Interconnector Turkey–Greece–Italy

Greek Energy Minister Kostis Hatzidakis will be in Bulgaria on Thursday to sign an agreement for the Interconnector Greece Bulgaria (IGB) gas pipeline with counterpart Temenuzhka Petkova.

The signing ceremony will be followed by working lunch for the delegations of the two countries.

Italy will not allow the Poseidon gas pipeline being developed by Italy's Edison and Greece's DEPA to make landfall as planned in southern Italy, the Italian prime minister said on Tuesday.

Greece's J&P AVAX filed the lowest offer in a tender to design and build a gas pipeline between Bulgaria and Greece, project manager ICGB said on Tuesday, reports Ekathimerini.

The European Commission has decided to invest EUR 33 million as part of cohesion policy in the construction of a 182-km cross-border gas pipeline between Komotini, in Greece, and Stara Zagora, Commissioner Corina Cretu said in an interview with Focus News Agency after the Commission's announcement today.

The European Commission on Thursday offered tangible support to the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) natural gas pipeline project, ruling that Greek and Bulgarian plans for its implementation do not constitute a state subsidy.

Russia's Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday he had agreed with Italy's Edison and Greece's state-controlled gas company DEPA to continue work on a pipeline project to ship Russian natural gas into Europe. 

Speaking at an event in Milan, Novak also said that the Turkish Stream Project was on track for first commercial gas at the end of next year.

The management of the Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) will enlist foreign consultants to help implement its plans to split the company into two - as part of the process of its privatization - reports said Friday.

Russian energy giant "Gazprom" announced that it has signed a protocol with the Turkish government to build a road section of the gas pipeline "Turkish Stream".

The signed protocol is the basis for the beginning of the construction of a land section of the gas pipeline on Turkish territory, according to BGS.

Mediterranean countries Greek Cyprus, Greece, Israel and Italy on Dec. 5 signed a memorandum of understanding to build the world’s longest underwater natural gas pipeline to supply Europe.

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak left open the prospect of the construction of a second pipeline of the Turkish Stream through Greece. In an interview to Turkish news agency Anadolu, Mr.