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Vantage Towers Greece will become the largest infrastructure management company for mobile base stations in Greece, including in its portfolio more than 5,200 base stations.

According to sources, Athanasopoulos will take responsibility for critical sectors of the bank: its retail, digital transformation and in general the group’s operational transformation.

Sources told Business Daily, many objections and concerns are being expressed by investors about the business plan presented, both in terms of the amount of returns for investors, which the government estimates will be around 5 percent, and whether it will be able to operate with private financial criteria and proceed with evictions of vulnerable borrowers who do not pay their rent.

Τhe BoG's plan, which will be submitted to the government and the country’s creditors by the end of September, envisages the transfer to the bad bank of problem loans at their book value

The banks' views are expected to be supported by a special study, which will show the potential impact and the risk of creating new wave of bad debt from the new bankruptcy code.

The long-term costs of upgrading armed forces, with a focus on the navy and air force, are a great opportunity to attract foreign investors to the defense industry and its renaissance.

The President of the Republic, who is in Kastelorizo for the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the island, at a particularly critical period, stressed that «Greece, not only does not threaten anyone, but is always open to dialogue, provided that good neighborly relations and the rules of international law are observed».

"Today, the leading role is Self-Confidence of Greeks. These two programmes for Defense and the Economy. Two bridges that will lead the country and Greeks out from uncertainty, into certainty. From turmoil to the calm waters of progress and hope," the PM said.

The minister hailed the establishment of a coronavirus task-force team by the ministries of Health, Education, Civil Protection and the country's national health agency EODY, and she stressed that it is necessary to have central management and supervision of all issues relating to school safety amidst the pandemic, especially during the first weeks of schools reopening for the new school year.

According to sources, the package of measures includes a reduction of the solidarity tax and social security contributions with a time frame of one year, in 2021, and their possible extension, depending on the course of the health crisis and the budget margins. The government's careful and conservative moves on tax breaks are also aimed at holding onto resources to deal with emergencies and unforeseen situations in the economy.