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Ancient sauce fermented for workshop guests
The ancient city of Antandros in the western province of Balıkesir's Edremit district, where excavations have been continuing for 16 years, will open to the world with a project titled "The Route of Aeneas," which follows the route of the Trojan hero Aeneas from Antandros to Italy. The route, expected to pass through five countries, has been planned.
Court to rule on Turkish officers' extradition next week
The Supreme Court is next week set to rule on a set of appeals against deportation by eight Turkish officers who sought asylum in Greece after July's failed coup in Turkey.
Last week, lawyers representing the Turkish officers asked for the appeals to be heard jointly, a request that was rejected by Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou.
Diplomatic flurry ahead of Cyprus summit
As reunification talks between rival Cypriot leaders are set to resume Wednesday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is preparing for a series of meetings with Greek political party leaders in the runup to the crucial multilateral summit on January 12, while UN Special Adviser for Cyprus Espen Barth Eide and British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Alan Duncan are both expected in Athens this w
Search for Greek bank rescue fund CEO ongoing
Greece's HFSF bank rescue fund is seeking new applications for the role of chief executive after two previous candidates turned down the job because they feared it could be short-term.
The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund said the term of the new CEO will be renewable but cannot run beyond the end of June 2020.
Luxury holiday resort planned for Cassiope
NCH Capital, a New York-based investment fund, plans to spend about 100 million euros to build a luxury seaside holiday resort on Corfu, it said on Friday.
Under a privatization scheme, part of a third international bailout signed last year, Greece on Thursday concluded the lease of a 108.3-acre plot, Cassiope, to NCH Capital for 23 million euros.
[Reuters]
A high rank executive of Novartis threatened to kill himself at Hilton!
In the first day of year, a 44-year-old man was threatening that he would jump from the 13th floor of the Hilton in Athens. It was Sunday around 17:00’ and according to him, he was a high rank executive of Novartis.
Finally, it was the police negotiator that talked him into rethinking it. The 44-year-old’s wife and mother were also there present.