Author: Athanasios Koutoupas
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Arab-backed fund signs $434m deal to buy luxury Greek resort
Greece’s privatisation agency said it signed a €400 million ($434.3 million) deal with Jermyn Street Real Estate Fund to sell Astir Palace, a luxury seaside resort outside Athens. Greece’s top administrative court had blocked the sale of the Astir Palace hotel complex in March, saying the town planning scheme that Greece submitted violated Greek law,…
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Egypt’s Nour El-Sherbini Becomes Youngest Ever New York Squash Tournament Champion
In front of a sold out crowd at Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall, El-Sherbini, 20, defeated New-York raised 22-year-old Amanda Sobhy, the highest ranking American ever in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) world rankings. “Nour came out firing from the very start,” said Sobhy referring to her 20-year-old Egyptian opponent. El-Sherbini, who was born in Alexandria, is the…
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Egypt: fossils and climate change museum inaugurated
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Onassis Foundation: Scholarships for Foreigners
22ND ONASSIS FELLOWHIPS PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS 2016-2017 The Foundation announces the twenty-second (22nd) annual Program of scholarships starting on October 1st, 2016 which is addressed to non-Greeks, University Professors of all levels (Ph.D. holders), Postdoctoral Researchers and Ph.D. Candidates.Application Submission Deadline: 26th of February 2016 More information here