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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday appointed Michael Arghyrou as the head of his economic affairs office, following the resignation of his chief economic advisor Alexis Patelis the day before.

The journalist and author, Chara Kiose, who was a close collaborator and friend to Christos Lambrakis, has passed away at the age of 90.

Hara Kiose was born in Athens on 2 October 1934. She graduated from the American College for Girls-Pierce College and then took courses in Economics at Pittman’s School of Economics in London.

Former PASOK Minister Vasso Papandreou has passed away at the age of 80. She had been facing serious health issues in recent years.

Her funeral will take place on Saturday, October 19, at 3:00 PM in Valimitika, Aigio.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Government Spokesman Pavlos Marinakis, at the upcoming General Assembly of ERT S.A.

The Constantinople-born diplomat, honorary ambassador Alexandros Alexandris, who had extensive knowledge of Greek-Turkish relations and specialized in minority issues, has passed away.

Alexandros Alexandros was born in Pera, Constantinople, and completed his education at the Great School of the Nation in Phanar.

Salomi Economidi is a classic case of a genuine talent who did not want to follow in her parents’ professional footsteps but instead was driven by the artistic concerns she had from an early age.

A former head of the Hellenic Competition Commission, Ioannis Lianos, has been appointed as a member of the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal.

Sir Vasilios (Basil) Markezinis, a Greek-British barrister and legal scholar, has died in Oxford, United Kingdom, aged 79. 

The news was made public on Monday by his long-time friend, Nikandros Bouras, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at King's College, London, who said that Markezinis had been suffering from dementia in the past four years.

Gülnur Aybet, a senior adviser to the Turkish Presidency, has been appointed as the permanent representative of Turkey to UNESCO.

The decision of the appointment was published in the Official Gazette on Nov. 20.

Slavoj Zizek is a cultural philosopher. He's a senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana, Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York University, and international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities of the University of London.