Tag Archives: privatization fund

The Greek government has cancelled the privatization of the port of Alexandroupolis in Northern Greece, a process that had started already in 2017. The conservative government has now announced that the port is too important to be entrusted to a private investor. On Thursday, the board of directors of the …

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Protests have born fruits. The Greek government has removed hundreds of archaeological sites, museums,  historical monuments and castles from a list of state properties transferred to the Privatization Fund as dictated by the last bailout terms and conditions. In a statement, the Ministry of Culture said late of Tuesday that …

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The archaeological site of Knossos, the Archaeological Museum of Herakleio and the bastions of the Venetian Castle, the Castle of Chios, the Acropolis of Sparta, the Tomb of Leonidas, the island of Spinaloga, the White Tower of Thessaloniki, the Akrotiri on Santorini, the Byzantine Castle of Trikala , the Firka …

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Greece’s Privatization Fund will proceed with a tender to sell a 30 percent stake in the Athens International Airport (AIA) early next year, its head said on Wednesday. The privatisation agency holds a 30 percent stake in the airport, with the government owning another 25 percent. The rest is held …

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Archaeologists and sites Guards are up in arms after the  Greek Finance Ministry issued a decision ordering the trasnfer several historical sites and buildings,  museums, monuments and historical buildings to the Super Privatization Fund. “They belong de facto to the state and are off any trade,” the Greek Archaeologists Association …

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Greece received six expressions of interest for the sale of a 66 percent stake in state natural gas grid operator DESFA, the country’s privatization agency (HRADF) said in a press release on Monday. The investor groups that responded to the tender are: -Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets Ltd -A consortium …

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The Greek government tries to persuade opposition parties and society that the transfer of utility companies in the Privatization Fund does not automatically mean that they will be sold. Three government ministers – Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Transportation Minister Christos Spirtzis and Energy Minister Panos Skouletis -, insisted in claiming …

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Remember when we were saying that at the end, lenders will grab also Acropolis? OK, we are not so far yet, but… apparently on the right direction. The tomb of one of the most famous  Greek politicians Eleftherios Venizelos, the “maker of modern Greece” has been transferred to the new …

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The European Commission directly intervened in the work of the Greek Justice and demanded that EU technocrats working at the Greek Privatization Fund enjoy “immunity.” The EC intervenes two days after corruption prosecutors in Athens raised charges against 3 Greeks and 3 EU-nationals of the HRADF for selling public assets thus …

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Thousands of hectares across the “Athens Riviera”, the Attica coast line from Cape Sounion in the East to Marina Zeas in the West have been transferred to the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund – Greek Privatization Agency (TAIPED) on Tuesday.The transfer of the Attica coastline to TAIPED was signed by …

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