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Greece and Bulgaria revive plans for pipeline bypassing the Bosporus Strait

Over a decade after the abandonment of a pipeline project designed to take Russian crude through Bulgarian territory to Greece, Athens and Sophia are now reviving the project - this time without Moscow’s participation. Talks are centered on reversing the direction of the original pipeline, instead bringing oil from Alexandroupoli on the Aegean coast to Bulgaria and possibly Romania. John Psaropoulos, an independent journalist based in Athens and Al Jazeera’s southeast Europe correspondent, joins Thanos Davelis to look at this latest energy project that could see Greece’s geopolitical status elevated even further. 

Read John Psaropoulos’ latest reports here: 

Greece, Bulgaria discuss oil pipeline bypassing Bosphorus Strait

Ukraine war will make renewables top electricity source: IEA

You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:

Bypassing the Bosporus

Ankara renews invasion threats

Turkey issues new threat against Greece over Aegean islands

NDAA warns against unauthorized territorial overflights

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