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Grand projects and even loftier ambitions drive Greece's energy project bonanza
EconomyFeatureson regulatory and market reforms. Operation: “energy hub” The evolution of Greece’s natural gas sector is a case in point. Since Greece introduced natural gas as a fuel in 1995, it has built... utilised. To date, Greece imports almost all its natural gas and has never made any physical exports
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Government focusses on security of energy supplies in light of Ukraine escalation
PoliticsGreek Politicsenergy supplies, with concerns about access routes to natural gas now added to the existing challenge... is focussed on the security of the Greek minority in Ukraine, as well as on securing access to natural... on a formal response to Russia. In the meantime, however, the security and price of natural gas
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How economic sanctions on Russia could affect Greek economy
Agora, but also natural gas. The main categories of exports to Russia historically were foodstuffs. Direct..., the government is working on the assumption that each 10-euro rise in the price of natural gas will shave... unlikely to be directly affected by sanctions. Perhaps more significantly, since 1991, Russian natural
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Govt rushes in new energy measures as Brussels decision on gas price cap deferred
PoliticsGreek Politicsof cap on the price of natural gas, Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas announced yet another package... spearheading a proposal for an EU-wide cap on the price of all natural gas imports, and has so far gained... a price cap is only applied to natural gas used in electricity generation. Supporters of the cap on all
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Newsletter 16 - 20/02/2015
in his cabinet, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras chose former New Democracy Interior Minister Prokopis... government, with Pavlopoulos as Interior Minister, issued a presidential decree that allowed fixed-term
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Approach to protests, policing poses a new quandary for government
PoliticsGreek Politicsportfolio from the Interior Ministry to the Justice Ministry amid concerns that Panousis and Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis did not see eye to eye. It was notable that Justice Minister Nikos
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Will Tsipras move to centre stage to secure deal with lenders?
PoliticsGreek Politicswithin the government, even leading to thoughts of removing Panousis’s portfolio from the Interior.... Interior Minister Nikos Voutsis and Alternate Minister for European Affairs Nikos Hountis
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Launch of new movement highlights fragmentation of Greek centre-left
PoliticsGreek PoliticsFormer Interior Minister Yiannis Ragoussis is set to launch a new centre-left movement on Wednesday, highlighting the fragmentation in this part of the Greek political spectrum. With PASOK... to liberalise the taxi sector while he was interior, and then transport, minister between 2009 and 2011. He
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Bond issue decision expected as clock ticks down
PoliticsGreek Politicsin September 2015, when then-Interior Minister Panayiotis Kouroublis asked local authorities to list... Accounting Office because of fiscal concerns. It has been revived under the current Interior Minister Panos
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Tsipras facing decision over timing of vote on Prespes Agreement
PoliticsGreek Politicsthat the Interior Ministry is asking for an extra 60 million euros from the Finance Ministry to carry out... to discuss election issues. Interior Minister Alexis Haritsis has reportedly stepped up his meetings
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