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Greek PM Issues Blunt Rebuff to Brazilian President's Coronavirus Denials
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis offered some advice to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's continual underestimation of the coronavirus threat during an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday.
Mitsotakis was responding to a question by the veteran CNN anchor, who had...
Greek News
Greek Captain Dies After Fire Breaks Out Aboard Ship off Brazil
A 40-year old Greek national who was the captain of a Greek-flagged vessel died near the coast of Guaiba, Brazil in the early hours of Friday, after a fire broke out aboard his ship.
The Hellenic (Greek) Coast Guard issued...
Greece
Prosecutor Orders Investigation Into Greek Links to Brazil's Car Wash Graft Probe
Corruption prosecutor Eleni Touloupaki ordered on Friday a preliminary investigation into the Greek link of Brazil's so-called Car Wash graft scandal, involving the country's state-controlled oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA, commonly known as Petrobras.
The investigation concerns allegations made by...
Greek News
Athena Onassis Loses Custody of Horse to Ex-Husband in Brazilian Court
The ongoing legal battle between Athena Onassis and her former husband Álvaro Affonso (Doda) de Miranda Neto has had a new twist when a Brazilian court ruled in favour of the latter concerning the custody of a disputed horse.
The...
Business
Greek Shipping Companies Allegedly Involved in Brazilian Bribery Scandal
Brazilian authorities have accused ensnaring U.S. asphalt maker Sargeant Marine, six Greek shipping companies and a former Brazilian congressman in a wide-ranging graft probe.
Brazilian authorities said they were investigating allegations that Greek shipping companies paid bribes to obtain contracts from...
Greek News
Brazilian Government Holds Funeral Honoring Murdered Greek Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis
On Tuesday the Brazilian government held a funeral for the murdered Greek Ambassador to Brazil, Kyriakos Amiridis. The funeral was attended by the Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Marcondes de Carvalho and was located at the Geleao Air Force Base...
Crime
Police: Greek Ambassador to Brazil Victim of Murder Plot
Brazilian police say the Greek ambassador to Brazil, who was last seen alive Monday, was murdered by his Brazilian wife and her police officer boyfriend, who has confessed to the killing.
Investigators say they found a body believed to be...
Crime
Brazilian Police Arrest Wife of Dead Greek Ambassador on Murder Charges
Brazilian authorities arrested the wife of Greece's Ambassador to Brazil and three other men for the murder of the diplomat, who was found burnt in a rental car on Thursday.
According to O 'Globo, after the arrest of Françoise Amiridis,...
Greek News
Ambassador of Greece to Brazil Suspected Dead
A body discovered inside a charred vehicle in the outskirts of Rio De Janeiro is suspected to be the 59-year-old missing Ambassador of Greece to Brazil Kyriakos Amiridis.
The car was rented by the Greek Ambassador who was visiting his wife's...
Art
Greek Film Week Debuts in Sao Paulo
The Greek Film Week, to be held for the first time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, aims to highlight the course and the wealth of the Greek cinema since the 1930s.
The festival, which will run until October 16, is organized...