish people. The President of the Federal National-cultural Autonomy of Greeks in Russia said he would fund the construction of a mosque in Trabzon and as an exchange...

An international patent for recycling electrical appliances, is promoted by a businessman from Samos, Manolis Volakakis, who is the president of the consortium RAEcycle spa operating in Italy. The novelty of this patent is that it recycles old appliances,...

The Turkish Dogan Holding is interested in joining in the purchase of shares in Greece’s sports gambling agency OPAP, which is going on the block as part of a privatization drive by the cash-strapped Greek government. Turkish businessman and Dogan...

Luka Stanchev, chairman of Plovdiv Civil Club, gave an interview to Focus Information Agency, commenting on Bulgarian-Greek relations. Mr Stanchev admits that Greece needs support in these hard times, "especially moral." Commenting on Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev's visit to Greece,  the Bulgarian...

Greek shipowner, Damyen Milonays opened through the subsidiary company Sistem Barter, the first exchange store of goods and services. Through the website of the company http://www.takasdepo.com/ 7,000 products, such as consumer electronics, foodstuffs, and various services can be exchanged...

Well known Greek Cypriot businessman Andreas Lordos,83, who owns vast tracts of property in Varosha, visited the occupied areas of Cyprus last week.  He filed an application to the “Property Compensation Commission", reports Bayrak Radio. Lordos demanded the return of...

Athina Onassis is taking a new step in the business world by joining the board of directors of French supermarket chain Groupe Casino. According to French financial newspaper Les Echos, the granddaughter and heiress of Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis, entered...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin hailed on Tuesday tech billionaire Elon Musk days after it was revealed that the SpaceX boss refused to activate his Starlink satellite communication network to aid Ukraine. Putin, speaking at an economic forum in Russia’s Far...

Wagner Group Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has joined a growing list of Russian elites who have died under suspicious circumstances since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. The string of suspicious deaths coincides with the ongoing war in Ukraine and...

Oscar-winning actress and former MP Glenda Jackson has died at the age of 87, her agent has said. Jackson became an international star in the 1970s, winning Oscars for Women In Love and A Touch of Class, and receiving two...

Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s former Prime Minister, has died after being admitted to a Milan hospital on Friday. He was 86. The billionaire businessman created Italy’s largest media company before transforming the political landscape – while fending off multiple legal and...

Greece's Foreign Affairs Ministry welcomed the World Heritage Committee's decision to inscribe the Historic Centre of the city of Odessa, in Ukraine, on the World Heritage List, it said in a statement on Thursday. This decision "is a successful outcome...

Dying to make a phone call while flying? Well, you'll be able to do so as of June 30, 2023. The European Commission intends to abolish airplane mode. From that moment on, passengers traveling within the European Union can...

Rishi Sunak will be the next prime minister of the UK after Liz Truss' historical forty-four days in office and her resignation from leadership. By his side is his wife, Akshata Murthy, a fashion designer and millionaire. She is...