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The Kalashnikov rifle used in the attack against the chief warden of Domokos’ high security prison on Saturday was also used in an armed robbery at a National Bank of Greece (NBG) branch in Aspropyrgos, in 2012, according to the ongoing...

Moody’s downgraded five Greek banks on Monday, citing heightened uncertainty regarding the new government's ability to reach an agreement with its creditors before the end of the current support program that expires at the end of February. The ratings agency said...

New dramatic free fall recorded the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE), which sank to a new year low, amid the worsening climate in the markets due to political uncertainty, while the Greek 10-year bond recorded a worrying increase over 9%. The...

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu arrived in Athens a few minutes after 3:30 pm accompanied by nine of his cabinet's Ministers, in order to participate in the 3rd Greek-Turkish High Level Cooperation Council, to be held over two days...

After a Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) general meeting green-lighted the agreement with Chinese company Cosco regarding the latter's new 230-million-euro investment in Piraeus, Greece, the way is now open for Beijing to move ahead with its export plans in...

Greek banks are ready to implement the law on "bad loans." This emerged after today's meeting at the government headquarters between Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, government Vice President Evangelos Venizelos, Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis, Alternate Finance Minister Christos Staikouras,...

Speaking at a conference of the Greek Institute of Internal Auditions on "Internal control in the middle of developments," National Bank of Greece (NBG) CEO Alexandros Tourkolias revealed that most of the bank's loans are investment loans, spent over...

U.S. based multinational banking and financial services corporation Citigroup is examining what a SYRIZA government might mean for Greek equities, taking in account the upcoming presidential election in Greece and the risk of early general elections which might bring...

Greece's fourth-biggest bank, Alpha Bank, announced on Monday that approximately 21% of its 10,000 employees will enter a voluntary exit plan that was launched last month, aiming to cut costs. Alpha Bank's target is to cut 15% to 20% of its workforce in order to...

National Bank of Greece (NBG) has hired other banks including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Corp to work as advisers on the sale of 40% of Turkish Finansbank, reported Bloomberg. NBG is planning on selling its shares...