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Greece’s top administrative court has rejected Hard Rock’s appeal contesting the country’s gaming regulator’s decision on the Hellinikon casino tender process.

Despite the coronavirus crisis, nine in 10 businesses in Greece, members of the German-Hellenic Chamber of Industry, intend to implement their investments in the country as scheduled.

The Hellinikon project, to go up at Athens’ former airport, is moving one step closer to becoming a reality after Greece’s Central Archaeological Council approved the demolition of 900 buildings on the premises.

Greek businesses will benefit from a new 500 million euros EIB investment scheme aimed to strengthen innovation, competitiveness and entrepreneurship.

Greece’s largest port, Piraeus, will be able to handle larger cruise ships and establish itself as a home port once construction works on a new terminal are completed.

A project for the extension of Thessaloniki’s sixth pier has attracted the interest of seven companies/consortia from Greece and other European countries.

Greece will launch an international architecture competition for the overhaul of the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Center (Helexpo) in April.

The Greek government is set to launch a new round of airport privatizations, concerning 23 smaller regional airports in Greece.

Kastelli Airport in Heraklion, Crete, is expected to become Greece’s second biggest, handling more than eight million passengers per year.

The process of an international tender for a casino permit at Hellinikon has been suspended, following an appeal filed by global entertainment and hospitality brand, Hard Rock International.