Greece's bank bailout fund has received bids from anchor investors, including Canada's Fairfax and York Capital, for a big chunk of Eurobank's 2.86 billion euro ($3.95 billion)share offering.

Well known names rung out at Kaminia, Piraeus, at the official presentation of Yannis Moralis ticket for the municipality of Piraeus, including Olympiakos FC owner Vagelis Marinakis and industrialist Petros Kokkalis.

What would it be like if you could electronically toss an ancient Greek coin? To almost touch it, and look upon it in detail and magnification on both sides? To learn real time information on its origin, date, and what is depicted, and, yes, even listen to the sound it makes as twenty coins while stacked?

The plan for turning Athens into a metropolitan tourism center, was announced today by Tourism minister Olga Kefalogianni, which aims at mobilizing all relevant state and private sectors.