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Newsletter 470 - 11/07/2025
—spurred by a diplomatic debacle in Libya. On Tuesday, a high-level EU delegation, including Greece’s newly... on curbing Mediterranean boat crossings. But the meeting with General Khalifa Haftar, eastern Libya’s de
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New Democracy seeks to counter with marine parks and migration policy, rhetoric
PoliticsGreek Politicsof migrants. On Saturday, for instance, he posted on X that: “The illegal immigrants who entered from Libya... to take this emergency action after a massive increase in arrivals from Libya on Crete and nearby
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Newsletter 495 - 20/02/2026
to explore for gas south of Crete was “unlawful”, arguing that it violates the 2019 Turkey–Libya maritime memorandum and Libya’s declared maritime claims. Greece considers those claims null and void
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PM set to prolong coal use, sparking complaints about energy policy U-turn
PoliticsGreek Politicsminister explained that the decision was prompted by the need to reduce reliance on natural gas... by increasing dependence on imported natural gas. There was also condemnation from third party KINAL, which..., by making the country dependent on imported natural gas. SYRIZA, meanwhile, seized on the publication
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Newsletter 334 - 08/04/2022
to reduce reliance on natural gas for the foreseeable future due to the skyrocketing prices driven... domestic energy production by increasing dependence on imported natural gas. The prime minister’s... for April shipments in rubles. DEPA Commercial, which receives 2 billion cubic metres of natural gas
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Govt presents menu of energy proposals in Brussels as power subsidy cost balloons
PoliticsGreek Politicsin the price of natural gas. At the start of the week, natural gas generated 43.5 pct of Greece’s... plans to substitute Russian natural gas. It is reported that the Greek government has circulated... to address the predicament which Greece finds itself in. Having increased consumption of natural gas
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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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Newsletter 337 - 13/05/2022
to electricity and natural gas subsidies, which will be funded from the revenues of the Green Transition Fund... goods. Electricity was up 88.8 percent annually and natural gas shot up by 122.6 percent. Heating oil... to rents, electricity, natural gas and heating oil, and a 15.4 percent surge in transport due to fuels
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