Papadopoulos

Lawyers for George Papadopoulos, a Greek-American aide in the Donald Trump presidential campaign, said in a court filing on Friday that he revealed to the Greek foreign minister in May 2016 that Russia had "dirt" on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

He claimed the meeting took place a few days before Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Greece.

President Donald Trump "nodded with approval" at the suggestion of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a court filing Friday night that seeks leniency for a former campaign aide who lied to the FBI.

Greek American George Papadopoulos, a former member of the foreign policy advisory panel to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, could face up to six months in jail.

The search for the fallen Greek soldiers in the Albanian front of 1940-41.

Reporting: Yiannis Papadopoulos/ Camera: Giorgos Moutafis/ Video editing: Gogo Bebelou/ Translated from Greek to English: Christine Sturmey

A presidential election exit poll by Cyprus's state broadcaster shows incumbent President Nicos Anastasiades facing a runoff with independent candidate Stavros Malas, who's backed by the communist AKEL party.

JP Morgan has hired the former head of Greece's debt management agency, Stelios Papadopoulos, to head its investment banking business in Greece, according to an internal memo seen by IFR. 

Papadopoulos started on Monday and will report to Kyril Courboin, JP Morgan's CEO for France and the region covering Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Greece, Iberia, and Italy, the memo said. 

Ten months after three people died in their sleep at Moria refugee camp, their families are still looking for answers.

Reporting: Yiannis Papadopoulos/ Camera: Giorgos Moutafis

Under the “microscope” of the Corruption Prosecutor are the actions of the Greek Minister of Defence Panos Kammenou regarding the case of the sale of defense material (300,000 105mm projectiles) from the stocks of the Greek Army to Saudi Arabia.

Vice president of major Greek opposition party New Democracy (ND), Adonis Georgiadis said the involvement and handling by Defence Minister Panos Kammenos of the sale of Greek weapons to Saudi Arabia warranted the setting up of a special inquiry committee.

Nothing in George Papadopoulos's posts on social media indicated what he had been up to in the past few months. There was no hint of his arrest in mid-July at Dulles Airport in Washington DC or how he collaborated with the FBI in its investigation into the Trump campaign's pre-election contacts with Russia.