privatisations
Business
DESFA Privatisation Deadline Extended to February 2018
Greece’s privatisation agency (HRADF) decided to push back the deadline for offers connected with the Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator (DESFA), a 66% stake of which is about to be privately owned.
Binding offers were expected to be submitted by...
Energy
Greece Finalises Deal with Lenders to Sell Coal-Fired Plants
Greece has finalised a deal with its official creditors on the coal-fired plants the country will sell to comply with an EU court ruling, Greek Energy Minister George Stathakis said on Friday.
The deal concerns two lignite units in Megalopolis...
Greece
Government Opens Tender Procedure for Egnatia Odos Concession
The Greek privatisation agency opened a tender procedure for a concession to run Egnatia Odos; a motorway running from west to east, in northern Greece.
The contract is part of a privatisation process launched by Greece under a multi-billion euro...
Business
Report: Tourism Investment in Greece Runs into Trouble
A report by Reuters follows the route of tourism-related investments in Greece and reveals major delay and other bureaucratic issues preventing foreign and domestic investors from doing business in Greece.
For frustrated developers, the suspicion is that Greece is biting...
Greece
ND Leader Samaras Urges Government to Secure Deal for Greece
The leader of main opposition New Democracy (ND) Antonis Samaras said on Thursday an agreement has to be sealed to ensure Greece’s funding and economic recovery, following a meeting of the European People’s Party (EPP) in Riga, Latvia.
"An agreement,...
Economy
PM Tsipras Chairs Marathon Meeting of SYRIZA MPs to Discuss Ongoing Negotiations
A marathon meeting of ruling SYRIZA MPs, chaired by Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, ended late on Tuesday after talks lasting more than five hours.
The meeting's primary focus was on the progress of the negotiations between the Greek government and the...
Economy
Greek FinMin Varoufakis Criticizes the Rigidity of Eurozone's Institutions
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis on Thursday said he is not satisfied with the eurozone’s institutions, during his speech at the annual conference of economists organized by the Institute for New Economic Thinking in cooperation with the Organization for...
Greece
Greek Productive Reconstruction Min: SYRIZA Government Must Be One of Progressive Reversals
"Either our government will be a government of huge rifts and progressive reversals or it will not have a future" stated Productive Reconstruction, Greek Environment and Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis in an interview with Saturday newspaper Agora.
The minister underlined...
Economy
Greek Minister of State Calls on Politicians to Bring their Money Back to the Country
Greek Minister of State Alekos Flambouraris on Tuesday, in statements to SKAI TV, called on all politicians and non politicians to bring their money back to Greece
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"We are giving a fight for existence and even one euro matters in...
Economy
Greek FinMin: There's an Alternative if Greece Doesn't Get Loan Tranche in March
There’s an alternative plan if Greece doesn’t receive its loan installment in March, Greece 's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Wednesday during a speech at an event marking the 130-year anniversary of the Greek-French Chamber of Commerce and...