Gov't council approves first 42 investments to be financed under Juncker Plan

The Government Council for Economic Policy approved on Friday the first 42 investment plans, amounting to 5,392,550,000 euros, that will be included for financing under the ‘Investment Plan for Europe’ initiated by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

The list includes major private and public investments in six sectors of the economy, including energy, transport, infrastructure, information technology, research and development, industry and tourism.

There are 20 energy projects totaling an investment of 1.972 billion euros, five projects concerning transport infrastructure (1.445 billion euros), three projects to improve tourism infrastructure (112 million euros), five IT and communications projects (920 million euros), four research, development and innovation projects (594 million euros) and five projects for investments in private industry proposed by Terna, ELVAL, Steelmet, Macedonian Paper Company and Nova Hellas (349 million euros).

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Gov’t council approves first 42 investments to be financed under Juncker Plan

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