Athens Financial News

Christopher Hamilton, a British national allegedly connected to Cryptoqueen’ Ruja Ignatova’s cryptocurrency scheme OneCoin, reportedly faces extradition to the United States on charges related to a scam going back to 2014.

Greek police say that 17 alleged members and associates of an armed criminal gang involved in producing and distributing counterfeit alcoholic drinks have been arrested following raids across Athens

For many Olympians, winning gold is the dream come true, but a secure financial future soon becomes the dream once the Star-Spangled Banner is played and the tears are dry.

The US Department of State intensified its efforts on June 26 to capture OneCoin founder Ruja Ignatova, also known as the “Cryptoqueen,” who has been missing since she vanished in Athens in 2017.

Coubertin, the controversial founder of the modern Olympic Games, will have his own wax figure in Paris, the Grevin Museum has announced in the run-up to the sporting extravaganza. The wax likeness of the French baron, who was born in Paris in 1863, will be unveiled at the famed museum in July, before the start of the Olympic Games on July 26. The figure is being produced in the museum's workshops in the French capital's 13th district.

Across the EU, those battling climate change and defending the environment feel they are ever more on the defensive

Greece’s prime minister has ruled out any further concessions to protesting farmers, on the eve of their planned rally that will see tractors converging on central Athens

Israel and repatriate the country's citizens, as the industry faced a warning over insurance cover amid escalating violence in the wake of weekend attacks. Israeli flag carrier El Al said it would operate 12 extra flights on Wednesday and Thursday to and from Athens, Rome, Madrid, Bucharest, New York, Paris, Larnaca and Istanbul. Its low-cost unit Sun Dor also plans rescue flights from Istanbul. El Al had already announced an additional flight from New York and six flights to and from Larnaca. The latest move came as the combined death toll reported by both sides following the weekend attacks by Palestinian militant group Hamas and retaliatory strikes by Israeli forces reached more than 2,000 people. Most foreign airlines have suspended or curtailed services, leaving passengers uncertain how to leave or reach the country and consular services struggling to keep up with demand for assistance, with priority given to those with missing relatives. Israel's parliamentary finance committee said late on Tuesday it would debate authorising state guarantees for providing war risk insurance for Israeli airlines. The panel said insurance companies had indicated they were entitled to cancel cover with seven days' notice.

Greece following his trip to South Africa for the BRICS summit later this month has been shaped by the fact that Greece, unlike many other western nations, has consistently supported India's position on Jammu and Kashmir for decades, said people with knowledge of the matter. What is relatively unknown is that following India's nuclear tests in May 1998, when most western countries were contemplating sanctions against India, Greece's defence minister visited India in December 1998 — the first defence minister from a NATO country to visit India after the tests — and signed a memorandum of understanding on defence cooperation, said an official.

Lufthansa to reimburse the airfares totaling Rs 4.5 lakh and pay an additional compensation of Rs 25,000 to the child and mother for denying boarding in an Athens-bound flight. As per a ToI report, the child and mother were grounded at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru in 2021. The airline's ground staff reportedly denied boarding, claiming that transit through Germany was prohibited with an emergency travel document.

A Belarusian court on Friday sentenced the Russian girlfriend of opposition figure Roman Protasevich to six years in prison, a year since they were arrested after the Ryanair plane they were travelling on was intercepted by a fighter jet and forced to land in Minsk.

Two men have been convicted of killing prominent LGBT+ activist Zacharias Kostopoulos in Athens in 2018.

Thousands of people gathered in European capitals Saturday to protest vaccine passports and other requirements governments have imposed in hopes of ending the coronavirus pandemic.