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With Washington’s Blessing: Greece Wants To Be Hub For East Med, Caspian Gas
ATHENS – The major gas discoveries in Israel, Cyprus and Egypt have completely changed regional geopolitics and energy supply in the Eastern Mediterranean, Energean...
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Gazprom, EU Mend Pipeline Talk Break
ATHENS –Gazprom and the European Commission appear to be closer to a compromise as the Russian gas monopoly tries to fend off accusations of...
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TANAP Key EU Conduit for Azeri Gas
BAKU – The Trans Anatolian Pipeline (TANAP) that will carry gas from Azerbaijan’s massive Shah Deniz 2 field is of strategic nature for Turkey...
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Fearing Russian Gas Cuts, Bulgaria Goes Underground
Bulgaria is expanding an underground gas storage site to guard against any gas supply cuts from Russian gas monopoly Gazprom. The expansion is expected...
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Tsipras, the UN and the “American factor”
We have made it a point to emphasize that PM Tsipras September 26-October 1 New York visit focused far less on the business of...
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Greek PM Tsipras does New York. This was a UN visit, right?
Greek PM Tsipras arrived in New York late September 26th, intending to stay until October 2. His main UN General Assembly (UNGA) address is...
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Now that the election is over, Tsipras plans an UNGA visit. New York will again be the place to be…
Admittedly a very busy man these days, Greek PM Tsipras is planning to join the world’s UNGA-70 (70th anniversary of the UN General Assembly)...
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Greens MEP Leader Says EU Should Reject Russian Nord Stream-2 Pipeline
STRASBOURG – The European Union does not need the Russian-backed Nord Stream-2 pipeline, Rebecca Harms, chairperson of the Greens in the European Parliament (EP),...
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Will the IMF finally slide out of the Greece bailout program….and might they take Jack Lew too?
On Tuesday July 14, a day before the Greek Parliament was set to vote through the first and critical implementing law from the Brussels...
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Russia, Austria, Germany, Plan Ukraine Gas Pipe Bypass
Gazprom and Austria’s OMV discussed on July 8 in Berlin further actions within the Russian gas monopoly’s Nord Stream II gas pipeline project, particularly...
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Allied Solidarity — With few allies left in the European Union, Tsipras phones Obama after briefing Putin
Greek PM Tsipras called US President Obama today to explain Greece’s latest proposals to its European Union allies, and presumably ask for help closing...
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Greece’s Shock on the Institutions’ never-ending proposal: Do Greeks really want this choice?
First, any of us who come from countries that prefer some kind of controlled political process have to be impressed by the intensity of...
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Greece-Bulgaria pipe to break Gazprom monopoly
BRATISLAVA – Implementing an agreement to construct a gas interconnector between Bulgaria and Greece, which is likely to be signed in early July, is important for the energy...
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Gazprom chief says EU, Russia will have to talk Turkish Stream
MOSCOW - The European Union and Russia will have to discuss the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, as well as additional volumes of gas deliveries,...
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And The Azeri Gas Goes To… The Envelope, Please!
ANAVYSSOS, Greece – After intense preparation, Nabucco West and the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) are waiting for Azerbaijan to announce its decision about the pipeline...
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Gazprom, SOCAR for Greece’s DEPA, DESFA
ATHENS - Following Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras’ visit to Baku on 19 May and Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller’s visit to Athens on 21...
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Greece irons out ‘technical details’ of DEPA sale
The privatisation tender for Greek Public Gas Corporation DEPA and gas network operator DESFA has been postponed “for technical reasons” and will be held...
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