ExxonMobil VP Ardill: Drilling of first exploration well offshore Greece in decades in early 2027
ExxonMobil Vice President and Head of Global Exploration Dr John Ardill on Friday confirmed that exploratory drilling in Greece is scheduled to begin at the start of 2027, in a LinkedIn post following his meeting with Greece’s Environment and Energy…
‘Britain would not cut up the Bayeux tapestry. So seize this moment and reunite the Parthenon sculptures in Greece’
In an article prompted by the recent arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry in Britain (as a temporary loan) for the first time in 1,000 years, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis again raised Greece’s standing demand for the reunification of the Parthenon…
PM Mitsotakis: Greece focused on growth and a stronger role on the global stage
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis placed emphasis on the policies implemented by Greece to address the challenges and global crises of recent years during a roundtable discussion held as part of an event organised by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University…
Gov’t spox Marinakis stresses Greece’s double economic upgrade and Athens bourse’s return to developed markets
Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis began the press briefing on Monday with a reference to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ trip to San Francisco, where the premier will have meetings with high-tech companies and Greeks active in Silicon Valley, as part of…
IENE: Greece helps keep electricity prices in the Balkans below Central European levels
The Balkans are emerging as Europe’s third-lowest electricity price zone after the Iberian Peninsula and the Nordic countries, with Greece making a significant contribution, according to a study by the Institute of Energy for South-East Europe (IENE) presented on Thursday….
‘MEDUSA 15-2026’ multinational exercise underway in Crete
The international joint military exercise “MEDUSA 15-2026” was underway across the wider region of Crete, the Myrtoan Sea and the maritime area south of Karpathos on Friday. It had started on September 10 and is to run until September 19,…
Fin Min Pierrakakis-Eurogroup: Urgent to accelerate our path toward greater European energy independence
Minister for National Economy and Finance and Eurogroup president Kyriakos Pierrakakis spoke on Friday of the need to accelerate the path toward greater European energy independence – as it is a matter of economy, competitiveness, and security, and is more…
PPC signs MoU with Amazon Web Services to create data centre in Western Macedonia
Public Power Corporation (PPC) announced on Thursday evening that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the development of a data centre in Western Macedonia. The MoU provides that: – AWS will lease…
Von der Leyen pays tribute to Danish and Greek pilots killed fighting wildfires in Greece
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen paid tribute on Wednesday to the Danish and Greek pilots who lost their lives while fighting wildfires in Greece, saying they had died as heroes. Von der Leyen was delivering the annual State…
Pierrakakis: EU member-states must remove the barriers between them for a stronger EU
Eurogroup President and National Economy and Finance Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis on Tuesday stressed that barriers between European Union member-states must be eliminated for a stronger Europe, while addressing an event in Germany co-organised by the Hertie School in Berlin and…
Marinakis: Kastellorizo ‘an emblematic place’ – Government sends message of peace, rejects revisionist claims
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended celebrations marking the 83rd anniversary of the liberation of Kastellorizo, government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis announced on Monday during a press briefing, citing the comprehensive support programme announced from the remote island. Marinakis also stressed that…
Culture Ministry unveils plan to integrate Pythagoreio’s archaeological sites on Samos
The Ministry of Culture is laying the foundations, through a masterplan, for an integrated framework for the protection, promotion and functional integration of the archaeological sites and monumental complexes of Pythagoreio on the island of Samos. According to a statement…
