Savvidis

Who Owns Greece’s Ports? The Companies and Billionaires Behind Them

Greece's ports are becoming some of the most closely watched pieces of infrastructure in the Eastern Mediterranean. But the ownership map is more complicated than the simple idea that Greece has “sold its ports” to foreign companies. At Piraeus, Chinese shipping...

World Media Gripped by Greece's Footballing Anarchy

Dramatic images showing the owner of PAOK FC striding onto the pitch at Toumba Stadium Sunday night with what looked like a holstered firearm have gone around the world, sparking a media feeding frenzy. Greek football rarely makes it to...

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...

Putin Says Greek Investments Risky

Days after Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras wrote him a letter asking for Russia to reduce prices paid for Russian gas, Russian President Vladimir Putin took a shot at Russian entrepreneurs for investing in Greece, which he described as...