Marousi

Police continued their manhunt on Wednesday for a 43-year-old man who manage to escape from an Athens courthouse on Tuesday before he was to appear before an investigative magistrate.

The suspect, a member of the Roma community, managed to break away from his guards during a fracas caused by his friends and relatives who showed up at the court and attacked police.

Greek police on Wednesday detained a 90-year-old man for allegedly killing his 87-year-old wife in their home in the northern Athenian suburb of Marousi, according to state-run news agency ANA-MPA.
The elderly man reportedly confessed to the act, saying he did it so that his wife - who suffered from dementia - could find peace and to avoid burdening their daughter.

The OTE Group on Thursday announced a new annual voluntary exit program. In a bid to reduce staff numbers, the program will be targeted toward about 1,400 employees of OTE, Cosmote and Germanos in Greece.

Village Cinemas is bringing the best of the Royal Opera House from London to Greece with a new collaboration for screenings of the distinguished British company's productions at selected movie theaters belonging to the entertainment chain.

Greece's biggest telecoms operator OTE expects a double-digit percentage rise in cash flows this year as recovery in Greece takes hold and its Romania business stabilises.

The French-headquartered furniture and homeware chain Leroy Merlin on Monday issued a statement following Sunday's attack on its premises in Maroussi, north of Athens, by members of the anarchist group Rouvikonas.

In the statement, the company expressed relief that "this violent attack did not leave any victims."

Deutsche Telekom-owned OTE on Wednesday announced the sale of its entire stake in Albanian subsidiary Telekom Albania to Bulgarian company Albania Telekom Invest AD for the amount of 50 million euros.

The Education Ministry's committee for the new mosque in Athens (NPID) announced on Monday that Muslims who legally reside in Attica can apply to become an imam.

The committee said that interested parties can submit their applications from December 20 until January 18 at the Education Ministry building in Maroussi, northern Athens.

Greece's biggest telecoms operator OTE posted on Thursday a 4.7 percent rise in third-quarter core profit thanks to a growing retail fixed and mobile business in its home market.

The Greek capital's biggest event dedicated to handicrafts and DIY is taking place from Friday, November 2, to Sunday, November 4, at the Maroussi Exhibition Hall (Helexpo).