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  • Fidan Raises the Stakes Over the Cable: “Don’t Make a Reckless Move”–Kasos 2, France and the Three Scenarios

    Fidan Raises the Stakes Over the Cable: “Don’t Make a Reckless Move” – Kasos 2, France and the Three Scenarios

    Ankara is raising the temperature again ahead of the expected resumption of survey work for the Great Sea Interconnector. Hakan Fidan’s deliberately ambiguous warning could refer to the Greece–Cyprus electricity cable, a potential extension of Greek territorial waters around Kastellorizo, or the deployment of new defensive systems on the eastern Aegean islands. Athens, however, is signaling that a “Kasos 2” cannot unfold under the same conditions: France now has a direct stake in the project, Nexans is central to its implementation, and Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Emmanuel Macron have already coordinated on the next steps.

    Fidan Raises the Stakes Over the Cable: “Don’t Make a Reckless Move”–Kasos 2, France and the Three Scenarios
  • NATO Turns to Germany: Carsten Breuer Takes the Alliance’s Top Military Committee Post

    NATO Turns to Germany: Carsten Breuer Takes the Alliance’s Top Military Committee Post

    Germany’s Chief of Defence, General Carsten Breuer, has been elected by NATO’s 32 Chiefs of Defence as the next Chair of the Military Committee. He will take office in the summer of 2027 at a pivotal moment: the Alliance is shifting from promises of higher defence spending to the hard requirement for deployable forces, weapons, ammunition and readiness — while Breuer has warned that Russia could possess the military capability to launch a large-scale attack against NATO territory by 2029.

    NATO Turns to Germany: Carsten Breuer Takes the Alliance’s Top Military Committee Post
  • Macron–Netanyahu at Breaking Point: France’s Settlement Ban Pushes Ties to a New Low

    Macron–Netanyahu at Breaking Point: France’s Settlement Ban Pushes Ties to a New Low

    Israeli diplomats see little prospect of a near-term thaw with Emmanuel Macron’s government after France moved to ban trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The immediate economic impact may be limited, but the geopolitical signal is far larger: Paris is shifting from diplomatic criticism to economic pressure, raising the question of whether other European governments will follow.

    Macron–Netanyahu at Breaking Point: France’s Settlement Ban Pushes Ties to a New Low
  • Kalafatis: From Brain Drain to Brain Gain—Crete Aims to Become an Innovation Hub in the Eastern Mediterranean

    Kalafatis: From Brain Drain to Brain Gain — Crete Aims to Become an Innovation Hub in the Eastern Mediterranean

    With the largest funding package in FORTH’s history and 20,000 sq.m. of new state-of-the-art infrastructure, Deputy Development Minister Stavros Kalafatis puts Brain Gain and the connection between research and the real economy at the heart of Greece’s new growth model. Development Minister Takis Theodorikakos points to 928 investment projects worth €1.5 billion, including 95 projects worth €270 million in Crete.

    Kalafatis: From Brain Drain to Brain Gain—Crete Aims to Become an Innovation Hub in the Eastern Mediterranean
  • Pninat Yanay:“A New Chapter Begins”—Israel’s Ambassador in Athens and the Strategic Greece-Israel Partnership

    Pninat Yanay: “A New Chapter Begins” — Israel’s New Ambassador in Athens and the Strategic Greece-Israel Partnership

    Pninat Yanay has officially begun her tenure as Israel’s new Ambassador to Greece after presenting her credentials to President Konstantinos Tasoulas. She defines her mission around further strengthening bilateral ties, creating new partnerships and building additional bridges between the two countries and their people.

    Pninat Yanay:“A New Chapter Begins”—Israel’s Ambassador in Athens and the Strategic Greece-Israel Partnership
  • Double Vote of Confidence for Greece: Moody’s Scope Upgrade Outlook—Mitsotakis Says Economy “Moves Forward”

    Double Vote of Confidence for Greece: Moody’s and Scope Upgrade Outlook — Mitsotakis Says Economy “Moves Forward”

    The twin rating moves within 24 hours put Greece’s economic performance back in the spotlight. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis describes the country as an “example of resilience, growth, reforms and rapid public debt reduction,” linking stronger credibility to investment, higher incomes and greater fiscal capacity to support households and businesses.

