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Greece, Italy, and Cyprus have reached an agreement with Israel to lay a pipeline connecting the Jewish state’s gas reserves to the three countries, a report in the Times of Israel says. The paper says that the East Med Pipeline...

Greece officially opened the third tank for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) on the small island of Revithousa, off of the coast of Athens, on Thursday. George Stathakis, Greek Environment and Energy Minister, spoke at the opening ceremony for the project, saying it was...

The European Commission has made a decision regarding the Greece-Bulgaria Interconnector (IGB) gas pipeline, finding that the plans for its construction and operation were compatible with EU rules on state subsidies. Greek Environment and Energy Minister George Stathakis welcomed the...

A drillship leased by ExxonMobil continues its journey through the Mediterranean towards Cyprus, where it is expected to arrive on November 12. The Stena IceMax ship has passed the southern coast of Spain, as Turkey was again warning that it...

Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades expressed Cyprus' willingness to cooperate with Turkey on the exploitation of natural gas in the eastern Mediterranean. Speaking on Friday at the 14th Economist conference, Anastasiades stated that Cyprus and Turkey can collaborate on energy matters...

In statements made on Friday, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar continued his recent string of threatening rhetoric directed towards Greece and Cyprus, this time stating that Ankara will not accept a "fait accompli." Speaking at Turkey's National Assembly during a...

In a warning issued on Wednesday, Ömer Çelik, the spokesman of Turkey's ruling AKP party stated that Greece and Cyprus should refrain from taking any actions against the drilling vessel "Fatih" (Conqueror) in the eastern Mediterranean. Çelik added that Turkey's natural...

In an interview with the state-run Cyprus News Agency, the country's Defense Minister Savvas Angelides expressed his view that, following the correct steps without provoking disputes, the country's energy plans will be fully realized. At the same time, he called...

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov stated on Monday that Greek-Bulgarian cooperation serves as an example for other neighbors. These remarks were made during his address to the 3rd Euro-Arab Summit in Athens. "We will always be good friends with Greece...

On the 58th anniversary of Cyprus' independence from the United Kingdom, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that ''in Cyprus and the Aegean Sea no move can be made without Turkey,'' adding that ''those that try to ignore us...