Kostis Hatzidakis

With just four television channels broadcasting, competition and diversity in the media will be adversely affected while the state will lose an estimated 30 million in revenues for each channel every year, main opposition New Democracy's Vice-President Kostis Hatzidakis...

Greek Minister of Growth, Kostis Hatzidakis, will present in Parliament the draft of the regulation related to the primary residence auctions. Protection is only available to residences with a maximum value of 200,000 euros, on condition that the annual family...

On July 25, the European Commission will announce the assessment report of the Greek program which is expected to contain the reference to lift the current ban on auctioning primary residence from January 1, 2014. Minister of Development, Kostis Hatzidakis,...

In an interview withthe German newspaper Die Welt, the Minister for Development & Competitiveness Kostis Hatzidakis indirectly accused former Interior Minister Antonis Manitakis for the state public broadcaster ERT’s closing down, even though Manitakis had opposed it. “Given the fact...

The heads of the mobile operators Vodafone Greece and Wind Hellas, had a meeting on June 26 with the Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, in order to inform him about their cooperation, which means a great investment for Greece and...

By the end of 2016 the project on the creation of a new city center around Panepistimiou Street is to be completed. It is an ambitious project which is to be funded with 90 million euros from the regional development...

Greece's government has reached a financial settlement with contractors to unfreeze the construction of four, multi-billion-euro toll roads, the country's biggest infrastructure project. The global financial crisis and harsh austerity measures being imposed by the governmentonthe orders of international lenders...

The value of Greece's gambling agency, OPAP, has shot up fast in the wake of accelerated privatization plans that foresee the sale of the government's plan to sell a 33 percent stake. That came as Greece's international lenders are...

The Greek government plans to set up special economic zones to attract private investment and help lift the economy out of a deep repression, Development Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said. The zones would offer investors tax breaks and other incentives...