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Abducted Greek Businessman Released by Captors

A businessman who had been kidnapped on December 27 outside his home in the port city of Piraeus, near the Greek capital city of Athens, was released on Friday. Nikos Mavrikios, 51, returned to his home after giving information to...

Greek Businessman Makis Psomiadis Passes Away at 61

Greek businessman and former owner of AEK FC Makis Psomiadis passed away, in the early hours of January 6. The football tycoon was driven to Elpis hospital by his son, Stavros. Upon his arrival he was unconscious and despite the...

Greek-Australian Businessman Admits to Falsifying Customs Documents

Greek-Australian businessman John Poulakis, from Coburg, Victoria admitted to falsifying customs documents in order to pay less duty. The 57-year-old man who owns the high-end Melbourne-based men's clothing store Harrolds had been importing suits from Europe, undervaluing their original prices...

Caribbean Beauty to Be Spoiled by Greek Elegance

Despite the current financial turmoil in Greece, there are still several Greek businessmen who manage to resist economic paralysis and asphyxiation, and even excel at an international level. One of them is Miltos Kambourides, co-founder and managing partner of...

Three Greeks Participating in This Year’s Bilderberg Club Meeting

The annual Bilderberg Club meeting will take place from June 11 to 14 in Telfs, Austria, with the participation of 140 people from 22 countries. Three Greeks will be among the participants: Titan Cement Group CEO Dimitris Papalexopoulos, former Greek interim Prime...

Top Greek Businessman Pays €1.8 Mln After Arrest for Unpaid Taxes

One of Greece's top businessmen, Ellaktor Managing Director Leonidas Bobolas, appeared before a public prosecutor after his arrest by the Financial Crime Unit today, accused of major tax evasion but was subsequently released after paying the sum of 1.8 million euros,...

Cypriot Customs Confiscates 500,000 Euros from Greek Businessman

Custom authorities in Cyprus confiscated half a million euros from a Greek businessman who attempted to fly the money back to Greece when Cypriot banks refused to let him deposit it. Reuters reports that the businessman had arrived in the...

The Greek Shepherd Who Became a Leading Businessman

A few days ago, a book was released about a young shepherd from Arcadia, Greece, who went on to become a taxi driver in Melbourne and through hard work, perseverance, honesty and charisma, he managed to turn into one of...

Businessman Murdered in Alexandroupoli, Northern Greece

A 63-year old local businessman was robbed and murdered by two people early on April 28, outside his house in Alexandroupoli, Northern Greece. According to the police, two people on a motorcycle stopped outside the businessman’s house when he was...

Greek Developer to Build Bucharest Office Center

Anastasios Gkotsis, Greek businessman, who developed Poland 68, office building in Bucharest, will invest 7 million euros for the construction of an office building in the Calea Floreasca area (Bucharest) on a land purchased last year from the Willbrook...