To Dimitris Melissanidis and with the approval of the workers’ assembly, the “Efimerida ton Syntakton”

“Efimerida ton Syntakton” passes into the hands of Dimitris Melissanidis, with reports stating that the preliminary statement for the merchantability of 51% was signed astatine the extremity of past week. Earlier today, a General Assembly of employee-shareholders took place, wherever the merchantability of 51% of the paper to Dimitris Melissanidis was unanimously approved (also formally). The last signatures are expected wrong the adjacent 15 days.

According to the aforesaid reports, the terms exceeds 5 cardinal euros, arsenic determination is besides an concern program.

The reports besides authorities that the businessman volition undertake to wage the employees of EfSyn, who person been unpaid for 5.5 months, arsenic good arsenic to settee the newspaper’s debts. All fiscal audits (due diligence) person besides been completed — the process by which 1 cautiously examines each aspects of an agreement, investment, oregon institution earlier making a decision. The changes volition determination guardant immediately.

Who is Dimitris Melissanidis

Dimitris Melissanidis is 1 of the salient figures successful Greek business. His concern vocation began with a taxi driving schoolhouse successful Korydallos, and successful 2000 helium founded Aegean Marine Petroleum, which helium listed connected the New York Stock Exchange. In 2014, helium held a involvement successful OPAP for 8.5 years earlier selling his shares to Allwyn and Czech billionaire Karel Komarek. Melissanidis is besides progressive successful shipping done Hellenic Environmental Center, portion unneurotic with his member helium owns Aegean Oil, which operates a income web of much than 700 state stations crossed Greece.

Since 2021, helium has been the proprietor of Naftemporiki (the newspaper, its website, and its TV channel). He has besides had important engagement successful football, starting with Ionikos successful 1984, and aboriginal with AEK Athens successful 3 abstracted periods — the archetypal 2 successful the 1990s and the 3rd from 2013 onward. He was instrumental successful the instauration of the club’s caller stadium, OPAP Arena, which helium inaugurated himself connected September 30, 2022.