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Costas Bakouris, a prominent businessman who served twice as the director of the Greek chapter of Transparency International, died Tuesday at the age of 81 after suffering a stroke.

Bakouris remained on the managing board of Greek manufacturing company Viohalco until his death.

Constantinos Mitsotakis, prime minister of Greece from April 1990 to October 1993, tied Greece to Europe by accepting the Maastricht Treaty in its entirety. It was he who took the decision to attach Greece to the common European currency (and abandon the drachma).

Every visit to Cyprus is like a punch to the gut to me, because it reminds me of what Greece could be like if it was free of its hang-ups.

Costas Mitroglou scored from Greece's only shot to earn the national team a precious 1-1 draw in Belgium for the World Cup qualifiers that has boosted the Greek chances for a top-two finish, behind the Belgians.

"Instead of 'Little Greece' we need a serious Greece," former Prime Minister Costas Simitis told the Delphi Economic Forum on Friday.

Greek Education Minister Costas Gavroglou on Tuesday sought to distance the ministry from comments made by his alternate, Costas Zouraris, who called for the children of refugees to attend private schools paid for by the Greek state and European Union funds.

Gavroglou, who was reportedly annoyed at his alternate, said Zouraris's remarks did not reflect the ministry's policies.

The US president's visit to Athens undoubtedly constitutes the most closely followed event of recent days. It is of paramount significance to note that this is the first trip made by any sitting president of the United States to our country, which does not coincide with the involvement of either party in fierce diplomatic or military disputes. During Dwight D.

Greece might be facing arguably the worst economic crisis in its modern history, but this seems to concern the fanatic football fans very little. Sometimes they seem completely oblivious to the larger scheme of things, and focus only what they deem to be important. The love of their life, their team.

Greece made it two out of two in the World Cup qualifiers beating visiting Cyprus 2-0 in Piraeus despite a rather lackluster performance on Friday. Two first-half goals by Costas Mitroglou and Petros Mantalos sealed it for the hosts.

Greek actor Kostas Tsakonas died in a central hospital in Athens at the age of 72 years after a battle with cancer. Sources close to him say that he had numerous health problems since a stroke five years ago. His funeral will be held on Saturday morning at 11 a.m. at Argyroupolis cemetary in South Athens.