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CVC Capital Partners, known in Greece mainly due to its acquisition of the Hygeia and Metropolitan hospitals, has announced that its subsidiary CVC Capital VII has agreed to acquire the activities of D-Marin, a company serving yachts in the Mediterranean and the United Arab Emirates, from Turkish group Dogus. That means CVC is now a partner of Lamda Development.

G. Apostolopoulos Holdings, owner of listed Athens Medical Group, announced on Monday it has submitted a takeover bid for the entire share capital of rival Hygeia Group.

The offer, in cooperation with US fund HIG Capital International, amounts to 0.95 euros per share, bettering the 0.92-euros-per-share bid tabled by CVC.

After Metropolitan Hospital, CVC Capital Partners and domestic associates on Thursday acquired a majority stake (97.2 percent) in Iaso General for 19.44 million euros.

The special-purpose vehicle named Hellenic Healthcare SARL, in which CVC holds a majority stake, is also undertaking Iaso General's loans, which add up to 28 million euros.

The Danish Embassy and the Danish Institute at Athens present Thomas Vinterberg's 2010 film "Submarino" on Thursday, March 22, in a free-of-charge screening that starts at 7 p.m. The drama is about two brothers who, after years of estrangement, cross paths at their mother's funeral and try to put their part behind them. The film is in Danish with English subtitles.