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Shipowner Restis gets suspended 10-year prison term
An Athens court yesterday passed down a 10-year prison sentence to shipowner Victor Restis after finding him guilty of making a false statement, but he was released as the term was suspended.
The court found him guilty of using false statements to appropriate 30 hectares of public forestland, an offense that had come to light in the context of a trial-fixing investigation.
Can we assist in bringing Odysseus home?
Odysseus is stuck in the 180-percent-of-GDP debt land. He dreams of his beloved Ithaca, which is below-60-percent-of-GDP debt land. Life is much sweeter where he came from, and he wants to go home. Fortunately, Odysseus is cunning and courageous and is willing to travel long, with discipline and flexibility.
Minister of state's home attacked, again
The home of Minister of State Alekos Flambouraris came under attack on Tuesday evening, as unknown assailants hurled rocks and makeshift firebombs at a security detail posted in front of the politician's apartment block.
The property is located in the downtown district of Exarchia and has been attacked in a similar manner on at least two occasions since the start of the year.
The Nutcracker | Athens | December 19-30
Tchaikovsky's Christmas classic, "The Nutcracker," has an obligatory place on the holiday program of the Christmas Theater initiative at the Olympic Hall in the Athens suburb of Galatsi, in a production by the St Petersburg Ballet Theater. Shows take place December 19-30, starting at 8 p.m. on weekdays, at 4 and 8 p.m. on Saturdays and December 26, and at 12.30 and 5.30 p.m. on Sundays.
PM Dancila: Romania will support EU consolidation buttressed by fundamental principles
AGERPRES special correspondent to Brussels, Belgium, Daniel Florea reports:
Romania, as the next holder of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will continue to support the objective of consolidating the Union on the basis of its fundamental values and principles - unity, cohesion, equal treatment and convergence, Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said.