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Athens ponders Syria shake-up with particular focus on Turkey
PoliticsForeign Policyagreements aiming to enhance bilateral cooperation are also due to be signed. In Athens, the foreign... chief Kaja Kallas participated on Saturday at a meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers in Jordan. “We want
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Athens seeks talks with Erdogan as Turkey steps up diplomatic activity in region
PoliticsForeign Policygovernments seem unlikely to take conclusive steps to resolve their bilateral disputes. In any case... objections to the 2019 Turkey-Libya memorandum. The EU’s chief diplomat Kaja Kallas said the memorandum
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Sub-tranche, 2017 fiscal performance ticked off on first day of review talks
EconomyProgrammethe target will be beaten and how much of the excess surplus the coalition will be able... the liberalisation of the natural gas market and the future position of state-owned DEPA. The sale
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Budget for 2020 eyes faster growth while balancing tax cuts with more revenues
EconomyMacroeconomyof DEPA, the 35 years concession of the Egnatia highway. On the debt strategy, the Public Debt... parts of the Bank of Greece loans and bilateral loans of the first programme.
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Airport privatisation set for take-off as more sales head for runway
EconomyFeatures(DEPA) is also pending. Deputy Energy Minister Gerasimos Thomas estimated this week that the tenders for the sale of DEPA’s retail and networks subsidiaries will take place in early 2020. DEPA Infrastructure will include EDA Attica, DEDA and DEPA’s shares in EDA Thess as well as international projects
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Budget deficit of 6.38 bln in Aug confirmed; target beaten due to one offs
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance was confirmed at a deficit of 6.38 billion euros in the first eight months of 2021, compared with a deficit of 5.48 billion in the same period last year, the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data showed on Monday....
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VAT and income taxes buoy revenue performance as primary surplus target is beaten in Sep
EconomyMacroeconomyThe budget primary balance in September was confirmed at a surplus of almost 6 billion euros, compared to a surplus of 52 million euros in the same month of 2022, according to the final Finance Ministry (MoF) budget execution data released on Wednesday....
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Creating a competitive natural gas market: Legal aspects and investment opportunities
LegalGas Provider Company (DEPA). Further, the third revision of the Code of Management of the National... (no. 631/2016) requires the increase of gas quantities available in DEPA’s electronic auctions. The Competition Commission accepted DEPA’s proposal, whereby new tender quantities will gradually have
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Privatisation projects gather pace as Athens targets 2 bln in revenue for 2018
EconomyProgrammeare expected to bring in over 2 billion euros over the next few years. DEPA In early June, Energy... over the method that will be followed to privatise gas firm DEPA. The proposal was to split DEPA into two entities, one commercial and one for infrastructure. In mid-June, DEPA began the process
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Privatisation revenues edge upward as end-of-year deadline looms
EconomyFeaturesCorporation of Greece (DEPA) privatisation appears to be costing money as well as blocking income for state... and the institutions have reached an agreement over the method that will be followed to privatise DEPA, involving splitting it into two entities, one commercial and one for infrastructure. DEPA’s privatisation
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