Born on 4 June 1952 in Greece, he got a BSc in Industrial Management (MIT) in 1975, an MSc in European Studies (LSE) in 1976 and a PhD in International Relations (LSE) in 1980. He was Editor-in-Chief responsible for International Economic Affairs at the Economicos Tachidromos, a weekly financial magazine, from 1982-1996. From 1984-2002, he was a Political Analyst, Director and then Publisher of Eleftheros Typos, a daily newspaper. He was Director and then Publisher of Typos tis Kiriakis, the Sunday edition of Eleftheros Typos from 1988-2002. From 2003-2013, he was the Publisher and owner of CityPress, a free daily newspaper distributed in Athens and the region of Attica. And from 2008-June 2014, he was the Publisher and owner of Free Sunday, a free weekly newspaper distributed in Athens, the region of Attica and Thessaloniki. MEP since 2014.