TAIPED selection of asset utilization consultants starts

Greece opened expressions of interest on Friday for hiring consultants on utilizing the state shares in seven major companies, including utility Public Power Corporation and Athens International Airport.

The others are natural gas company DEPA, Greece's biggest oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum, telecoms operator OTE and the water companies of Athens and Thessaloniki, the country's privatization agency, TAIPED, said.

[Reuters]