Islamist guerrillas have taken 12 Orthodox nuns into custody after seizing the monastery of Saint Thekla in Maaloula , yesterday afternoon.

Architect Sir Norman Foster has been revealed as the man behind Lamda Development's plans to revamp the Hellinikon prime real estate site that the Greek government is seeking to privatize.

South Korean companies should take advantage of infrastructural and fiscal reforms in Greece and invest in business, trade through Greek ports, and send more tourists to Greece, President of the Republic Karolos Papoulias said from Seoul on Tuesday.

Greek shipowner Victor Restis has been conditionally released after spending four months in jail pending trial on money laundering and embezzlement charges.