Optima bank is nearing completion of a public offering proceeds in the Athens Stock Exchange, following the approval of its Prospectus by the Capital Market Commission.

The Attica Region has completed the works of installing new modern lighting and beautification of the 7 Bridges located on the road network of the Region.

The Ministry of Transport has approved the minutes (15-09-2023) of the examination of the Files and accepted the Participation Certificates of the Bidders participating in the 2nd Phase of the International Tender - for the award of the Concession Agreement concerning "Study, Construction, Financing , Operation, Maintenance and Exploitation of the Northern Road Axis of Crete (B.O.A.K.) in the Chania-Heraklion section"

In July 2023, the current account surplus fell by €135.2 million year-on-year to stand at €827.5 million.

On July 31sr, the European Commission approved the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), which aim to standardize how companies within the European Union report climate-related practices and actions and ESG criteria. The new standards are expected to enter into force on January 1, 2024.

The Overall Turnover Index in Industry (both Domestic and Non-Domestic Market) in July 2023 recorded a decrease of 10.2% compared with the corresponding index of July 2022.

Blackstone announced the integration of its market-leading corporate credit, asset-based finance, and insurance groups into a single new unit, Blackstone Credit & Insurance (BXCI). Credit and Insurance is Blackstone’s fastest-growing segment – more than doubling to $295 billion in assets under management over the last three years.

Maslow Capital has provided a €52.2m loan to support Starlight Investments in their build-to-rent (BTR) scheme on the Princes Dock, Liverpool.

Redevco has started a project to redevelop 126 Rivoli, an iconic building in Paris.

LuxUrban Hotels Inc., which utilizes an asset-light business model to lease entire hotels on a long-term basis and rent out hotel rooms in these properties in key major metropolitan cities, announced that the Herald Hotel in New York City and O Hotel in Los Angeles have been re-branded as “The Herald by LuxUrban, Trademark Collection by Wyndham” and “O Hotel, Trademark Collection by Wyndham,” respectively.

The European Parliament has just passed a more ambitious Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) to ensure zero buildings by 2050.

A slump in China's property sector worsened in August, with deepening falls in new home prices, property investment and sales, despite a recent flurry of support measures, adding pressure to the world's second-largest economy.

A new Board of Directors was formed in the "Hellenic Land Registry" by decision of the Minister of Digital Governance, D. Papastergiou.

The country is experiencing a biblical disaster from bad weather. Thessaly has been almost "flattened", with human losses, missing and stranded, with incalculable damage to critical infrastructure and networks and tragic consequences for the local and national economy.

The first building complex in the large Elliniko project has been completed, which will function as a Center for the Care of Persons with Disabilities (PWD).