Greece

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...

Many areas in central Crete continue to be without electricity on Friday as a fire engulfed a main power plant near Heraklion. Television footage shows black smoke coming out of the plant at Linoperasmata. Firefighters are battling to contain the...

Authorities in Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city, are struggling to repair the water and power grids following Thursday's hailstorm that endangered lives. The municipality says the water and electricity supply will be intermittent on Friday. Many areas will be without water for...

The European Commission has found a Greek auction scheme for the production of electricity from renewable sources and high efficiency co-generation to be in line with EU State aid rules. The scheme will further EU energy and climate goals whilst...

A mother in Kalamata woke up and saw the room of her three children on fire after they had lit candles to see, since the Public Power Corporation cut the electricity supply for failing to pay the bill. PPC had...

  Several executives of the Energa and Hellas Power electricity companies were found guilty of stealing money from the state by an Athens court on Tuesday. Of the 19 people who were originally suspects, eight of them were cleared of all...

The official EuroAsia Interconnector electricity connection operator, a project approved and supported by the European Commission, announced on Wednesday that technical and economic studies have successfully concluded. Construction work on the 1,520km "electricity highway" that will secure international energy supply...

According to government plans, around three-quarters of Greece's migrant reception centers will be closed by September. The plan is to allow the 56,000 refugees who have reached Greece's shores and found themselves unable to travel on to other destinations due...

Cell phones are a vital lifeline for refugees to stay in contact with loved ones, browse through photos of those they cannot see face to face and also for communication regarding their asylum seeker claims. Electricity is scarce in the...

The electricity distribution network operator (HEDNO) in Greece has cut the power supply in 15,000 residences over the past 15 days, following orders by the state-run power utility PPC, which is apparently hardening its stance towards retail consumers with...

The Greek Ministry of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy announced on Sunday it is cancelling the increases in the special duty for the reduction of gas emissions (ETMEAR), which had been decided by Greece’s power regulator RAE, with an...

The Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy ministry is working with Greece 's Public Power Corporation (PPC) on a plan to lower electricity rates, government sources said on Tuesday. Responding to media criticism of a decision to improve the pay package...

An increase in energy costs of over 60 percent has been recorded in Greece during the last six years of the financial crisis (2008-2013). The rise in costs is due mainly to a rise in electricity prices, direct and indirect...

Public Power Corporation (PPC) on Monday announced electricity rate increases up to 11 percent for household customers with electricity consumption of up to 800 kW over a four-month period and rate decreases of up to 3.4 percent for small and...

The Administrative Court of First Instance of Athens, Greece ruled on Friday night that the strike by Public Power Corporation (PPC) workers is illegal and abusive. Greek government ordered electricity workers back to their jobs on Saturday, by issuing a "civil mobilization...