THE RUMOR OF THE DAY

ΤΙΡ 1: CONCESSION

### Voices are rising in the market claiming that the main protagonists in the story of Athens metro line 4 will ultimately avoid going to court

THE QUESTION OF THE DAY..

…AND THE ANSWER

— How will the new armaments program officially announced by the Greek Prime Minister be financed from Thessaloniki? If necessary, the government will touch the mattresses cushion of 37 billion euros. It has not been decided, but it is a serious possibility.

THE DETAIL: The information insists that the total cost of the program has been estimated at 10 billion euros, but in a reasonable depth of time, which has not been determined. What else has not been identified? How much exactly will Rafale cost?

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT: Negotiations on this crucial issue began on Monday. The amount will depend on how many new and how many used aircraft, in the end, Greece will buy.

THE NEWS OF THE DAY

FORTUNATLY

— Further to the above, the positive news coming from Brussels (although unofficial) is that in 2021 the expenditure will be made without the commitments of the Stability Pact. And one way or another, the Mitsotaki package, announced in Thessaloniki, can be implemented. Because if not…

THE PRECISION:  But beware, the new easing will concern 2021 exclusively and “no new extension will be played ».

THE PLAN: This is why Maximou, who seems to know something about all of the above, instructed the Ministry of Finance not to forecast a primary deficit in the 2021 budget. To avoid relaxation

THE ASSESSMENT: It will be very difficult to achieve this

THE BUSINESS NEWS OF THE DAY (1)

ΤΙΡ 2: ADDITIONS

— It is only a matter of hours before the final signatures fall with which the DESFA (gas transmission operator); will become a strategic partner of the device that will operate the FSRU in Alexandroupolis. The collaboration will be preceded by the Bulgarian “DESFA”.

THE BUSINESS NEWS OF THE DAY (2)

DISSATISFACTION

— Executives from the German group HDW visited the facilities of the Scaramanga shipyards at the end of last week. The event would have gone unnoticed if it had not been brought to the attention of the US Embassy in Athens. She reacted, unhappy

THE REASON: Why unhappy? Because in no way does she want to have the Germans in her way with this particular story. As we know, through the shipyards, the way is open to the controls of frigates.

THE VISIT OF THE DAY

ΤΙΡ 3: PRINCESS

### We are informed that Prince Albert of Monaco is preparing for a 48 hour visit to Athens. October 1 and 2, most likely date, for conference purposes

THE EVOLUTION OF THE DAY

MUTATIONS

— It will be in London at the beginning of summer 2021 (the exact date has not yet been decided) that the next Davos forum will be physically held. Far from the snow and the peaks of the Alps. On condition, always, that the pandemic allows it.

THE DECISION: Next winter, instead of the classic forum in Switzerland, an attempt will be made to make an online one. Its preparations have begun, but as its organizers admit, everything is so strange…

MEANWHILE..

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THE MESSAGE OF THE DAY

IN ANKARA

— No regional conference on the Eastern Mediterranean will take place in the near and future without the participation of the Republic of Cyprus. This message was sent by Mitsotakis through Michel to Ankara. And he is waiting for an answer.

THE WARNING: Athens has also warned Berlin that if the Turkish side does not give tangible signs of a return to dialogue, then sanctions against it should be discussed at the September 24 Summit.

THE ANSWER: Berlin replied curtly “well, we’ll see …”.

TO KNOW: Berlin did not want sanctions when the Uruc Reis sailed “beside” Kastelorizo. So, now that he’s back in Antalya, Berlin doesn’t talk about sanctions at all.

YOU SHOULD ALSO KNOW THAT:

*** Agreeing or not with Donald Trump, it is an indisputable fact that the last Arab country to sign a peace agreement with Israel was Jordan in 1994. And the first was Egypt, in 1979. Therefore, what happened the day before yesterday in The White House, in the presence of the American president, between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain is a historic event.

***  Berlin insists the coronavirus vaccine will not be on the market until mid-2021. Washington is again putting it in three to four weeks. Maybe because they have national elections there in six weeks…

*** In case you are interested: the new Apple Watch launched by Apple in San Francisco even counts blood oxygen! For the record, next month, the company will probably launch the new iPhone

*** Billionaire head fund manager Steve Cohen has agreed to buy the New York Nets baseball team. Who else wanted her? Pop star Jennifer Lopez. Billionaires habits.

*** A very interesting study published by the Economist. What does it support? That Europeans still have many banks. At the top of the list are France, Italy and Spain, followed by Germany. That is why the ECB, he writes, is preparing new legislation to encourage their mergers.

*** Commander Duch, who oversaw thousands of Khmer Rouge killings in Cambodia in the name of idiosyncratic communism, has died at the age of 77. The irony? His latest photo shows him wearing a Pollo shirt, completely surrendered to capitalism.