Greeks are getting personal. Increasingly angry with politicians they blame for dragging their country to the brink of financial ruin, they are picketing their homes, jeering them and even pelting them with
* Replaces capital adequacy as benchmark * Two largest banks must exceed 10% by 2014 * The Central Bank of Cyprus has set a new core tier 1 minimum capital requirement of
* Harming Turkey's bid to join the European Union * U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon called on leaders of divided Cyprus to overcome their differences by October with a view to ending a
The chairman of Fenerbahce, Aziz Yildirim, arrived in court on Friday to face prosecutors over allegations of involvement in a match-fixing scandal that has rocked Turkish soccer. The Istanbul court has already
A Turkish court jailed 15 more people, including top soccer club executives, pending trial on Thursday as part of a major match-fixing investigation which the prime minister said is staining the country's
Shares in South Korean casino and resort operators and construction firms spiked on Thursday, buoyed by expectations that Pyeongchang's hosting of the 2018 Winter Olympics could pump tens of billions of dollars
* Overheating economy seen as main challenge * Pro-Iran Foreign Minister Davutoglu keeps job * Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan unveiled a new cabinet on Wednesday, retaining Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek to manage
U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon will seek a peace deal within a year from Cypriot leaders engaged in reunification talks on Thursday, a source close to the matter said, signalling growing frustration with
Cyprus sold 90 mln euros in 13 week treasury bills, paying a 3.50% average yield at an auction on Wednesday, the finance ministry said. The yield at the previous successful auction of
* Bilateral trade reaches $300 mln; investments total $17.5 bln * A double-taxation avoidance agreement with Ukraine is currently being drafted and is expected to be signed by October of this year,
