Energy

Greece's Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis said from Cyprus on Wednesday that Greece will defend its sovereign rights in a decisive manner. Apostolakis is on an official visit to Cyprus, where he met both with the President of the Republic Nicos...

Speaking at NATO’s ''North Atlantic Council Mediterranean Dialogue Meeting'' held in Ankara on Monday, President Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey expects NATO to support its rights in the Eastern Mediterranean. Erdogan's remarks came only a few hours after a strong...

Cypriot authorities sent the geographical coordinates of the country's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) to the United Nations on Monday, following Turkey's provocative actions inside the island's EEZ boundaries. Nicosia also plans to publish the coordinates of its EEZ to the...

Ankara issued a new NAVTEX recently, blocking off parts of the Eastern Mediterranean, some of which overlap with the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus. Turkey plans to send its ''Fatih'' vessel (which means ''Conqueror'') to the...

Greece’s Electricity Distribution Network Operator (DEDDIE) sent a clear warning on Friday that Greece's largest island, Crete, will experience power blackouts in the summer unless special measures are taken. DEDDIE sent an open letter to the Public Power Corporation, the...

Hellenic Petroleum chairman and CEO Efstathios Tsotsoros said on Wednesday that the existing oil pipeline between Thessaloniki and Skopje could resume operation as soon as the end of this year. Speaking with the state-run AMNA news agency, Tsotsoros noted that...

The Greek office of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF Hellas) issued a statement on Wednesday warning of ''huge environmental and economic risks to the detriment of Crete and the rest of Greece.'' The remarks came as Greek authorities are proceeding...

Greek foreign minister George Katrougalos said on Thursday that Turkey should not be excluded from the energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean during his meeting with his counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu in the Turkish resort of Antalya. Speaking at a joint...

The Leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Israel met in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening, during the sixth Trilateral Greece-Cyprus-Israel Summit, which was also attended by the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo. The Prime Ministers of Greece and Israel, Alexis Tsipras...

The American Energy Company Exxon Mobil announced on Thursday afternoon that after a series of exploratory drillings, they have discovered large quantities of natural gas off the coast of Cyprus. The discovery was made at the well named ''Glaucus 1,''...