Panos Skourletis

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras visited the Tehran’s Pardis Technology Park (PTP) on Sunday in the framework of his two-day visit in Iran and presented what he called a framework of cooperation between Greece and Iran.

Mr. Tsipras stressed that the two countries could work together in the areas of technology, innovation, energy, trade, culture and shipping.

Eldorafo Gold announced today that it will suspend investments in Skouries and probably in Olympiada, too. And instead of trying to find a solution, the Greek government escalates the tension by imposing a fine of 1.7 million euros to Hellas Gold, while European Commission has already sent a message to Athens saying that Greece should attract and keep investments.

The decision of the government to appoint the husband of a SYRIZA MP to a state company with no clear job object has caused the political and social uproar.

Environment and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis told Greek newspaper Agora that the agreement for Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) has closed and its implementation is underway. He said that the deal clearly states that the Public Power Corporation is to be compensated.

Bulgaria's state energy holding BEH and Greek-Italian joint venture ISI Poseidon signed on Dec. 10 a key investment deal to build a new pipeline linking Bulgaria and Greece's gas networks, officials said.

Construction of the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) is to begin next October, and the link is to become operational by mid-2018, officials from the two countries confirmed on Thursday.

Bulgaria and Greece's Energy Ministers are to sign on Thursday the investment agreement to build a gas interconnector that will help bring supplies from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria and further north.

The project has been in limbo for months after the signing, scheduled for July, was postponed, with Athens citing obstacles due to the political situation in the summer.

The Greek government’s negotiation with the country’s creditors (EC, ECB, ESM, IMF) dashed hopes for the exclusion of home loans from distress funds or for 100% of Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (ADMIE) to the state instead of salary reductions in the public sector. Talks are continuing for the third day on Thursday with lowered expectations for Greece.

Former citizens protection minister Giannis Panousis exposition concerning Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) members involvement with terrorist groups has caused panic following his interview with Proto Thema newspaper over  the weekend and subsequent visit to the Supreme Court Prosecutor’s office on Monday.

Environment and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis met with Austrian Ambassador in Athens Andrea Ikić-Böhm on Monday and expressed the Greek government’s opposition for the construction of a new nuclear power plant in the United Kingdom while mentioning that Greece is in favour of restricting and eliminating the use of nuclear power.