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After less than a quarter of regular season matches played, Panathinaikos already seems to have missed out on the Euroleague playoffs this year, as it has dropped to a 2-6 record through two bad losses in Spain on Tuesday and Thursday.

The domestic investment community that gives local startups the chance to grow and reach foreign markets is entering a mature phase, as demonstrated by the creation of Marathon Fund II.

This year's "social dividend" - the annual handout issued at the end of every year - will this time be distributed to the most vulnerable social groups who are the recipients of the Guaranteed Minimum Income.

Greek stocks took a step back on Thursday, partly due to the significant growth recorded over the previous 10 days and also because of the decision by banks to extend the freeze on loan repayments for another couple of months. However, the final hour of trading and the recovery of the banks index helped the benchmark claw back some of its daily losses.

A 40-year-old man who was arrested in Athens on the November 17 anniversary of the 1973 student uprising with gas masks, flag poles and a knife in his car received a four-month suspended prison sentence on Thursday. 

A municipal worker hangs decorations onto an electricity poll on Vassilissis Amalias Avenue in central Athens on Thursday, as the Greek capital is decked out ahead of the Christmas holidays. Some holiday cheer and optimism is 'needed now more than ever,' Athens Mayor Kostas Bakoyannis told a press conference last month when unveiling his holiday plans for the city.

"He was in a better condition when the media reported that he had passed away. He was intubated 55 minutes ago," he told reporters.
As he said, Irinej is in a difficult condition.
"Thank God, he is alive, doctors are fighting, Goran Stevanovi is in the red zone," he said.
Vui added that it is difficult to predict anything, except to "pray for his health".