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Athens strives to build opposition to Turkey-Libya deal as France pledges support in East Med
PoliticsForeign Policyactivities in Libya and the broader Eastern Mediterranean. With this in mind, Foreign Minister Nikos... stance regarding the situation in Libya. On the one hand, Greece supports a political solution..., as a neighbouring country of Libya directly affected by developments there, and as a factor for stability
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Migration opens new front for government after Libya snub
PoliticsGreek Politicsat the border of Libya where it had arrived for talks on managing Mediterranean boat crossings. Plevris was part... managing migration flows to Europe from the breakaway region of eastern Libya. Scheduled talks... Libya stem the flows to ease pressure on the island of Crete, which has seen a steep increase
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Greece needs to re-think natural gas policy, starting with demand
Agora, whose national energy strategy leans heavily on natural gas as a “transition fuel”. Is it time...” on Russian natural gas is theoretically possible, if somewhat complex and painful economically... that the thrust of national energy policy has been to aggressively promote the use of natural gas
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Athens formulates response to Turkey-Libya maritime deal it deems null and void
PoliticsForeign PolicyTurkey and the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord in Libya, which has rocked relations... to the agreement Turkey made with the Libyans. Ambassador expelled Athens has decided to expel Libya’s... Libya and Turkey. Mohamed Younis AB Menfi had 72 hours to leave the country, Greek Foreign Minister
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Greece locked in talks with Egypt over monastery, struggles to gain footing in Libya
PoliticsForeign Policywith Libya The Greek Foreign Minister is to travel to North Africa again at the end of the month visiting both Tripoli and Benghazi, according to Kathimerini. Gerapetritis is to meet with both Libya’s...’s active presence in Libya. For the same reasons, they were also opposing the 2019 Turkish-Libyan
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Deteriorating ties with Libya become pressing challenge for Greek diplomacy
PoliticsForeign PolicyThe two note verbale recently submitted to the United Nations by Libya underlined that relations... the 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime agreement, which Greece and the EU have repeatedly declared null and void... to the diplomatic notes from Libya’s Tripoli-based government, the Greek government believes the move
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Greek households switch to natural gas in record numbers as winter approaches
EconomyFeaturesRecord numbers of households and small businesses in Greek cities are switching from oil to natural... between September 2017 and September 2018. The total savings by a household from switching to natural... connections in Attica since last winter. Greece opened up to natural gas in 1995, with the introduction
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Greek pensions laid bare
Agoraexactly how many pensions were actually paid. It was a natural consequence that pensioners became prime... pensions amounts to 884 euros. Note, though, that for around 45 percent of pensioners their monthly... and they receive on average monthly pensions of 771 euros. This is below the overall average of 884 euros since
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Creating a competitive natural gas market: Legal aspects and investment opportunities
LegalGreece recently introduced various laws to create a competitive internal market for its natural gas... and supply of natural gas in Greece, as well as its distribution development, were first regulated through... Liberalization of Natural Gas", but it was subsequently replaced by Law 4001/2011, which attempted
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HCAP and Finance Ministry reveal five-year strategic plan for public assets
EconomyFeaturesefforts to exploit its natural wealth and advantages. She added that the plan identified the strengths... the control of HCAP, which include power firm PPC, water company EYDAP and public transport organisation OASA... and opportunities, with long-term and short-term goals for each company. Regarding OASA, for example, HCAP
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