Greece

The construction of the Greek section of the iconic Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) has been completed, it was made public on Saturday. The TAP will begin operating on a trial basis as early as this December. It is expected that it...

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited the Greek-Bulgarian border, at the village of Kirkovo on Wednesday, to attend a ceremony for the launching of the construction of a new gas pipeline. The new pipeline will be called "Gas Interconnector...

Katerina Papalexandri, the manager of the Greek section of the new pipeline, announced on Monday that the construction of the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline is nearly complete. Speaking with the state-run AMNA news agency, Papalexandri said that the excavations to lay the pipe...

Greece will definitely benefit from the recent agreement with Israel and Cyprus for the construction of the East Med gas pipeline, according to a report in the German financial newspaper Handelsblatt. The proposed pipeline will transport natural gas from the...

The leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Israel have reached an agreement to develop the East Med natural gas pipeline, which will transport natural gas to the E.U. via Cyprus and Greece. The three leaders met on Thursday in the Israeli...

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...

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 joint pipeline that could feed 20 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Europe is a project discussed between the leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Israel in a trilateral meeting in Nicosia. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Israeli Prime...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that he will be discussing the feasibility of constructing a gas pipeline leading to Italy with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades. The three leaders will meet...

Cyprus, Italy, Greece and Israel agreed on Tuesday to back the construction of a gas pipeline from newly discovered fields in the eastern Mediterranean, to Europe. The project, known as East Med, involves a 2,000km long pipeline to channel offshore...

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the construction of the world’s longest underwater natural gas pipeline is to be signed by the the energy ministers of Israel, Cyprus, Greece, Italy and the European Union on Tuesday. The MOU, to be signed...

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) will invest €1 million in educational and applied biotechnological activities, aiming at supporting the cultivation, marketing, and sale of distinct agri-food products or varieties locally produced in areas across the route of the pipeline. It's...

ICGB, the project company developing the gas interconnection Greece-Bulgaria, has said it expects to receive a building permit for the section of the pipeline on Greek territory no earlier than 2018. The first step in the process of obtaining a...

The construction of the Trans Adriatic gas Pipeline (TAP) in the Kastoria region of northwestern Greece, is expected to start in coming months, according to the mayor of Kastoria, Anestis Angelis. The mayor pointed out that the construction will last...

Glorious cities once full of life are now razed to the ground crumbled and desolate. They remain as a reminder of the atrocities of wars by extremist groups and religious fanatics, but also by failed governments meddling as masters...