Competition Commission

When the digital transformation blueprint for 2020-2024, with its roughly 450 state-changing projects, was unveiled four years ago, few could have predicted what would follow: A barrage of mergers and acquisitions in IT, an industry which in 2019 had shown a low degree of concentration, according to research by ICAP; a race against time for the timely completion of contracts, worth more than 1

– Hello there! What a lovely weekend we just had—bright but chilly with the sun showing its teeth, and thankfully no rain (let’s see how long this lasts in November).

Hello, now we knew it, we wrote about it, but who believed us? Stefanos is still here, but it’s like he’s not here at all; poor guy got swallowed up by vested interests. Even the last “pillars” of Democracy—Liagas and Kainourgiou, who supported him—have started to…waver, kind of erased him.

Dutch justice has found the Heineken group as jointly responsible for the anti-competitive practices implemented by its subsidiary in Greece, Athenian Brewery, in the domestic beer market, ruling on the lawsuit filed by the Brewery of Macedonia-Thrace (Vergina).

Hello, so these past few days I had a chance to go for a coffee with my main source at the M.M., and I had the opportunity to engage in some close-up gossip, so to speak.

– Hello, where should I start today, from SYRIZA, where passions have flared up again, from PASOK, which if you see a debate, let me know, or from the contacts of Queen Anna D., who saw “the little kids because they asked me to,” meaning Nikos and Haris?

Motor Oil has announced an appeal to the courts against a fine imposed by the Competition Commission.

In a relevant statement it specifically states the following:

The merger of Attica Bank and Pancreta Bank was finalized on Wednesday, creating the fifth largest bank in Greece by estimated assets.

According to the official announcement, the merger was completed within demanding timelines and at unprecedented speed - just weeks after the shareholders' agreement - signaling a new era for the unified bank and the country's financial system.

The Greek stock market made a strong start to September, recording its third consecutive rise. The General Index closed at the highs of the day, with “heavyweights” on its side, which fell significantly in August, creating the right conditions for buyers to re-enter.

The Competition Commission is investigating pharmaceuticals firm Novartis for anti-competitive practices from 2009 to 2017.

The probe concerns a range of competitive medicines treating macular diseases.

A report found Novartis aimed to prevent market access to competitors.

The commission will consider the report findings at a December 4 meeting.