    Double Vote of Confidence for Greece: Moody’s Scope Upgrade Outlook—Mitsotakis Says Economy “Moves Forward”
  • GPO Poll: ND at 30.3%, 14.5 Points Ahead of ELAS – PASOK Closes the Gap on Tsipras

    GPO Poll: ND at 30.3%, 14.5 Points Ahead of ELAS – PASOK Closes the Gap on Tsipras

    The new GPO poll for “Parapolitika” confirms New Democracy’s clear lead, while PASOK improves to 13.1% and moves closer to second-placed ELAS. The survey also turns the spotlight on the centre-right electorate, examining how New Democracy voters view the party’s political identity and a possible new party led by Antonis Samaras.

    GPO Poll: ND at 30.3%, 14.5 Points Ahead of ELAS – PASOK Closes the Gap on Tsipras
  • Mitsotakis Heads to the US: Turkey, Cyprus and Big Tech on the Agenda — Erdoğan Meeting Still Possible

    Mitsotakis Heads to the US: Turkey, Cyprus and Big Tech on the Agenda — Erdoğan Meeting Still Possible

    From Silicon Valley and Stanford to New York and the UN, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is embarking on a US visit with a dual agenda: investment and technology on the one hand, and Greek-Turkish relations, Cyprus and high-level diplomacy on the other. No meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been scheduled, but Athens is keeping the door open.

    Mitsotakis Heads to the US: Turkey, Cyprus and Big Tech on the Agenda — Erdoğan Meeting Still Possible
  • Trump Didn’t Get Greenland — But He Got the Key to Arctic Security

    Trump Didn’t Get Greenland — But He Got the Key to Arctic Security

    Washington secures an expanded and enduring security role in Greenland, strengthens its ability to block strategic Russian and Chinese involvement, and deepens the island’s integration into the US-led Arctic defense architecture. Denmark, meanwhile, retains sovereignty and territorial integrity.

    Trump Didn’t Get Greenland — But He Got the Key to Arctic Security
  • Trump’s $24.3 Billion F-35 Deal With Saudi Arabia: Israel’s Edge and China’s Reach Put to the Test

    Trump’s $24.3 Billion F-35 Deal With Saudi Arabia: Israel’s Edge and China’s Reach Put to the Test

    Washington has cleared the potential sale of 48 F-35 stealth fighters to Saudi Arabia, opening the door for Riyadh to become the first Arab state to operate America’s fifth-generation combat aircraft. But the $24.3 billion package is about far more than jets: it tests Israel’s qualitative military edge, raises sensitive questions over China’s growing ties with the kingdom and could bind the US and Saudi defense establishments together for decades.

    Trump’s $24.3 Billion F-35 Deal With Saudi Arabia: Israel’s Edge and China’s Reach Put to the Test
  • EYDAP–EYATH: The €400 Million Water Overhaul That Could Reshape Their Investment Story

    EYDAP–EYATH: The €400 Million Water Overhaul That Could Reshape Their Investment Story

    Greece’s water-sector restructuring is beginning to acquire a clear stock-market dimension. EYDAP and EYATH are preparing to map and value the assets of 68 regional water and irrigation providers set to be integrated into the two listed utilities. For investors, the key question is no longer simply how much larger the companies will become, but what those assets are worth, how much new capex they will require and whether greater scale can transform EYDAP and EYATH into broader water-infrastructure platforms.

    EYDAP–EYATH: The €400 Million Water Overhaul That Could Reshape Their Investment Story
  • Mitsotakis to Bahrain’s King: “Absolute Commitment to Your Security” — Investment Cooperation in Focus

    Mitsotakis to Bahrain’s King: “Absolute Commitment to Your Security” — Investment Cooperation in Focus

    A strong message from Athens to the Gulf: Greece and Bahrain are seeking to deepen their economic ties, with investment cooperation and a planned memorandum taking centre stage. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa also discussed regional security at a time when Greece is seeking to strengthen its strategic footprint across the Eastern Mediterranean–Gulf corridor.

