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Ekali ( el, Εκάλη) is an affluent suburb of Athens, Greece. Located to the north of the city centre, it is a green and lush area home to many of the country's most powerful business and shipping families. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Kifisia, as a municipal unit. Etymology Ekali was an ancient municipality of Athens and belonged to the Leontida tribe. Its inhabitants were named Ekalios. According to tradition, the name is associated with the name of a woman named Ekali. As Plutarch says, as Theseus went to Marathon to catch the famous bull that had caused great damage to the area, the weather conditions were unfavorable. The Athenian king sought refuge in the hut of an old woman, called Ekali. The old woman promised Theseus that she would make a sacrifice to Zeus for the success of his mission. When Theseus caught the bull, he returned to the hut, but found the old woman dead. Grateful for her sacrifice, he later created the sanct ...
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Attica (region)
Attica ( el, Περιφέρεια Αττικής, translit=Periféria Attikís, ) is an administrative region of Greece, that encompasses the entire metropolitan area of Athens, the country's capital and largest city. The region is coextensive with the former Attica Prefecture of Central Greece. It covers a greater area than the historical region of Attica. Overview Located on the eastern edge of Central Greece, Attica covers about 3,808 square kilometers. In addition to Athens, it contains within its area the cities of Elefsina, Megara, Laurium, and Marathon, as well as a small part of the Peloponnese peninsula and the islands of Salamis, Aegina, Angistri, Poros, Hydra, Spetses, Kythira, and Antikythera. About 3,800,000 people live in the region, of whom more than 95% are inhabitants of the Athens metropolitan area. In 2019, Attica had the HDI of 0.912, the highest in Greece. Administration The region was established in the 1987 administrative reform, and until 20 ...
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Andreas Papandreou
Andreas Georgiou Papandreou ( el, Ανδρέας Γεωργίου Παπανδρέου, ; 5 February 1919 – 23 June 1996) was a Greek economist, politician and a dominant figure in Greek politics, known for founding the political party PASOK, which he led from 1974 to 1996. He served three terms as the 3rd and 8th Prime Ministers of Greece. Papandreou's party win in the 1981 election was a milestone in the political history of Greece, since it was the first time that the elected government had a predominantly socialist political program. The achievements of his first two governments include the official recognition of the leftist and communist resistance groups of the Greek Resistance ( EAM/ ELAS) against the Axis occupation, the establishment of the National Health System and the Supreme Council for Personnel Selection ( ASEP), the passage of Law 1264/1982 which secured the right to strike and greatly improved the rights of workers, the constitutional amendment of 1985–19 ...
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Panathinaikos B
Panathinaikos Football Club B, known as Panathinaikos B, (Greek: ΠΑΕ Παναθηναϊκός B) is a Greek football club based in Athens, Greece. Founded in 2021, they play as the reserve team of Panathinaikos in the Super League Greece 2. Panathinaikos B is one of four reserve teams givens approval from the EPO ( Hellenic Football Association) to play in the second division. Reserve teams must play a league below their main side, therefore, Panathinaikos B are ineligible for promotion to the Super League Greece. They cannot play in the Greek Cup either. Panathinaikos B helps young footballers get promoted to the team of Panathinaikos Athens Panathinaikos Athlitikos Omilos ( el, Παναθηναϊκός Αθλητικός Όμιλος, literally in English: "Panathenaic Athletic Club" or Panathinaikos A.C.), also known simply as Panathinaikós , is a major Greek multi-sport club ba .... Players From Youth Academy Personnel Tec ...
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Vianex S
Vianex S.A. (Greek: Βιανεξ Α.Ε.) is a Greek pharmaceutical company founded by Pavlos Giannakopoulos and it has been engaged in the pharmaceutical industry since 1924. With more than 90 years of experience in the field of medicinal products, VIANEX SA performs across a wide range of activities that include the manufacturing, trade, export and distribution of pharmaceuticals for all therapeutic classes. It operates four specialised manufacturing facilities, with potential for the production of all pharmaceutical forms, while the company also upgrades the range of services it provides through ongoing investment in technological equipment. VIANEX S.A. holds long term partnership agreements with major multinational pharmaceutical firms, as Merck & Co (USA), Sanofi Pasteur MSD (France) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Japan), etc. VIANEX SA proceeds yearly to the export of an approximate 60% its production to 56 European countries (United Kingdom, France, Spain, Ger ...
