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Gazprom, Edison, DEPA Sign Memorandum for ITGI Project‏

Gazprom, Edison and DEPA on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding in Rome for the development of a natural gas pipeline project linking Greece and Italy, which will bring closer to completion a south corridor for the supply of...

Turkish Stream Gas Pipeline Does not Become 'Victim' of Russia-Turkey Tension

Russia currently has no plan to freeze the overall construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline as tension between Russia and Turkey continues over the shooting of a Russian jet fighter by the Turkish Air Force. Although, according to Newsweek, the...

Gazprom Cancels Pipeline in Turkey

Russian gas company Gazprom decided to cancel the agreement signed with Italian company Saipem for the construction of the first part of a gas pipeline in Turkey, according to statements made by Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak. The South Stream Natural Gas...

Greek PM Tsipras Meets with Gazprom Chief, BRICS Delegation in St Petersburg

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras discussed energy and the “Greek Stream” gas pipeline project with Gazprom chief Alexei Miller during a meeting in St Petersburg on Thursday. Tsipras also met with representatives of the new development bank for BRICS countries, who...

Athens Concerned it May Be Excluded from TurkStream Gas Pipeline

Athens is concerned that it may be excluded from the Gazprom-backed construction of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline as Slovakia has proposed an alternative route for Russian gas to Europe. Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico met with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry...

Greek Debt: Another BRICS in the Wall

BRICS is the new catchword that plays in the lips of SYRIZA leftist hardliners. All of a sudden, a new international development bank will give Greece loans without any obligations. At least that's what Alternate Minister for Social Security Dimitris Stratoulis believes....

Greece, Bulgaria and Romania Agree on Constructing 'Vertical Gas Corridor'

The Energy Ministers of Greece, Bulgaria and Romania agreed on the construction of a gas interconnection grid, which is scheduled to begin on March 2016 and completed by the end of 2018. According to Bulgarian Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova,...

Gazprom CEO Visits Athens and Guarantees Gas Transit Through Greece

Colossal Russian energy company Gazprom chief Alexei Miller said his country guarantees annual supplies of up to 47 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Central Europe through transit infrastructure to be constructed in Greece. "The Greek government is supporting the project...

Forbes: Greece a Useful Partner for Russian Gazprom

The so-called Turkish Stream pipeline project will make Greece an important partner of Russian company Gazprom despite the financial crisis the country is currently facing, Forbes magazine stated. According to an analysis published in the New York-based magazine, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and...

Tsipras: New Page in Greek-Russian Relations

"The ties between Greece and Russia can be upgraded to a new level and Greece can become a bridge between the West and Russia," Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told TASS news agency, ahead of his upcoming visit to Moscow...