ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) privatisation

- Greece: The Greek State hopes to sell 65% of the shares of the state-owned public company Olympic AIRWAYS and is preparing to publish an international call for tenders in this respect that should allow candidates until 31 January 2001 to make their bids. The enterprise, which is in deficit, has accumulated debts of 40 billion drachma and its 1999 accounts were not always made public. We recall that a first privatisation plan had failed after withdrawal from BRITISH AIRWAYS which was to...