The… Novartis worm (quite the job), the gift to civil servants, Lidl’s attack on Sklavenitis, Veolia shops… Mediterranean-style, the big catfight

Hello there, 1 of the plus declarations published yesterday, that of MP Pavlos Sarakis, makes it crystal wide that the Novartis affair, isolated from being a first-class governmental setup, was besides a precise lucrative concern for those who got involved… they jumped into the fire, perjured themselves, but successful the extremity they cashed successful big, and legally too, truthful they could state it to the taxation bureau and adjacent see it successful their plus declarations. At first, the content (we wrote it yesterday) was that Sarakis had made 30 cardinal euros, but successful the extremity helium got… lone 18 cardinal euros from the U.S. authorities due to the fact that the remainder was divided among the “accomplices,” who were paid to… archer the information if determination were “bribes and kickbacks,” but arsenic the tribunal aboriginal found, they lied nether oath. These guys were paid to prevarication and get rich, portion the instigators? Vanished, right? A tiny detail: the politicians who acted arsenic the instigators were acquitted nether New Democracy’s government—just to person the afloat picture.

40 cardinal bonus

• Let’s determination connected to regular life: today’s Cabinet docket has galore items, but 1 is particularly interesting: the productivity bonus for civilian servants successful managerial positions, to beryllium presented by Pierrakakis on with Livanios. I perceive the fund enactment approved concerns astir 25,000 civilian servants, totaling astir 40 million. Per person, that’s a spot implicit 1.5 grand—not precisely pouch change.

The pillars of ineligible migration

• Also successful today’s Cabinet, the measure connected Legal Migration prepared by Plevris-Voloudakis volition beryllium presented, with immoderate groundwork already done nether Keridis. I perceive the measure includes large simplifications for residence permits, on with targeted measures to bring successful ineligible migrants wherever needed (farmers, construction, tourism). There volition beryllium astute visas for highly skilled staff, students, medical-study visas. At the aforesaid time, strategical investments volition supply a fast-track introduction of migrants for ineligible enactment connected a fixed-term basis. Also, asylum recipients volition beryllium placed successful employment programs, since benefits volition beryllium importantly chopped back.

Amyras’s civilian partnership

• The process of publishing plus declarations besides reveals marriages oregon civilian partnerships, not conscionable income and deposits. The quality present is astir ND MP Giorgos Amyras, who signed a civilian concern with his spouse Vasilis Kyriakopoulos 2 years agone and disclosed it successful his 2024 declaration (for the 2023 fiscal year). His spouse is an designer by assemblage and mostly a low-profile guy. Mr. Amyras returned to Parliament a fewer months ago, taking the spot of Kostas Tasoulas, who “moved” to the Presidency.

The rapprochement takes a stroll…

• The “fiery” op-ed by Chrysanthos Lazaridis (a adjacent state of Antonis Samaras) successful Ta Nea, with its nonstop “attack” connected K.M implicit overseas policy, tin beryllium seen arsenic confirmation of the effort for M.M to reconcile with the erstwhile premier minister. After all, Samaras’s radical were whispering successful the inheritance that K.M’s “opening” was lone for show, an effort to walk them the “losing card” if the ex-PM said “no” successful the end. Judging from Marinakis’s effect yesterday astatine the briefing, M.M seems to person decided to prime up the glove. I accidental that due to the fact that the spokesperson reminded everyone that K.M had been judged by the radical and that the authorities chose to determination guardant with results, not with fake patriotic grandstanding. In the aforesaid code was Makarios Lazaridis (on Real FM), who besides reminded listeners that Samaras had erstwhile toppled an ND government.

Kefalogianni–Matsas

• Now you’ll archer me, what are you wasting your clip on, man, erstwhile each of Greece is losing its caput implicit the “Bismpikiada”… but really, it’s not hard to recognize the guy’s behavior, it’s precisely what radical say: look astatine the face, gully your conclusions. Anyway, what impressed maine overmuch much was the courtroom catfight of a minister, Olga Kefalogianni, with her ex-husband. Personal issues are idiosyncratic successful divorces, I get it, but erstwhile you clasp nationalist bureau and person a nationalist presence, possibly you ticker your representation a spot more—for yourself and of people for your kids. Why bring up things similar “he had a mistress” arsenic if we’ve gone backmost decades to erstwhile adultery was a transgression offense, oregon that the different 1 was treated similar her small lapdog? Well then, telephone successful the carnal rights society… Generally, spite is glaringly obvious, and successful immoderate case, what’s the constituent of hatred and tearing each different isolated successful the alleyways erstwhile you’re a nationalist figure?

Supermarket war: Lidl vs. Sklavenitis

• A relentless warfare has breached retired successful the supermarket sector, with Lidl, the market’s estimated fig 2 (they don’t merchandise figures), launching a frontal battle connected the undisputed leader, the Sklavenitis chain. On the rule that expanding organisation channels increases sales, Lidl is moving successful aggressively with fiscal offers wherever a Sklavenitis lease is expiring. There was adjacent an informal interaction betwixt the 2 chains, with Sklavenitis protesting Lidl’s tactics, lone to beryllium told the orders came consecutive from Germany. The backstage play of this ruthless commercialized warfare for archetypal spot whitethorn besides explicate Sklavenitis’s heightened irritation astatine the caller €1.44m good from the Ministry of Development, suspecting ulterior motives “because it acrophobic lone 36 labels” and suchlike. Of course, the Ministry besides fined Lidl €805k, which Lidl likewise took badly, due to the fact that it “concerned lone 32 labels,” etc.

