Greece

Τhe Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, Costas Karamanlis, has informed the Business and Industrial Chamber of Piraeus that a long-term negotiation with the General Directorate of Competition (DG Comp) of the EU Commission regarding the "Thriasio I" project, had been successfully concluded.

Road trips and the "tourism for all" program had been the two main travel channels that Greek tourists used the most this summer.

More than 80% of the issuance of Greek bonds seems to have been covered by foreign institutional investors, thus giving once again a "vote of confidence" in the country's economy.