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Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis announced from Beijing on Friday that the privatization of the Piraeus Port Authority will come in a few weeks.

According to Dragasakis, the Chinese multination Cosco, considered amongst the favorites to assume a controlling share of the port, has tabled a competitive bid.

Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis continued his visit to China on Friday by holding talks with Vice Premier Ma Kai in Beijing, where both men pledged to strengthen ties between the two countries.

Alternate Interior Minister for Civil Protection Yiannis Panousis visited on Monday the Regional Police Directorate and the Regional Fire Departments' Directorate in Peloponnese and reiterated the government's intention to support firefighers and police officers in their difficult mission.

Main opposition New Democracy party on Thursday revealed the signatures of the Feb. 20 document between the Greek government and eurozone partners, which include the ones by FinMin Yanis Varoufakis, BoG director Yannis Stournaras and the representatives of the “Institutions”.

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has canceled a planned trip to London on Tuesday, the Greek Embassy said on Monday.

Varoufakis was due to talk at a conference in London and attend another couple of events but has called the trip off as crucial talks between Greece and its eurozone partners over the country?s need for financial support heat up.

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Aghia Napa mayor Yannis Karousos estimates that Russian tourists visiting Cyprus in 2015 will be reduced by 30-50%.

Karousos took part in the 22nd International Travel and Tourism Exhibition MITT 2015, which took place in Moscow last week.

On the occasion of the International Day of Forests, celebrated on March 21, Alternate Minister for the Environment Yiannis Tsironis said yesterday that protecting Greek forests is every citizen's responsibility.

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has put his luxury holiday home in the island of Aegina for 5,000 euros a week, according to an article published on the online edition of Daily Mail newspaper.

Theodoros Mitrakos is to be sworn in as the new Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece on Monday.

The swearing-in ceremony will be held before the President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos at 11.30 and it will be attended by Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, BoG Governor Yiannis Stournaras and the Bishop of Thermopylae Ioannis.

 Dragasakis says problems will grow without swift agreement

By Sotiris Nikas

Greece has both major and pressing liquidity problems that will only be exacerbated unless there is a swift agreement with the country?s creditors, Deputy Prime Minister Yiannis Dragasakis admitted.