As Greece welcomed back the “Posidonia” international shipping exhibition at the Athens Metropolitan Expo after a four-year absence because of the pandemic, market conditions have changed, including energy. With energy commodities forming
Facing public pressure from spiralling electricity and gas prices while trying to stem imports from Russia, Greece’s prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made a spectacular U-turn on energy policies. Within two weeks, he
The Greek government is taking another step towards financial abyss by announcing a new package of financial measures aimed at strengthening households and businesses hit by runaway energy prices. The total package
Last year’s sharp rise in natural gas prices across Europe, which inevitably hit electricity prices, left a sour inheritance to Greek households and businesses. As summer gave way to autumn, electricity prices
Over the last weeks natural gas prices in continental Europe and in the UK have soared to unprecedented levels because of tight supplies ahead of the winter season, as many underground storage
The raging fires, which have engulfed most of Greece for almost two weeks, apart from the unprecedented ecological devastation and huge loss of property, challenged the stability of the country’s electricity system.
Last year, the Covid-19 pandemic dramatically impacted global energy markets, with primary energy and carbon emissions falling at their fastest rates since the end of WWII, according to BP’s annual Statistical Review
For different reasons, each of the two main commodity products with high marketability, oil and copper, have for a few weeks now entered a new upward cycle, or “super cycle”, according to
For someone who follows Greece’s foreign affairs, the last few months have been astounding on all counts. A flurry of activity has included non-stop engagement by Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias with the
By Costis Stambolis As work is in progress on the electric tie up between mainland Greece and the island of Crete, following completion in January of the first leg of the project with
