ATHENS, Greece--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Piraeus, one of Greece’s four systemic banks, hosted a high-level summit last week in Athens on “Sustainability for the Economy and Society.” Attended by a range of ...

Greek Shipping Minister Panayiotis Kouroumblis (front) speaks during a ceremony for the welcome of the maiden call of China's COSCO Shipping Taurus and the inauguration of the 3rd berth for 20,000 ...

ATHENS (Reuters) -China's controlling stake in the Greek port of Piraeus, one of the largest in Europe, is not for sale, the Chinese embassy in Greece said, denouncing comments by newly appointed U.S.

Olympiacos won the 4th European championship in its history and celebrated it exactly as it deserved. Fans flooded the ...

ATHENS, Greece, July 07, 2025—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Piraeus (ATHEX: TPEIR) (OTCQX:BPIRY) has been recognised as Greece’s Best Performing Bank in The Banker’s 2025 Top 1000 World Banks rankings, the globally ...

Since the Greek financial crisis, Beijing and Athens have deepened their links. Greece announced in August of 2018 that it was formally joining China's Belt and Road Initiative. During a visit to ...

The China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (Cosco) took over 51 percent of the Greek state-owned Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) on August 10, making it the controlling shareholder. Under the deal, Cosco ...

The union members were shouting, “No more workers’ blood!” at a protest at the Port of Piraeus, just outside Athens, on a warm weekday morning in late May. A worker had been killed in a scaffolding ...

ATHENS, Greece — The Greek referendum on whether to accept the country's international bailout deal has made international headlines, and the lines outside the country's banks have become a symbol of ...

The Piraeus Port, located 12 kilometers southwest of Greece's capital Athens, is frequently mentioned in meetings between Chinese and Greek leaders. In the Greek language, Piraeus means "choke-point ...