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Tuesday, 19 January 2021 The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) has suspended its grant to the Hellenic Sailing Federation over the response to Sofia Bekatorou saying she was sexually abused in 1998 by a high-ranking member of the organisation. Bekatorou, who won gold in the 470 class at her home Olympic Games in Athens, made the allegation during an online conference organised by Greece’s Sports Ministry. The 43-year-old said a male official performed a "lewd act" after inviting her to his hotel room to discuss preparations for the Sydney 2000 Olympics. She said the act was not consensual....

BERLIN | WARSAW In a run-off election with arch-conservative Friedrich Merz, North Rhine-Westphalian leader Armin Laschet won the race for CDU chair. Laschet – considered to be the moderate in the race and ran largely on a platform of continuing Merkel’s legacy – now has the best chance of becoming the country’s next chancellor after the Bundestag election set for 26 September.  In the meantime at the EU level, Laschet will have to deal with the headache of Hungary’s ruling Fidesz party, which is part of the European People’s Party (EPP). EPP chief Donald Tusk briefly welcomed d...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's first female president met Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou on Monday to express her support for the athlete who publicly claimed she had been sexually

Greek President praises Olympic medallist for breaking abuse silence Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou meets with Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou in Athens ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s president praised Olympic sailing champion Sofia Bekatorou for dissolving “a conspiracy of silence” by reporting a historic allegation of sexual assault by a sports official. Bekatorou, who won a gold medal in the 2004 Olympics, told the Greek edition of Marie Claire last month that she had suffered the abuse in 1998 when she was 21. Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, who met B...

Prominent female athlete and multiple Olympic Games medallist in sailing, Sofia Bekatorou, has spoken out about being sexually abused by a sports official during her preparations for the Sydney Olympic Games (2000). Though Bekatorou did not reveal the official’s name at first, press reports said Aristeides Adamopoulos – an official of the Hellenic Sailing Federation and currently a member of the ruling New Democracy party – was the one who molested her. Following the revelations, Adamopoulos, who has denied any wrongdoing, was immediately suspended, but he was also condemned by all pol...