Greece–Italy relations

The group of content creators traveled to the Italian town of Roghudi in Calabria which was abandoned by many of its inhabitants in the earthquakes of 1783

The Embassy of Greece in Rome and The Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies of Venice, in collaboration with the Honorary Consulate of Greece in Venice and the Greek Orthodox Community of Venice, with support from the Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy, announce the presentation of "Hellenic Heads: George Petrides, A Personal Exploration of Greek History and Culture Over 2,500 Y

With its sugarcube houses, labyrinthine streets and hyper-Baroque churches, Corigliano d'Otranto seems at first like any other village in Italy's southern Salento region. But as you wander around and explore, an entirely different world begins to reveal itself. 

Greece is on the "front line of energy-related investments," Deputy Energy Minister Alexandra Sdoukou said at the Greek House Davos Forum in Switzerland on Monday.

Serbia on Sunday completed the interconnector to a pipeline in Bulgaria which would allow the Balkan country to diversify its gas supplies and reduce its dependence on Russia.

The deepening and expansion of already robust Greek-Italian relations, especially in the realms of economics and bilateral energy cooperation, took center stage during a working dinner between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Italian counterpart, Georgia Meloni, at the Maximos Mansion Thursday.

Energy group Edison plans to take the final investment decision (FID) on a proposed pipeline to deliver East Mediterranean gas to European markets by the end of this year, the Italian project developer told Reuters.

The natural gas deal with Bulgaria is a step forward in Türkiye's efforts to become an energy hub, Energy Minister Fatih Dönmez has said.

"With this agreement, natural gas could be transmitted not only to Bulgaria but other countries via Bulgaria," Dönmez added.

A planned underwater energy pipeline linking Barcelona in Spain and Marseille in France could take up to seven years to build, Spain's energy minister has said.    

Starting today, Bulgaria will start receiving the entire quantities of natural gas under the contract with Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Energy informed BNR. However, this will not happen through the Bulgarian-Greek gas connection, but at the temporary delivery point Nea Mesimvria. The interconnector is expected to be ready in the fall, according to the ministry's response.