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Greece, Cyprus, and Israel envisage energy connection linking Asia, the Arabian Peninsula and Europe

The leaders of Greece, Israel and Cyprus once again put energy cooperation at the heart of discussions earlier this week in Nicosia. The three leaders took it a step further to explore expanding their cooperation, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referring to the possibility of an infrastructure and electrical link between Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, Israel, Cyprus, Greece and Europe, and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis raising the prospect of engaging with India as well. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to explore how Greece, Cyprus, and Israel are not only strengthening their partnership, but expanding this arc of stability across the region.

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Energy cooperation with Israel deepens

Greece is working with Israel on AI technology to quickly detect wildfires

Disaster of biblical proportions

Three dead, four missing as rains pound Greece for second day

Flooding in Athens as Storm Daniel reaches capital

Turkey asks the EU to take bold steps to advance its membership bid, while the EU urges reforms

Turkey, EU to revive talks to modernise customs union, minister says

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The Houthis and the Red Sea crisis, Turkish threats in the Aegean, and political turmoil in Serbia

This week we’re traveling around the region, moving from the Red Sea to the Balkans.While the Iran war has disrupted energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s attention shifted to another major global chokepoint at the mouth of the Red Sea this past week, the Bab-el Mandeb Strait, as Iran-backed Houthi rebels tighten their grip over this strategic maritime route and threaten Saudi...

Mitsotakis sets the stage for 2027, Europe's far-right dilemma, and a message of stability from Greece, Cyprus and Egypt

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stepped up to the podium at the Thessaloniki International Fair last Saturday to lay out his government’s economic agenda for the upcoming year in a speech that essentially set the stage for national elections in 2027.Aside from presenting a 2.2-billion-euro package for next year, he also laid out a roadmap to 2030 that includes reducing unemployment, raising...

Greece and Israel's €3B defense deal, Turkish-Israeli tensions, and the evolving debate over Greek tourism

On Monday Greek and Israeli officials met in Tel Aviv to sign the largest bilateral defense contract between the two countries, a deal worth just over €3 billion that will see the implementation of the Achilles Shield, Greece’s first multi-domain defence dome set to cover all of Greece’s territory.It’s important to note that this agreement also signals Greece’s intent to bolster its own defense...