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Cabinet Of Kyriakos Mitsotakis
The Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis was sworn in on 9 July 2019, following the Greek legislative election in July 2019. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of New Democracy, was sworn in as Prime Minister of Greece on 8 July. The government consists of a total of 58 members, including 21 ministers, 5 alternate ministers and 30 deputy ministers. Of these, 37 are elected members of the Hellenic Parliament and 21 are unelected technocrats. Nine members of the government are women. Prime and Deputy Prime Ministers Ministers Full ministers (in bold in the table below) are responsible for: * the identification of ministerial policy in the cabinet * the representation in bodies of the European Union * the appointment of administrative agencies, public services and personnel Alternate Ministers are directly assigned special responsibilities and powers by the prime minister, including: * full parliamentary powers and, in conjunction with the minister, the legislative initiative * the ri ...
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Adonis Georgiadis
Spyridon-Adonis Georgiadis ( el, Σπυρίδων-Άδωνις Γεωργιάδης; born 6 November 1972), better known as Adonis Georgiadis, is a Greek right-wing populist politician, telemarketer and publisher. A former member of the Popular Orthodox Rally, he currently is the vice-president of New Democracy and serving as the Minister for Development and Investment in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis since 2019. He previously served as Deputy Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping in the Cabinet of Lucas Papademos from 2011 to 2012, and Minister for Health in the Cabinet of Antonis Samaras from 2013 to 2014. Early career Georgiadis started working at his father's bookstore at the age of 15. He graduated from the Department of History and Archaeology of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Athens. Political career Georgiadis entered to the Popular Orthodox Rally in 2003. From December 2003 until August 2007 he served as the spokesman for t ...
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Anna Vissi
Anna Vissi ( el, Άννα Βίσση, , ; born 20 December 1957), is a Greek Cypriot singer and songwriter. She studied music at conservatories and performed locally before moving to the professional scene in Athens, in 1973, where she signed with Minos EMI#Merger with Minos Matsas & Son, Minos and simultaneously collaborated with other musical artists and released promotional singles of her own while studying at the University of Athens. Vissi established herself in the recording industry by winning the Thessaloniki Song Festival in 1977 with the song "As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi" and releasing the As Kanoume Apopse Mian Arhi, eponymous debut album. Since the 1980s, Vissi began a nearly exclusive collaboration with songwriter Nikos Karvelas, to whom she was married from 1983 to 1992 and had one child with, resulting in one of the most successful music partnerships in the nation's history. Together they created the label CarVi, which resulted in legal issues with Minos EMI#Foun ...
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Marfin Investment Group
Marfin Investment Group (also known as MIG) is a Greek investment company created in 1998 as ''Marfin Α.Ε.Π.Ε.Υ.''. It has acquired several companies and has changed name several times since. In 2001 it acquired ''Piraeus Prime Bank'' and was renamed ''Marfin Bank''. In 2004 it took the name ''Marfin Financial Group'' following the triple merger of ''Comm Group'', ''Marfin Classic Α.Ε.Ε.Χ'' and ''Maritime and Financial Investments''. Its shares are currently listed on the Athens Stock Exchange. History Finance history In 2006 the Dubai Group bought a 35% stake in the company. , 17.28% of MIG is owned by Dubai Group. In 2006 Marfin Investment Group acquired HSBC's shares in the now-defunct Laiki Bank, establishing a strong minority share position. Subsequently, the group acquired control of Laiki, which it re-branded as Marfin Popular Bank. On 17 March 2008, MIG announced it sold its 20% of Greek telecommunications company OTE to Deutsche Telekom. On 6 March 20 ...
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