Reuters

Lamda Development raised 650 million euros via a rights issue to help finance part of a landmark project at Athens' former Elliniko airport, it said on Tuesday.
Lamda, controlled by the Latsis family, announced the cash call in October to help fund a 8-billion-euro plan to turn Elliniko into a complex of luxury homes, hotels, offices and a casino.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, selected Kristalina Georgieva, 66, to serve as IMF Managing Director, the fund announced on Wednesday.

The Bulgarian national succeeds Christina Lagarde, who is departing to head the European Central Bank as of October 1.

Christine Lagarde resigned as director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The decision will enter into force on September 12. This is said in a statement by Lagard, distributed by the financial institution.

This is the third fine for the US company in the past two years, Reuters is reporting.

Last year, EU regulators penalized Google with a record EUR 4.34 billion because the company used its Android operating system to block rivals.
This came after a fine of EUR 2.42 billion imposed on the company in 2017 for abusing its dominant market position.

Turkish conglomerate Kibar Holding plans to produce a third vehicle model at its Hyundai Assan factory in northwest Turkey, although the decision has not yet been finalized, chair Ali Kibar told Reuters on Sept. 5.

Kibar Holding produces 245,000 automotive units annually with its Korean partner Hyundai Motors. 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday his country would not accept Syrian Kurdish fighters in the region but stopped short of directly criticizing a U.S. decision to arm them, reported Reuters.

Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate in U.S. presidential elections, was taken ill on Sunday during a September 11 anniversary commemoration in New York.

Reuters is reporting that Clinton's campaign spokesperson said she "left early" after feeling "overheated" - but felt "much better" once she reached her daughter's nearby apartment.

Greek authorities have seized a freighter carrying an undeclared shipment of weapons en route from Turkey to Libya.

The EU executive will outline new plans next week to share out refugees across European states as well as to speed deportations of unwanted migrants, the 28-nation bloc's migration commissioner said on Sept. 1. 

Turkey has slapped a ban on 20,000 suspected foreign fighters, preventing them from heading to Syria and Iraq, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tanju Bilgiç said Sept. 2, a day after one soldier was killed another went missing in a suspected attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on the Syrian border with Kilis.