Piraeus

Businessman Lavrentis Lavrentiadis, who has been in Korydallos Prison for a year-and-a-half pending trial on charges of embezzlement, was granted release on Tuesday on the condition that he post 500,000 euros in bail and report regularly to his local police station.

Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday issued a joint statement pledging to boost strategic bilateral ties following a visit by the two men to Piraeus, where Chinese shipping giant Cosco is seeking to expand its presence and which Li said could become “China’s gateway to Europe.”

Rescue teams including coast guard officers and private parties were searching Friday for an 82-year-old windsurfer who went missing off the island of Salamina, near Piraeus.

The man reportedly disappeared in the area of Selinia when winds reached speeds of 5 to 6 Beaufort.

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang visited Friday Greeces largest port of Piraeus, where his country has made a big investment, as part of a three-day trip focusing on business deals.

Firefighters discovered the body of a man on Friday in the debris after extinguishing a large fire that broke out earlier in the day on the third floor of an apartment block on 68 Philadelphias Street in Nikaia, a suburb of Piraeus.

On a visit on Friday to the port of Piraeus, where Chinese shipping giant Cosco controls two cargo terminals, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang expressed Beijing's interest in investing in Greece's railway network in order to accelerate the transport of goods to Europe.

On the second day of a three-day business-oriented visit to Greece, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Friday visited the port of Piraeus, where Chinese shipping giant Cosco controls two of the three container terminals, with his Greek counterpart Antonis Samaras.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Athens on Thursday for a landmark three-day visit during which Greek and Chinese officials are expected to sign several key deals in the trade, energy and shipping sectors.

Greek and Chinese officials are expected to sign three key bilateral deals as China Premier Li Keqiang arrives in Athens on Thursday for a three-day visit.

Greece rolls out the red carpet Thursday for Chinese Premier Li Keqiang as the cash-strapped eurozone nation looks for Chinese investment to put wind in the sails of its recovery.