PIRAEUS Top Stories

Piraeus Bank: Successful Completion of the Book Building Process for the Issue of €400 Million ...2019-06-20
The National Herald: ATHENS – Piraeus Bank announces that it has successfully completed the book building process for the issuance of 10NC5 dated subordinated notes amounting to €400 million, through its wholly owned UK subsidiary, PiraeusGroup Finance Plc and under the...
Mother of Slain Greek Rapper Faints at Golden Dawn Trial (Vid)2019-06-20
The National Herald: ATHENS – Magda Fyssa, the mother of slain Greek anti-Fascist hip-hop artist Pavlos Fyssas collapsed in court during the trial of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn’s hierarcy and members when the man accused of murdering her son was...
Risky Greek Debt Is Suddenly Sexy Again2019-06-20
The Washington Post: Piraeus Bank’s issue of CCC-rated subordinated debt shows just how much risk appetite is out there. Investors are either brave or foolhardy. ......
Greek Merchant Fleet (Provisional Data), April 20192019-06-20
Public Technologies: HELLENIC REPUBLIC Piraeus, June 20 2019 HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY PRESS RELEASE GREEK MERCHANT FLEET: April 2019 (Provisional data) The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces data on the GreekMerchant Fleet (for vessels of 100 GRT1) for April...
Final Results of the Livestock Surveys, 20182019-06-20
Public Technologies: HELLENIC REPUBLIC HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY Piraeus, 20 June 2019 PRESS RELEASE LIVESTOCK SURVEYS (Pigs - Bovine animals - Sheep - Goats): YEAR 2018 The Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) announces the results of the Livestock Surveys (Pigs, Bovine...
Mother of slain rapper faints in court2019-06-20
Kathimerini: The mother of slain Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas collapsed in court during the trial of neo-Nazi Golden Dawn on Thursday when the man charged with the...
Greek Bank Debt Is Suddenly Attractive Again2019-06-20
The Washington Post: Piraeus Bank’s issue of CCC-rated subordinated debt shows just how much risk appetite is out there. Investors are either brave or foolhardy. ......
Golden Dawn trial to hear from the accused2019-06-20
Kathimerini: More than four years after the start of a major trial against neo-Nazi Golden Dawn (GD) in April 2015, the court proceedings are entering a new phase on Thursday, with the accused taking the stand....
Piraeus Bank bond raises 400 mln euros2019-06-19
Kathimerini: Piraeus Bank secured a major capital boost on Wednesday, raising 400 million euros through a Tier II bond issue. The interest rate amounted to 9.75 percent and the offers book, overseen by...
ATHEX: Moderate drop ahead of Fed rates verdict2019-06-19
Kathimerini: The absorption of some market liquidity by the Piraeus Bank bond issue and anticipation of the Fed’s decision on US interest rate policy weighed on the Greek bourse on...
Members of meter-rigging gang arrested in Attica2019-06-19
Kathimerini: Nine suspected members of a criminal gang believed to have tampered with electricity meters in several parts of...
Olympiakos to face Viktoria Plzen in Champions League qualifiers2019-06-19
Kathimerini: Olympiakos has avoided PSV Eindhoven and will face Viktoria Plzen of the Czech Republic in the second qualifying round of the Champions...
The protracted crisis and descent of Golden Dawn2019-06-19
Kathimerini: Greece's Golden Dawn sustained significant losses in the two recent election races in Greece. In its former stronghold of Laconia in the Peloponnese, the neo-Nazi party lost more than 50 percent of the support it had in the 2014 European Parliament...
Little Greece Becoming Big Player in World Geopolitics2019-06-19
The National Herald: Hitting bigger than its political weight, Greece – attaching itself at the hip to the United States and mulling an expanded American military presence in the country – has found itself taking an increasingly, if unlikely, bigger role in...