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PPC lignite unit bids fall flat in blow to privatisations
EconomyFeaturesThe Public Power Corporation’s (PPC) divestment of 40 percent of its lignite capacity has hit an obstacle as it emerged that the bid process for two lignite units had attracted very little interest. PPC received one binding offer for the Melitis unit in...
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Eurogroup to approve release of bond profits but bid to repurpose funds falls flat
EconomyProgrammeWednesday’s Eurogroup is expected to result in eurozone finance ministers approving the conclusion of the fourth enhanced surveillance review and the next round of debt relief measures, but will not include a discussion on how Greece can use the bond pr...
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Building permits down by 2.3 pct in Jul as YTD activity growth nearly flat
EconomyMacroeconomyBuilding permits growth in July returned to negative territory, dropping by 2.3 percent year-on-year (YoY), after a 3 percent increase in June), according to the latest data released by the Hellenic Statistical Agency (ELSAT) on Thursday. The total numb...
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Government moves to shake off Tempe affair after opposition bids at prosecution fall flat
PoliticsGreek PoliticsNew Democracy succeeded in limiting the scope of judicial proceedings against politicians in relation to the deadly Tempe rail crash after rival motions by opposition parties to widen the net of prosecutions were voted down. The conservatives hope that ...
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Newsletter 462 - 16/05/2025
a team at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) investigating the blaze
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Time running out for government action out as water crisis deepens
PoliticsGreek PoliticsTechnical University of Athens (NTUA). Professor Christos Makropoulos confirmed that Attica is in a drought
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Xi's visit carries promise of closer Sino-Greek political, economic ties
PoliticsGreek Politics-controlled Piraeus Port Authority, which envisages a new cruise ship terminal and a new car terminal. The plan also foresaw a fourth container terminal, which would have increased total TEU capacity from 7 million TEU to 10 million TEU. Approval was not given for the fourth container terminal
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Newsletter 24 - 24/04/2015
terminal handling concession at OLP in 2008 for a duration of 35 years. Despite initial conflicts... of sustained crisis. COSCO’s subsidiary Piraeus Container Terminal (PCT) currently manages Piers II and III. In 2014 it was awarded an expansion of the terminal concession contract. This agreement has
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China-Greece: One belt, one road?
Agorastrategic calculus when it invested in the container terminal handling concession at OLP in 2008... Container Terminal (PCT) currently manages Piers II and III. In 2014 it was awarded an expansion of the terminal concession contract. This agreement has not been called into question by the SYRIZA-led
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Gov't adopts patchwork of measures to overcome liquidity problems
EconomyProgramme: 310 million on March 6, 348 million on March 13 and 581 million on March 16. The last tranche... remaining 310 million relate to 90 percent of HFSF current cash reserves that until the end of 2015
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