US energy firm finds gas off Cyprus – for Egypt (New Europe)

Following four years of exploration, Cyprus’ Energy Ministry said on June 7 that offshore reserves in the Mediterranean island’s Aphrodite gas field have been pronounced commercially exploitable. Read more:
«Je m’attaque aux gros poissons de la corruption» (La Tribune de Genève)

Magistrat incorruptible et indépendant, Panagiotis Nikoloudis s’est vu confier un Ministère anticorruption taillé sur mesure au sein du gouvernement Tsipras. Il n’a pas hésité par le passé à s’attaquer à […]
Putin offers Greece pipeline financing help (New Europe)

Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed a natural gas pipeline across Greek territory on May 7, the same day Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and Ankara […]
Greece wants to be EU’s middle man with Russia, Ukraine (New Europe)

Greece can play an important role in resolving tensions between the European Union and Russia over the latter’s role in Ukraine and help fight geopolitical instability, Greece’s Alternate Minister of […]
100 days of solitude: Syriza struggles as Greeks once again stare into the abyss (The Guardian)

In the countdown to Syriza marking 100 days in office, Greece got its first crisis monument. Arms outstretched, mouth wide open, his face locked in despair, the sculpture depicts a […]
Bulgaria, Romania energy deal aims to connect Balkans, EU (New Europe)

The foreign and energy ministries of Bulgaria and Romania have signed a joint declaration on regional energy cooperation in Craiova, Romania’s sixth largest city. During a joint government meeting on […]
Les migrants se fichent de la crise grecque (La Tribune de Genève)

Lesbos, Rhodes, Chios, Samos, la Crête: la liste de ces îles au nom évocateur s’allonge tous les jours. Non pas pour le charme de leurs plages, mais parce qu’avec le […]
Migrant boat crisis: the story of the Greek hero on the beach (The Guardian)

It was an image that came to symbolise desperation and valour: the desperation of those who will take on the sea – and the men who ferry human cargo across […]
Greece Hauls in Media Mogul Leonidas Bobolas for Back Taxes (The Wall Street Journal)

ATHENS—Greek prosecutors arrested the scion of one of Greece’s most powerful families on Wednesday, in line with the left-wing government’s vows to take on the oligarchs whom many Greeks see […]
Le parti Aube dorée, jugé comme organisation criminelle (La Tribune de Genève)

C’est dans un espace spécialement aménagé dans la prison des femmes de Korydallos que commence ce lundi le procès historique des membres du parti néonazi grec Aube dorée. Read more: