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Greece To Sign Energy Treaty With North Macedonia
Greece is expected to sign its latest energy deal in early May, this time with the neighboring Northern Macedonia.
Energy
Turkey Vows to Resume Eastern Mediterranean Drilling “Soon”
Turkey will “soon” resume its seismic and drilling activities under the Eastern Mediterranean, according to Fatih Donmez, its Energy Minister.
Energy
Crete Connects to Electrical Grid of Mainland Greece
Greece announced on Thursday the completion of the construction of an electricity interconnection between Crete and the Peloponnese
Business
Floating Solar Power Arrays To Be Based off Greece and Cyprus
Ocean Sun announced it signed an agreement with Greece’s MP Quantum Group (MP) to develop floating solar power arrays in Greece and Cyprus.
Energy
Tilos, Greece’s First Energy-Self-Sufficient Island
The Greek island of Tilos in the Dodecanese has become the first in the entire Mediterranean to become fully self-sufficient in energy.
Energy
Mt. Athos Monastic Community to Use 100% Renewable Energy
Greece's ancient monastic community of Mt. Athos will soon begin receiving its electricity from solar panels.
Energy
Erdogan, Putin Inaugurate Construction of Nuclear Reactor in Turkey
Erdogan and Putin remotely inaugurated the construction of a third nuclear reactor at the Akkuyu power plant in southern Turkey Wednesday.
Energy
Greece, Israel, Cyprus to Link Powergrids via Undersea Cable
Greece Israel and Cyprus signed an initial agreement to build the world’s longest underwater power cable to link their electrical grids.
Energy
Major Power Disruption in Southeast Europe, Greece Not Affected
A major disruption in the electric power transmission system of Southeastern Europe occurred on Friday afternoon, Greece's Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) announced late on Friday night.
This outage had, as a result, the separation of the system of Southeastern...
Energy
Crete Connects to Mainland Greece’s Power Supply
Greece announced on Wednesday the completion of the construction of an electricity interconnection between Crete and the Peloponnese which will provide the island with a cheaper and more secure energy supply.
The mammoth project included laying two new submarine cables...
Economy
PM Mitsotakis Meets with US Energy Secretary on Greece — US Cooperation
The spheres of Greece-US energy cooperation and US investments in Greece dominated a meeting of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette in Athens on Thursday.
Meeting for the first time, at the Greek Prime Minister's...
Economy
Five Greek Islands Considered At Risk Due to Wind Farm Construction
The organization Europa Nostra announced on Thursday that they have symbolically placed five Greek islands on their list of endangered cultural heritage sites because of what they consider the risk of their landscapes being destroyed by the construction of...
Diplomacy
Greek PM Praises European Commission Decisions on Budget, Climate
In a statement on Friday, Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomed decisions regarding the European budget and climate goals made at the the meeting of EU leaders held in Brussels on Thursday. Mitsotakis praised the breakthrough made on the European budget...
Diplomacy
Is the Withdrawal of the Oruc Reis a Turkish Ploy Before EU Summit?
Turkey ordered its seismic exploration vessel Oruc Reis back to port on Monday -- less than two weeks before a European Union summit at which the bloc will evaluate possible sanctions against Ankara.
The vessel, which had been spotted just...
Energy
Mine Explosion Off Saudi Arabia Damages Greek-managed Tanker
An explosion from a floating mine has caused damage to an oil tanker which is managed by a Greek concern, in the Red Sea off Shuqaiq, Saudi Arabia. The mine, thought to be related to the ongoing hostilities in Yemen, damaged...