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Med gas pipe viable: Israel, Greece, Cyprus to hold second trilateral summit
December 5th, 2016
Energy issues and emergency rescue cooperation will top the agenda when leaders of Israel, Greece and Cyprus meet this week in Jerusalem for their second trilateral summit in less than a year. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Greek Prime Minister ...
Leviathan gas pipeline via Cyprus to Greece would cost about $5.7 billion
October 27th, 2016
The EU Commission, which financed a feasibility study, has recognized the pipeline as a Project of Common Interest. A feasibility study conducted by IGI-Poseidon, which was commissioned by the EU Commission, has found that laying a natural gas pipeline ...
Now it’s time over debt relief for Greece
October 24th, 2016
Greek PM Tsipras: Time for Greece’s Creditors to Honor Their Side of the Bargain With QE in 2017! Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras appeared optimistic on Friday over debt relief for Greece while he also stressed the need for ...
Eurogroup approves Greece to get more bailout funds
October 11th, 2016
The Eurogroup welcomes the implementation by the Greek authorities of the set of 15 milestones in the context of the first review of the ESM programme. The Eurogroup commends the Greek authorities for adopting the necessary further measures to ...
Greece’s jobless rate rises to 24.9 pct in first quarter
June 16th, 2016
Greece’s jobless rate rose to 24.9 percent in January-to-March from 24.4 percent in the last year’s final quarter, data from the country’s statistics service showed on Thursday. The highest unemployment rate was recorded in the first quarter of 2014, ...
Bank of Greece: ECB did not object to an ELA-ceiling for Greek banks of €68.1 billion
June 8th, 2016
On 2 June 2016 the Governing Council of the ECB did not object to an ELA-ceiling for Greek banks of €68.1 billion, up to and including Wednesday, 22 June 2016, following a request by the Bank of Greece. The ...
Greece-Bulgaria gas pipeline is expected to start in October
June 6th, 2016
A natural gas pipeline between Bulgaria and Greece will be eligible for financing under an EU investment scheme once it completes a market test of demand in September, Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said on Friday. Bulgaria and Greece signed ...
Greece apply efforts to increase the tourist flow from Russia
June 6th, 2016
Greece has moved to offer Russians long-term Schengen visas to increase an already considerable tourist flow from Russia, the Interfax news agency reported Thursday. Those Russians who have already made at least one trip to the European Union will ...
Can the IMF afford to stand back on Greece bailout money?
May 30th, 2016
IMF turns its back on Europeans in Greece bailout The IMF said it won’t give another penny until it sees a concrete plan from the Europeans to substantially cut the country’s debt burden. The “breakthrough” deal announced Wednesday to ...
Russia, Greece agree energy, oil cooperation of great importance
May 26th, 2016
Russia and Greece continue work on oil deliveries to Greece and Italy through third countries Russia and Greece consider as important their cooperation in the energy sphere and continue work on oil deliveries to Greece and Italy through third ...
