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The three groups bidding to lease and operate 14 of Greece's 39 regional airports have met the necessary technical requirements and their offers will be opened on Tuesday, the privatisation agency said on Monday.

The tender to operate airport terminals at some of Greece's most popular tourist islands such as Rhodes, Corfu, Mykonos and Santorini is part of the country's privatisation programme, following a 240 billion euro ($303 billion) EU/IMF bailout.

Privatisations to raise funds to pay down public debt have been a key part of the bailout, but the programme has consistently fallen short of targets.

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Greece has appointed a management professor to head its privatisations agency, the fifth leadership change since the agency was launched in 2010 to sell off state assets as required by the country's international bailout.

Emmanuel Kondylis, a business administration professor, will be the new chairman of the privatisations agency HRADF, which has fallen behind on privatisation targets that form part of Greece's 240 billion euro international bailout.

Kondylis, who has held top managerial posts at several Greek companies, will replace Constantinos Maniatopoulos who took over in October, the finance ministry said on Monday. It did not give a reason for the replacement of Maniatopoulos.

Greece also nominated Pashalis Bouhoris, a former banker, to replace HRADF's current chief executive Ioannis Emiris.