Greek Daily News 19/07/2024

ECONOMY

-The shareholders’ agreement between the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) and Thrivest Holding Ltd was signed for the capital support of the fifth banking pole under formation, through the merger of Attica Bank with Pancreta Bank.

SHIPPING

-Mandatory investments, port fees and the rights of the new investor to enter into agreements for the execution of projects are described in the concession contract of the Cretan port of Heraklion to the Naples-based Grimaldi group, Naftemporiki reported. For the first time, a new procedure is followed regarding the concession to a new investor, as a Port Fund is created for the infrastructures that are not granted.

-Only 13% of citizens are aware of Greek shipping’s international leading position, with young people completely unaware of the fact (1%) according to the conclusions of a survey conducted by Focus Bari.

-Sikania II Hybrid, a hybrid roll-on/roll-off passenger (RoPax) vessel set to greenify passenger travel between Villa San Giovanni (Reggio Calabria) and Messina, Italy, was launched at the Kanellos Shipyards in Perama, Greece on behalf of the Italian company Blu Ferries.

REAL ESTATE

-In April-June 2024 in the northern town of Kastoria, the average asking home price decreased by 3.3% to €566/sq.m according to the relevant data of the SPI price index of Spitogatos, the leading real estate website in Greece. On the other hand, in the period under review, in downtown Athens the average price reached €2,120/sq.m., up 12.4% on an annual basis.

-Hellenic Cadastre (Ktimatologio), the agency that keeps the country’s property registry, came under cyber attack with, so far, unknown consequences, Kathimerini reported.

GENERAL

The very high temperatures with maximum values locally above 40 degrees Celsius will be maintained in Greece until Monday (22/07), AMNA reported.

TOURISM

A global technical outage impacted computers running Microsoft Windows across the world on Friday. Αirline operations, terminal services, telecommunications companies, TV and radio broadcasters and other critical infrastructure have been taken offline. Athens International Airport is not severely affected.