Ion Television

One of the sweetest business marriages has now become a reality, with the announcement on Thursday of the completion of the acquisition of the Lavdas candy factory by the ION chocolate industry.

The relevant agreement was announced last June and provides that Lavdas will continue to operate as an independent company but with the development of significant synergies with ION.

Bespoke SGA Holdings, owned by entrepreneur Spyros Theodoropoulos, has acquired a majority stake in the Greek chocolate manufacturer Ion, in accordance with an initial agreement between the two sides, according to a company statement on Thursday.

The subway protests were organized as a result of the dissatisfaction of trade unionists caused by Metrorex's [the Bucharest subway company - editor's note] to reduce employees' salaries and lay off staff and has nothing to do with the situation of the commercial spaces, the head of the Unitatea - Sindicatul Liber din Metrou (USLM) trade union, Ion Radoi, told AGERPRES on Friday.