THE BUSINESS NEWS OF THE DAY

ΤΙΡ 1: ANSWERS 

### Greek business group is preparing to make a dynamic entry in the tender for the development and management of the port of Igoumenitsa. As a kind of response to the offer of the Italian group Grimaldi that now appears as the favorite for the occasion.

THE NEWS OF THE DAY (1) 

INVITATIONS 

—  This round “will be the final”. Bankers are again calling on indebted and well-known entrepreneurs to settle their loan obligations. This time having an extra means of pressure..

THE WEAPON: We learn that a bill is being prepared that will facilitate business acquisitions, mergers and wider restructuring. Under the “pretext” of the general changes caused by the pandemic. 

THE GOAL:  We are heading towards a concentration of forces, by sector.

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT: Anyway, lately, the best bankers are in direct line with the minister Gerapetritis and the economic adviser of PM Patelis, of Maximou. On the occasion of their participation in the activation of the recovery fund. But not only …t…

THE MOBILITY OF THE DAY

LEBANESE

—  Those who have a good picture of the expensive northern and southern suburbs of Athens, insist that lately there has been a great mobility of businessmen of Lebanese origin. After the dramatic events in Beirut, many of them are considering moving their headquarters to Greece.

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT: On the occasion, however, to inform you that due to the pandemic, applications for the Golden Visa have plummeted. This year only 53 have been issued, when last year it was estimated at 280 per month.. 

THE UNEXPECTED OF THE DAY

ΤΙΡ 2: PRAYERS 

### The five monks of a monastery near Aigio react strongly to the installation of high voltage power pylons, about half a kilometer from the Monastery. And for this reason, the entire IPTO plan in the Peloponnese is delayed. What do they support? That bothers them in their prayer.

THE JUDICIAL NEWS OF THE DAY

CORIDALOS  

—George Koutsolioutsos, of the Folli Follie company, has been transferred to Korydallos prison, where his father is also being held, at the request of his lawyers. Until today, he was in Trikala prisons. They will both stay there until their case is heard.

INVESTIGATION: In the meantime, the ownership status of the yacht belonging to the Koutsolioutsos family has come under judicial control. The process was deemed necessary, as an attempt was made to sell it, recently

THE QUESTION OF THE DAY

ΤΙΡ 3: WILL THEY STAY

### The mandate of the president, the CEO and the members of the board of directors of the privatization fund TAIPED, is coming to an end. And the market question is: what does the government intend to do with its case? Will he renew the mandate? Rumors swell.

MEANWHILE..

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THE NEWS OF THE DAY (2) 

ORDERS  

— Finally, how many will be the new and how many (slightly) used Rafale fighter jets that Greece will buy from France? Because here the following paradox happens: Paris “gives” another analogy and Athens another.…

THE PRECISION: In any case, the used ones will be more, to come faster. Their number “plays” between 10 and 12, for a total of 18.

TO KNOW:  Egypt, while initially saying that it would give Greece 10 of the 20 new Rafale that it had ordered in France and are ready to deliver, finally withdrew.

THE MESSAGE OF THE DAY

WAITING

—  Despite the rumors that have been circulating in the last few hours, the extraordinary EU summit on Greek-Turkish will normally take place on 24 September. He and the extraordinary meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.

THE FACT 1: Athens will push for sanctions against Turkey, in case the Turkish fleet does not leave the Aegean by then

THE FACT 2: Athens does not trust NATO, so it will not accept dialogue within it. Despite all the « concessions »

THE FACT 3: Athens considers that only the departure of the research vessel Uruc Reis can be a strategy from Ankara. That is why she will insist on other initiatives to calm the crisis on the Turkish side.

YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT:

*** The Commission will speed up its decisions on the new EU immigration policy by one week. This was announced yesterday in a closed meeting by the president of Ursula von der Leyen, under the pressure of the developments in Moria.

*** The positive news is that Chancellor Angela Merkel conveyed at the same meeting that Germany supports the moves of the Greek government and reaffirmed an opinion that was not previously expressed. That Greece can not lift the weight alone and that we must see what we will do.

*** The downside is that we are talking about the EU, which is still thinking about what it needs to do to express its opposition to everything that is happening in Belarus. Russian 

President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, has promised Alexander Lukashenko a $ 1.5 billion loan after “being a friend in need.”

*** Merkel’s teleconference with Chinese President Xi Jinping also “went wrong”. What do we learn? That Beijing decided not to have a live meeting after the failure of the Chinese RAL tour in Europe. And so the whole story “unfolded” with a teleconference

*** Also note that the forthcoming German-Chinese summit in Leipzig has been postponed without a new date.

*** Incredible blunder. As part of President Trump’s election campaign, an advertisement was shown in support of the US military with archive photos showing Russian jets!