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Arrest Warrant Issued for PAOK Owner Ivan Savvidis

Greek courts have issued an arrest warrant for PAOK FC owner Ivan Savvidis who interrupted the PAOK-AEK match after entering the pitch bearing a gun. Four other men are also wanted in the case. The PAOK owner followed by his...

PAOK Owner Ivan Savvidis Causes Storm after Invading AEK Match Allegedly Carrying a Gun

The president of PAOK FC, Ivan Savvidis, entered the field at a top league match his soccer team was playing against AEK FC, with what appeared to be a pistol visible on his belt. The PAOK owner followed by his...

Greek-Russian Businessman Ivan Savvidis Buys 3 Historic Newspapers

Dimera Company, owned by prominent businessman Ivan Savvidis, bought three Greek newspapers at an auction held at an Athens court. The Greek-Russian businessman, who among others owns football club PAOK of Thessaloniki, bought "Imerisia" for 580,000 euros and the two...

PAOK Owner Ivan Savvidis Makes Offer to Purchase Alpha TV

One of the four contenders who lost the television license tender that took place for Greece's television stations last week has offered to purchase Alpha TV. Greek-Russian businessman, Ivan Savvidis, owner of Thessaloniki soccer club PAOK, made an offer to buy the...

Ivan Savvidis 19.63% Shareholder of Mega Channel

Businessman Ivan Savvidis now holds a 19.63% share of the company "Teletypos" (Mega Channel), a percentage that until yesterday belonged to Pegasus Publishing and previous shareholder Foti Bobola. This is a percentage that was used as collateral for Pegasus Publishing's...

Ivan Savvidis Declared Winner of Fourth TV License After Withdrawal of Kalogritsas

Greek-Russian businessman Ivan Savvidis was declared the final winner of a fourth broadcasting license as the runner-up in the recent tender for the auctioning of four nationwide TV licenses, following the withdrawal of businessman Ioannis Kalogritsas. The relevant committee has...

Ivan Savvidis to Support University of Athens Slavic Studies Dept

Greek-Russian businessman and politician Ivan Savvidis was warmly greeted by the Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos, on the occasion of Saints Cyril and Methodius Celebration on May 11. A month ago, the Charitable Foundation of...

Ivan Savvidis Leases Macedonia Palace for 30 Years

Ivan Savvidis has leased the building of the Macedonia Palace in Thessaloniki for the next 30 years. According to IKA-ETAM the annual leasing rent rate will amount to 1.7 million euros. The long-term lease of property contract that was signed...

PAOK Owner Savvidis Re-Emerges to Apologize

The owner of PAOK Thessaloniki reappeared on Tuesday to apologize following his dramatic pitch invasion on Sunday night with a holstered firearm. Ivan Savvidis, who was sought by police and had apparently disappeared for at least 36 hours, issued a...

Businessman Kalogritsas Withdraws from TV License Tender: Savvidis Is Next in Line

After the withdrawal on Monday of businessman Ioannis Kalogritsas from the process of awarding four nationwide TV content broadcasting licenses, Dimera Media Ltd, the company of Ivan Savvidis, and Alpha, the company of Dimitris Kontominas, are next in line...

Police in Thessaloniki on Alert for Greek-Turkish Football Clash

A great number of police officers, along with squads from Greece's anti-terrorist unit, have been deployed in Thessaloniki for Tuesday's football game between PAOK and Turkey's Besiktas team for the Champions League qualifiers. The Istanbul-based team will arrive in the...

Historic ''ETHNOS'' Newspaper Suspends its Weekday Edition

Greece's historic ''ETHNOS'' newspaper announced to the public on Monday that it will suspend publication of its weekday edition beginning on July 31, 2019. The newspaper announced its ownership's decision to suspend the daily edition of the paper in a laconic...

Greece 2018: The Year in Review

The year 2018 was a tumultuous one for Greece, marked by tragic events such as the East Attica fires which claimed the lives of 99 people and the destruction of the entire town of Mati. The political world was...

Greek Businessman Denies Funding 'Macedonia' Protests

Prominent businessman and PAOK Thessaloniki owner Ivan Savvidis has replied to indirect accusations voiced by FYROM Prime Minister Zoran Zaev that Russia is funding protests against the use of 'Macedonia' by the Balkan country. On Monday, the Zaev claimed the...

PAOK Lift Greek Cup, Take Revenge on AEK

In the end, it was a single kick which turned the Greek Football Cup Final in PAOK’s favor on Saturday night in what was a gritty affair from start to finish. When Portuguese winger and right-back Vieirinha fired home a...