Vangelis

Vangelis Marinakis is building a media empire to compare with his shipping business. His political clout is growing too.

The second installment of the Travel Fest, the only public event in Greece dedicated to wanderlust, sees 12 local explorers and travelers - including record-breaking mountain climber Antonis Sykaris and Arctic explorer Vangelis Vassiliadis - sharing their experiences and offering valuable tips.

Judges in the northwestern city of Ioannina on Monday postponed the trial of the father of a college student who committed suicide after being subjected to violent and vicious bullying from a group of peers, accused of attacking the former director of the school where the tragedy transpired in 2015.

In Greece, we live with postponements and extensions. There are court cases that never reach a conclusion and irresponsible lawmakers who remain in their positions, useful for political exchanges in Parliament but useless to society. Important cases are delayed, testing the resilience of institutions which are important for the functioning of the state.

Award-winning Greek composer Vangelis has not only found himself in the lofty company of Giacomo Puccini, Gustav Holst and Maurice Ravel, but has also knocked them out of the park after his emblematic theme song "Chariots of Fire" was voted by listeners of the UK's Classic FM as the top selection in the Sporting Music Countdown.

Members of the Rouvikonas anti-establishment group attacked the headquarters of the Mytilineos business group in northern Athens on Saturday night and went on to post a video of the operation online.

In the footage, four men wearing crash helmets to hide their features are seen smashing the glass door and windows of the building's facade before running off in the suburb of Maroussi.

A Piraeus prosecutor has brought charges of drug trafficking and financing an illegal enterprise against the shipowner and businessman Vangelis Marinakis in connection with the Noor 1 heroin smuggling case.

Unionists representing Greek farmers who have stepped up their protests in recent weeks over the government's ongoing austerity measures are to meet with Agriculture Minister Vangelis Apostolou on Monday to discuss their demands.

Over the weekend, hundreds of farmers converged on the northern port city of Thessaloniki to protest outside the annual Agrotica agricultural trade fair.

Local act Gravitysays_i - comprising Manos Paterakis (vocals, santur, guitar), Nikos Retsos (drums, synths), Mampre Kasardjian (bass), Nikos Sotiropoulos (guitar), Costas Stergiou (keyboards) and Vangelis Κatsarelis (trumpet) - is making one of its rare live appearances at Six Dogs on Friday, December 22. The conceptual rock-folk band will be playing a career-spanning set, starting at 9 p.m.

The guitarist and support singer of legendary 60s and 70s Greek rock band “Olympians”, Vangelis Kitsikopoulos was killed in a freak accident. Kitsikopoulos, 62, who was a contractor by profession, was killed when the bobcat he was driving capsized and fatally inured him in the chest.