mediterranean oil and gas
Energy
Turkey Plans Second and Third Nuclear Power Plants
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Tuesday that the country plans to construct its second and third nuclear power plants -- after the first comes online, that is.
The Akkuyu Power Plant in the south of Turkey, created with...
Energy
Turkey Vows to Resume Eastern Mediterranean Drilling “Soon”
Turkey will “soon” resume its seismic and drilling activities under the Eastern Mediterranean, according to Fatih Donmez, its Energy Minister.
Cyprus
Turkish PM Erdogan Doesn’t Rule Out Talks With PM Mitsotakis
Turkish PM Erdogan refused to rule out a personal meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis when speaking with reporters on Friday after he attended prayers.
“In all our talks (with European leaders), we have always had a positive approach...
Cyprus
Turkish President Erdogan Doesn’t Rule Out Talks With PM Mitsotakis
Turkish President Erdogan refused to rule out a personal meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis when speaking with reporters on Friday after he attended prayers.
“In all our talks (with European leaders), we have always had a positive approach...
Economy
PM Mitsotakis Meets with US Energy Secretary on Greece — US Cooperation
The spheres of Greece-US energy cooperation and US investments in Greece dominated a meeting of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and US Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette in Athens on Thursday.
Meeting for the first time, at the Greek Prime Minister's...
Diplomacy
Turkish FM Now Says Dispute Should be Resolved Through Dialogue
Turkish Foreign Minister Hulusi Akar stated on Wednesday that his country would like to resolve the current tensions with Greece involving Mediterranean oil and gas exploration rights through dialogue.
However, he added that his country would still defend its "rights...
Energy
Turkish Oil Exploration Vessel Arrives on Continental Shelf; Unable to Conduct Research
According to Greek media reports, the Turkish oil and gas exploration vessel Oruc Reis has arrived, as expected, in the waters above the continental shelf of Greece near Kastellorizo, an island archipelago near the coast of Turkey.
However, after putting...
Diplomacy
Greece and Egypt Sign Agreement on Exclusive Economic Zones
Greece and Egypt signed an agreement regarding their exclusive economic zones on Thursday, according to the Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.
From this point onward, there will be an exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, between the two Mediterranean countries, according...
Cyprus
Greek FM Dendias Charges Turkey "Blatantly Violating" Cypriot EEZ
In response to yet another instance of Turkish aggression after last week's sharply heightened tensions, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias once again contacted his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Christodoulides on the phone on Thursday morning to discuss today's events in the...
Culture
EU Foreign Ministers Condemn Turkey’s Hagia Sophia Decision
The European Union's foreign affairs leader Josep Borrell stated that the EU flatly "condemned the Turkish decision to convert such an emblematic monument as the Hagia Sophia," after Monday's meeting of all 27 foreign ministers of the nations belonging...