Italian authorities have officially notified Greek authorities that they had identified two dead Greek nationals while another 10 persons are considered missing.

ug boats hauled the burnt-out hulk of the ferry that caught fire on Sunday off the coast of Greece to a southern Italian port on Friday, opening the way for an investigation into the cause of the blaze that killed at least 11 people.

Greek depositors withdrew 2.5 billion euros in December according to an article in the German newspaper Die Welt.