Funeral of shipping magnate Angelicoussis with only close family present - brief biography
Monday, 12 April 2021 00:26
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The funeral and interment of well-known Greek shipping magnate John Angelicoussis will be held with only close family members present, given the Covid-19 restrictions in place in Greece, according to an announcement over the weekend.
Angelicoussis,72, passed way in Athens on Saturday morning after being hospitalized since March 20 after suffering a heart attack.
The head of the Angelicoussis Shipping Group was born in 1948 in Piraeus, the ancient port of greater Athens and the country s shipping hub. His family, active in the shipping sector, hailed from the eastern Aegean island of Hios (Chios). He began working in the family business in 1973 and by 2001 had acquired a majority stake.
Next step taken to turn Aristotle Onassis private isle, Skorpios, into exclusive resort
Thursday, 14 January 2021 22:55
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An ambitious project to create an exclusive and upscale resort on the private isle once owned by Aristotle Onassis moved another step forward on Wednesday with the publication in Greece s government gazette of a relevant joint ministerial decision - a development that up until recently would have faced a bevy of bureaucratic hurdles.
The investment, billed as totaling 165 million euros, is the brainchild of billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, Russia s potash king , who with his family owns the long-term rights to the verdant islet of Skorpios, just east of the Ionian island of Lefkada.