Veolia buys a Greek company. Due diligence underway

• At a clip erstwhile the authorities has made h2o absorption its apical priority, French multinational Veolia is making its decisive determination to summation a beardown foothold successful the Greek market. The archetypal motion came with the founding of Veolia Services Greece S.A., based successful Marousi, connected March 20, 2025. A determination that shows the multinational is nary longer dabbling successful rumors oregon MOUs but is establishing a beingness here. Meanwhile, according to reliable sources, it is successful precocious talks to get a bulk involvement successful 1 of the astir specialized companies successful the discarded and h2o absorption sector. With large facilities successful and extracurricular Greece and an estimated turnover this twelvemonth of implicit €70m with €15m profit, the people is considered strategically significant. The information that owed diligence has already begun shows the woody is heavy into the pipeline and lone the last agelong remains. The determination gains adjacent much value if 1 considers Veolia’s scale: successful 2024, it employed astir 215,000 radical and posted €44.7bn successful revenue, with €6.8bn EBITDA and a nett borderline supra 15%. A elephantine present turning again to Greece, astatine a clip erstwhile h2o is emerging arsenic a apical governmental and economical issue, attracting the fierce appetite of each large Greek vigor and concern groups. It’s not the archetypal clip Veolia’s sanction has surfaced here—flirtations began successful 2009 with an attempted associated task with MIG, of Andreas Vgenopoulos. In 2020, today’s Deputy PM Kostis Hatzidakis, past Minister of Energy & Environment, visited Veolia’s facilities successful France. Talks stalled backmost then; today, though, everything suggests the timing is ripe. If the woody closes, which looks precise likely, it volition beryllium 1 of the astir important deals successful Greece’s biology services sector, bringing capital, know-how, and planetary experience. And here’s the key: Veolia isn’t looking to “build from scratch,” but to put successful an already established Greek institution with proven spot successful discarded and water. Clever determination by the French.

INTRALOT: explicit stock superior increase

• And present that we’re done with the fights and deals, let’s spell to INTRALOT’s superior increase, carried retired astatine the cutting borderline of the legislative framework. The summation (strongly backed by broker Astyfides, among others) is said successful the marketplace to statesman tomorrow, Wednesday, and wrapper up Friday. No prospectus support was required for the increase, due to the fact that the ineligible model (1129/2017 and the Listing Act) was amended and present successful definite cases nary prospectus is needed, conscionable an exemption notice. It’s an 11-page papers with the basal issuance details. INTRALOT isn’t the archetypal to usage these provisions; IDEAL and Premia went before.

Product tanker orders for Latsco Shipping

• In the bosom of shipping circles, there’s heated speech astir Latsco Shipping of the M. Latsis family. The institution is moving with caller shipbuilding successful South Korea. Dark Room knows for definite that medium-sized gait K Shipbuilding signed for 2 50,000 dwt MR tankers, transportation successful 2027, with an enactment for 2 more. Price? Around $50m apiece. The ships volition beryllium LNG- and methanol-ready, afloat compliant with IMO Tier III regulations. The interest, though, isn’t conscionable technical. The determination comes arsenic Marianna Latsis’s household considers moving its backstage merchandise tankers into the fleet of Nasdaq-listed Euroholdings, which it controls. Such a script would displacement the equilibrium connected the banal marketplace board. Meanwhile, past Monday, the institution besides took transportation of different VLGC tanker from Hyundai.

AKTOR: To beryllium continued…

• With successive deals implicit the past 3 years since Intrakat changed hands, the AKTOR radical continues expanding its size impressively. After completing the acquisition of AKTOR Concessions, the radical boosts its portfolio of concession and PPP projects to important levels portion securing dependable revenue. The purpose is to beryllium prepared for the play erstwhile Recovery Fund resources tally retired and operation projects mostly shrink. Concessions are a maturation pillar AKTOR is betting on, and connection successful the marketplace is that radical caput Alex. Exarchou has mapped retired further enlargement steps to fortify AKTOR successful the concessions sector.

Anyone for… a casino?

• I don’t cognize if anyone’s successful the temper to… unfastened a casino, but I perceive that adjacent period there’s an auction coming up for specified equipment. The monolithic gavel comes down connected “Theros International Gaming Inc,” based successful Cook County, Illinois, USA, known for operating the Rio Casino, represented by businessman Kostas Piladakis. The auction is acceptable for October 30, 2025, initiated by 10 individuals (I fishy Rio Casino employees), aft a seizure for €295,816.52. On the block: 14 American-made John Huxley roulette tables, successful bully condition, implicit with each parts, starting astatine €1,000 each. Also, astir 10 Blackjack tables and 4 Stud Poker tables, likewise complete, besides starting astatine €1,000 apiece. And of course, the celebrated slot machines—not 2 oregon three, but… 233 “in cognition and successful bully condition,” dispersed passim the casino. Their starting prices are €1,200, €1,400, and €1,600 (depending connected type), totaling €324,200. Also included: 1 8-seat Automated Roulette Omega model, moving and successful bully condition, astatine €3,000, positive different 8-seat Alfa Street physics roulette, besides moving and successful bully condition, again astatine €3,000. Reminder: arsenic this file revealed past fall, the archetypal auction for each this took spot connected November 13, 2024, but “was canceled owed to deficiency of bidders.”