Contract law

New leases for office space in Athens posted a 29 percent increase last year compared to 2015, as enterprises tried to make the most of the considerable drop in rents over the last few years.

The completion of the acquisition of Marinopoulos supermarkets by Sklavenitis edged a step closer on Wednesday after the publication of a decision by the competent court in Athens that approved the agreement for the streamlining of the country's biggest retail chain.

Last Sunday Marianna Goulandri, the lovely granddaughter of Marianna Vardinogianni, and shipping heir Philippos Lemos got married in an intimate gathering of family and friends.
The couple made the decision to get married last January, sealing their decision with a party in the Maldives, followed by their engagement in Spetses and another prenuptial celebration in Ibiza, Spain.

Bulgaria's government has inked the memorandum on tourism cooperation signed the institutions of the two countries in October.

The MoU is aimed at securing "sustainable development of the sector while considering local traditions and social values," the cabinet has said.

The Finance Ministry will take steps to avert the creation of mortgage loan and household debt bubbles in the future. According to a bill it has prepared that incorporates a 2014 European Directive into Greek legislation, the ministry is setting rules for the proper and timely information of consumers who intend to take out a housing loan.

According to reports aired on Star TV and Alpha TV, Christos Kalogritsas, one of the businessmen who acquired a TV license in the recent tender lacks the necessary funds to pass the second phase of the process, which provides the down payment of one third of the total license cost.

The state has accumulated debts of over 5.5 million euros to property management company Ethniki Pangaea, as it has yet to pay any money to the company for renting the building (pictured) of the former tobacco firm Keranis in Piraeus.

The six former members of the TAIPED experts council accused in the case of the sale and leaseback of 28 state properties were granted unconditional release after testifying in Athens on Friday.

Members of Zagreb University's Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies, FFZG, still strongly oppose the faculty's plan to merge studies with the Catholic Theology Faculty, KBF.

Zrinka Breglec, a student at FFZG and a member of Plenum, the body gathering students and faculty staff, told BIRN that the faculty management "isn't giving up the deal".

The Bulgarian prosecutor's office will investigate allegations of bribery in the attempted sale of the bankrupt Chimco Vratsa fertiliser plant.

Jan Aronov, president of US-based ANJ Group Corp, which was interested in acquiring the assets of the plant last year, claims that a bribe was requested and accepted by the assignee of the bankrupt factory.