Bidding

State privatization agency TAIPED will grant short-listed bidders the right to submit binding financial offers for the concession of Egnatia Odos by April 1, after not submitting their offers by the December 11 deadline.

If bidding goes high enough, he’ll even deliver the car to the winner himself

This Friday, or next week at the latest, the creditors of Forthnet will convene to select which of the three bidders for the acquisition of the telecommunication company's obligations will shoulder its loans and buy out the firm that operates Nova satellite TV.

The ongoing process for the selection of a buyer for the Porto Carras holiday resort at Halkidiki, central Macedonia, has been attracting serious interest, although investors appear cautious for now, given the previous failure in 2014.

Prince's guitar was sold for $ 700,000 at auction at Julien's Auctions, AP reported. The price is record-breaking for the musician's guitar, the auction house said.

There was a real war between the bidders for the blue-green guitar. Thus, the price was much higher than the preliminary estimate from $ 60,000 to $ 80,000.

Greece will this week ask for improved financial bids from shortlisted investors seeking to buy a majority stake in its second-largest port, two officials said on Tuesday.

The government was licking its wounds Monday after Yiannis Kalogritsas, one of four winning bidders in a recent auction of nationwide television licenses - and under increasing public scrutiny over his suitability as a candidate - withdrew from contention after his company was unable to pay the first installment of the license fee on time.

More than seven out of 10 (74.2 percent) Greeks said the government did not handle well the nationwide broadcast license auction last month, according to a poll conducted by MRB on behalf of STAR TV, which was one of the unsuccessful bidders.

The Bulgarian businessman Spas Rusev has reportedly acquired the leading Bulgarian telecommunications company Vivacom after a bidding, which lasted for nearly sixteen hours.

According to media reports, he won the auction by offering EUR 330 M, Darik radio reports.

The other bidder was the Greek businessman Panos Germanos, who is owner of the Olympia Group.

New round of auction sale of government vehicles

BELGRADE -- The Property Directorate of the Republic of Serbia will organize another round of sale of state-owned passenger vehicles on April 9.

The government decided to put the cars up for auction "with an eye to austerity measures," said Tanjug.