Europe
Europe
First Greek Winner of European Poker Tour
Thirty-year-old Sotirios Koutoupas from Thessaloniki became the first Greek poker player to win the European Poker Tour.
The European Poker Tour was held in Deauville, France and Koutoupas ranked 1st, pocketing 614,000 euros. He had also ranked 2nd in last...
Europe
Greek Cypriot Bambos Xanthos Wins 2009 Littlewoods World Heads-Up Poker Championship
Charalambos “Bambos” Xanthos has been crowned the 2009 Littlewoods World Heads-Up Poker Champion and takes home his biggest tournament prize to date of £65,000 ($107,500). The £3,300 buy-in event, which took place at the Victoria Casino, London, lasted three...
Crime
Kallakis Jailed For Defrauding UK Banks
A Greek businessman who defraud UK banks out of some 750 million British Pounds, or $1.18 billion and lived a jet-set lifestyle of high-stakes real estate purchases and casino gambling, has been sentenced to seven years in jail for...
Europe
Libération Says Papandreou is Posing the Only Legitimate Question
Although the French Press up until now have expressed negative opinions about Greek PM's referendum decision, the director of the daily Libération Nicola Demorand thanks Greece for this decision, stating: "One must be thankful to the Greeks, the avant-garde of...