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A man who took hostages in a bank robbery in Athens' port of Piraeus on Monday released some of them but still held four captive, police said. The bank robber fired shots

Cypriots living abroad have returned home for a five-day conference to discuss the latest developments in the Cyprus problem and be briefed on the issue by the island’s political and religious leadership.

Cyprus tennis star Marcos Baghdatis lost 2-0 set to Roger Federer, seeded second, in the semifinals of the Cincinnati Masters Tournament on Saturday and is out of the games with 360 points,

Iran began fuelling its first nuclear power plant on Saturday, a potent symbol of its growing regional sway and rejection of international sanctions designed to prevent it building a nuclear bomb. Iranian

World number one Rafa Nadal fell to Cyprus's Marco Baghdatis 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Masters Friday as three of the top four seeds lost out. Britain's Andy

A ship carrying women activists and aid will no longer head to Gaza via Cyprus from Lebanon on Sunday, the organisers said, after Nicosia announced it would not allow the vessel to

Greek betting firm OPAP's profit is expected to have more than halved in the second quarter, hit by a windfall tax the government imposed on businesses to shore up its ailing finances.

Greece wants to shore up its banking system against the backwash of the country's debt crisis and has commissioned a study on how to go about it, reviving speculation that some of

Greece's biggest cement producer, Titan, is expected to post broadly flat year-on-year profit in the first half as improved sales in Egypt and the Balkans offset falling business in its home market.

 Nicosia District Court issued today a five-day remand order against the fourth suspect in connection with the murder of Managing Director of ''Dias'' media group Andis Hadjicostis, Gregoris Xenophontos. All objections and