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Alexandroupolis port gets 24 million euros of EU funding

Greece has secured 24 million euros ($26 million) in European Union funding to upgrade its northern Aegean Sea port of Alexandroupolis, privatisation agency HRADF said on Wednesday.

Alexandroupolis, which is close to Bulgaria and Turkey, has been used by U.S. military ships to unload munitions and move them to the eastern flank of the NATO Western alliance.

Greece invites expression of interest for Egnatia concession

Greece's privatization agency on Friday opened a tender procedure for a concession to run Egnatia Odos, a motorway running from west to east in northern Greece.

The contract is part of a privatization process launched by Greece under a multi-billion euro bailout accord with international lenders.

Greece pushes back bid deadline for railway company again

Greece has pushed back the deadline for the submission of binding bids for its railway maintenance company ROSCO by three months, its privatization agency HRADF said on Monday.

Greece has received two expressions of interest for the purchase of ROSCO, from Italy's Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane and Czech trainmaker Skoda Transportation.