The price of electricity on the Energy Exchange showed a leap of 39% to 334.43 euros per megawatt hour today, Monday, according to yesterday's closing of the daily market. This is one of the highest prices in recent months, a development that is interpreted as the result of the production mix.
The anxiety in the Greek market is peaking because of the attitude of Moscow and Gazprom towards the long-term natural gas supply contract of DEPA Commerce.
Tthe Russian energy giant is said to have sent a relevant notification for the Putin decree to the Greek public company, according to which the payments will be made normally in the agreed currency, however the client company will also have to open in Gazprombank a second account where the bank will transfer the amount converting it into rubles.
The new method of payment regarding DEPA Commerce will be the payment of the installment of May 20 and specifically for the gas consumption between April 20 and May 20. However, the attitude of the public gas company will clearly depend on that of the Greek government. Recently, the Minister of Environment and Energy with his statements had stressed that Greece will follow the position of the EU, even saying that "we do not succumb to blackmail".
Market participants believe that Putin's move does not seem to cause much concern to Gazprom customers, something that was seen with the fluctuation of TTF gas prices last Friday. As well as with the closing of European stock exchanges.
In any case, the coming days will be crucial in terms of the reactions of the Russian side and their impact on the energy efficiency of both the country and Europe.
The floating LNG tank
At the same time, with very fast track procedures, the issue of the installation of the floating tank at the DESFA Terminal in Revythousa is expected to be addressed.
The project aims to increase by about 60% the storage capacity in LNG in order to meet the energy needs of the coming winter. The political leadership of the Ministry of Environment and Energy has requested from the Administrator that there be a tanker on a permanent basis moored… on the island opposite Megara, so that the Terminal acquires a fourth storage tank for liquefied natural gas.
The FSU is reportedly expected to speed up and not follow the usual time-consuming administrative procedures, which under normal circumstances take more than 12 months. Athens wants to have the floating tank before the start of winter.
DESFA is expected to have presented the cost-benefit study to the minister by Wednesday, April 6, while it is already moving in the market looking for a specially designed tanker with a capacity of 130,000 - 140,000 cubic meters.
FSU doubles Revythousa supply time giving greater convenience to the Terminal for the supply of increased quantities of gas to the national gas supply system.
A seismic tremor was felt, at around 07:40 this morning, in areas of Messinia and Laconia.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, arrived in Odessa at noon.
Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke about a period of prolonged uncertainty and instability in his meeting with Katerina Sakellaropoulou, talking about inflation rates that we are facing and which we have not seen in 40 years.
The European Commission has approved the Greek program of 815 million euros to support the economy in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.
Eurozone inflation jumped to 7.5% in March, from 5.9% in February, according to Eurostat estimates.
Energy is expected to have the highest annual rate in March (44.7%, compared to 32.0% in February), as shown in the chart above, followed by food, alcohol and tobacco (5.0%, versus 4.2%), non-energy industrial goods (3.4%, versus 3.1%) and services (2.7%, compared to 2.5%).
Inflation in Greece is estimated at 8%, with Lithuania emerging as the "champion" country in the EU with 15.6%, followed by Estonia (14.8%, the Netherlands (11.9%) and Latvia (11, 2%).
Eurostat calculates inflation on the basis of the harmonized index of consumer prices, with the same weightings of products and services for all Eurozone countries.
Greek consumers are faced with a wave of inflation in basic consumer goods, and must put their hand deeper in their pocket in order to obtain the essentials.
With the awards, "Collaboration Partner of the Year", "Software Partner of the Year", "Enterprise Partner of the Year" and "Customer Experience Partner of the Year", Space Hellas stood out for its performance in Greece, while it was distinguished and with the “Collaboration Partner of the Year” award in the South Region, ie in the countries of Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Italy, Israel, Portugal and Spain.
What has come to light in the last hours concerning the crime in Patras has shocked all of Greece.
The mother of three girls who died within 32 months, who is being prosecuted for manslaughter for Georgina's death, seems to have planned in detail her plot to kill Georgina in the hospital where she was being treated. so as not to arouse suspicion.
Roula Pispirigou, who despite the irrefutable evidence says she is innocent, saying that the results of the toxicological tests should be re-examined, constantly asked during the hospital stay if there are cameras in the room, constantly asked for a single room while she wanted to give the medicine to the child. herself, and not the staff.
After the mother herself allegedly tried to kill the child at other times in the past with ketamine, as evidenced by the unexplained seizures that Georgina was having, she finally gave the lethal dose in the hospital, which led to the agonizing death of her own child.
In fact, after the death of her child, Roula Pispirigou, in her attempt to blur the issue and create an alibi, sent an SMS to doctors in Patras to ask for help for what had happened.
As the police editor Vassilis Lambropoulos revealed speaking yesterday, on LIVE NEWS, the 33-year-old defendant tried to create an alibi when she made the fatal "attack" on her child.
In particular, on April 11, 2021, Roula Pispirigou gives the ketamine to the small child and a little while later she talks on the phone with a friend. A fact that the mother herself invokes to emphasize her innocence.
According to the woman on the other end of the line, the 33-year-old mother was indifferent to the sound signals of the machines that supported Georgina and was slow to call the doctors for help.
Also, after the child succumbed, Roula Pispirigou sent an SMS to doctors in Patras to ask for help with what had happened to her. "I wonder what I did wrong, what else I could have done that might have kept this child alive. "I regret, I regret that I left her helpless," he said characteristically in one of them.
Are there any accomplices?
Developments are cataclysmic on the issue of child deaths in Patras and all of Greece is watching the developments with bated breath while wondering if there are accomplices in the murder and if the mother is related with the deaths of the first two children.
Criminologist Antonis Kourdoglou spoke on Real FM 107.1 in Thessaloniki and opined that "Georgina's death could not have been committed by only one person".
Mr. Kourdoglou spoke about a case unprecedented in the chronicles, and noted that if evidence emerges for criminal acts and for the deaths of the other two children, the three cases can be joined.
"This act could not have been committed by one person," he said. "He definitely needed at least one help."
Confession sought
Mr. Kourdoglou also stated that a confession on the part of Roula Pispirigou will help in the full clarification of this horrific case.
He went on to say that if she (the mother) is guilty, "she must definitely give the details so that other personalities are not tarnished. She has to tell the truth.
Anonymous complaint about the death of the landlady
EL.AS officers who know the details of the case with the three dead children in Patras, will announce other developments.
However, the fact that it was reported yesterday that there is an anonymous complaint about the death of the accused's landlady caused a sensation.
The general secretary of the Special Guards of the Greek Police, Stratos Mavroidakos, spoke to Live News and Nikos Evangelatos about the police investigation into the Patras case.
"Unfortunately, her crime is the crime of the centuryl" stressed Mr. Mavroidakos, while he also made an important revelation.
In the report on the death of the landlady, in whose house the family lived, he stressed that "there is an anonymous complaint and if something has been committed, the police investigation will prove it".
Filippos Liakounakos, son of Thomas and Natasa Liakounakou, is said to be involved in a fraud worth thousands of dollars with bitcoin in the USA. Filippos Liakonakos is accused of stealing up to $ 500,000 in bitcoin from a cryptocurrency trader in Las Vegas.
The consequences on the quality of life of private sector workers from the energy shock and the inflation rally of recent months are dramatic, as shown by the Labor Market Climate Indicators published today by the General Confederation of Greek Workers.
Roula Pispirigou was currently brought before the 18th regular interrogator of Athens.
Substantial quantities of African dust are expected to be transferred to Greece between Tuesday and Saturday.