Magic Alex

'Magic Alex,' known for working with The Beatles, dies in Athens

Alexis Mardas, the businessman and producer known from his work with legendary British pop band The Beatles, died in his apartment in the central Athens district of Kolonaki on Friday night.

He was 74.

"Magic Alex" as he was reportedly nicknamed by John Lennon, had suffered from health problems in recent years.

He is survived by a 23-year-old daughter.

Deputy FM Mardas to participate in the 33rd Meeting of the BSEC Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas departs today for Romania, where he will represent Greece at the 33rd Meeting of the BSEC Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which is taking place in Bucharest on 11 December 2015.

Dep. FM Mardas calls on Koreans to invest in Greece

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas on Friday called on Korean bussinessmen to invest in Greece speaking at the 2015 Greek-Korean business forum which was held at the Evgenidio Institute in Athens/

Addressing Korean businessmen, Mr. Mardas underlined that Greece has made structural reforms, a fact that makes it very attractive to foreign investments.

Govt seeks to speed up investment licensing process

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Mardas told Athina 9.84 FM radio station on Tuesday that the government would speed up the procedure for investments licensing.

“Taking into account that the licensing of investments may take 1 to 4 years, we plan to reduce it to six months. This would be a breakthrough,” he said.

Alt. FinMin D. Mardas briefs local reps on urgent need to collect money (video)

Alternate Finance Minister Dimitris Mardas was present at the emergency meeting called by the Central Union of Municipalities of Greece (KEDE) following a government decree for public bodies to transfer funds to the Bank of Greece (BoG). Mardas explained that the government hopes in this way to cover a "gap" in its finances worth 552 mln euros.