Greece is mulling bringing forward the sale of the country’s main ports, Piraeus and Thessaloniki, and the state railway, to cover a shortfall in its privatization budget.

The head of the privatization agency, Stelios Stavridis, has said divesting the government’s 74 percent stake in the port of Piraeus, Greece’s biggest port, which was slated for 2014, could be shifted to this year.

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