Piraeus Bank, Greece's fourth-largest lender, is expected to report a second-quarter loss, hit by a one-off austerity tax and higher loan-loss provisions as the recession deepened. Piraeus will get the ball rolling
Egypt's general prosecutor ordered that the government's head of fine arts be detained for four days pending an investigation into the theft of a Van Gogh painting worth an estimated $55 mln,
Greek business and household bank deposits shrank for a sixth straight month in June to reach 216.5 bln euros, central bank data showed on Monday. The data showed that since the start
An armed man released the hostages he had taken during a bank robbery in Athens' port of Piraeus on Monday and turned himself in, police said. Three men had stormed into a
Star Alliance partners Continental Airlinesand Greek carrier Aegean said on Monday they started codesharing on flights between New York and Athens. Pending government approval, Aegean will also codeshare on Continental flights from
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
