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EU countries approve Russian gas import ban by 2027
European Union countries on Monday gave final approval to a landmark law banning Russian gas imports by late 2027, cementing the bloc’s long-term plan to reduce reliance on Moscow’s energy supplies.
A new strategic transport axis in the Balkans: Athens, Thessaloniki and Bucharest back on a single route
The trilateral agreement between Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania on the Aegean–Black Sea Corridor, a strategic rail and road axis linking the three countries via Alexandroupolis, was signed today in Brussels. The agreement was signed by the Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism, Apostolos Tzitzikostas; the Greek Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Konstantinos Kyranakis; the Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Grozdan Karadzov; and the Romanian Deputy Minister of Transport, Ionut Christian Sevoiu. It marks the strengthening of cross-border cooperation and the launch of a project of high geopolitical and economic importance for the region.
Two Americans and 25 European ministers in Greece for the EU’s energy independence
The war in Ukraine, the strategic confrontation with Russia, the redesign of Europe’s defense and energy security architecture under the lens of the new “aggressive and unconventional” U.S. foreign policy, provide, after several decades, a favorable opportunity for Greece to emerge as an energy hub and a provider of security in the wider region.