    Mitsotakis to Bahrain’s King: “Absolute Commitment to Your Security” — Investment Cooperation in Focus
  • Exarchou–Xifaras Energy Axis: After LNG, AKTOR and DEPA Push €370m into Renewables

    Exarchou–Xifaras Build a New Energy Axis: After LNG, AKTOR and DEPA Join Forces in Renewables in €370 Million Push

    The agreement for AKTOR to acquire a 51% stake in DEPA Commercial’s renewables and energy-storage development portfolio is more than a standalone transaction. It expands the two groups’ partnership from LNG into electricity generation and battery storage, covering a 471.1 MW pipeline and an estimated total investment of around €370 million.

    Exarchou–Xifaras Energy Axis: After LNG, AKTOR and DEPA Push €370m into Renewables
  • Athens Pushes for an EU “Emergency Migration Mechanism” — Mitsotakis Plan Moves to Brussels

    Athens Pushes for an EU “Emergency Migration Mechanism” — Mitsotakis Plan Moves to Brussels

    Greece is seeking to turn its proposal for a special EU emergency framework on mass and “instrumentalised” migration into a formal European policy tool. Migration Minister Thanos Plevris is expected to present the plan at the next EU Home Affairs Council, while European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has now placed a new emergency framework for organised or weaponised migration flows on the EU agenda.

    Athens Pushes for an EU “Emergency Migration Mechanism” — Mitsotakis Plan Moves to Brussels
  • Opinion Poll: ND 31%, ELAS 15.9%, PASOK 12.1%-Cost of Living the “None” Vote Reshape the Political Landscape

    Opinion Poll: ND at 31%, ELAS 15.9%, PASOK 12.1% — Cost of Living and the “None” Vote Reshape the Political Landscap

    The latest nationwide Opinion Poll survey for ACTION 24 shows New Democracy maintaining a clear lead, ELAS consolidating second place and PASOK gaining ground. Yet the most politically significant findings lie beyond party rankings: 62.4% cite inflation and the cost of living as Greece’s biggest problem, undecided voters reach 16.9%, while large segments of the electorate say they trust “none” of the available political leaders on the economy and social policy.

    Opinion Poll: ND 31%, ELAS 15.9%, PASOK 12.1%-Cost of Living the “None” Vote Reshape the Political Landscape
  • GSI: The French “Key” Could Unlock the Cable — Cyprus to Release €25 Million Once NAVTEX Is Issued

    GSI: The French “Key” Could Unlock the Cable — Cyprus to Release €25 Million Once NAVTEX Is Issued

    The Great Sea Interconnector is moving from months of uncertainty toward a critical restart window: Meridiam has taken a majority role, Nicosia has committed to the €25 million annual contribution once marine surveys resume, and French involvement is becoming not only financial but increasingly geopolitical. The next test is concrete: NAVTEX and the return of survey vessels to the seabed.

    GSI: The French “Key” Could Unlock the Cable — Cyprus to Release €25 Million Once NAVTEX Is Issued
  • Macron Takes France’s Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Borders: Europe’s Umbrella Has a Name-But Still No Clear Rules

    Macron Takes France’s Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Its Borders: Europe’s New Umbrella Has a Name — But Still No Clear Rules

    Six years after first invoking a “European dimension” for France’s nuclear deterrent, Paris is moving from rhetoric to architecture: forward deterrence, Franco-German nuclear coordination, strategic dialogue with Poland and Finland. The central question, however, remains unresolved: who exactly is protected, under what circumstances, and who ultimately decides when France’s nuclear threshold has been crossed?

    Macron Takes France’s Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Borders: Europe’s Umbrella Has a Name-But Still No Clear Rules
  • Guilfoyle: Greece Has Shifted From Energy Consumer to Supplier-U.S. LNG Is Redrawing Southeast Europe’s Map

    Guilfoyle: “Greece Has Shifted From Energy Consumer to Regional Supplier” — U.S. LNG Is Redrawing Southeast Europe’s Map

    U.S. Ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle is placing Greece at the heart of Southeast Europe’s emerging energy architecture, linking the Vertical Corridor, American LNG and regional cooperation to both energy security and geopolitical resilience.

    Guilfoyle: Greece Has Shifted From Energy Consumer to Supplier-U.S. LNG Is Redrawing Southeast Europe’s Map
  • Turkey: ‘Israeli Missiles on Greek Islands Are Targeting Us’-Ankara Reopens Kastellorizo

    Turkey: ‘Israeli Missiles on Greek Islands Are Targeting Us’ — Ankara Reopens Kastellorizo and Demilitarization Disputes

    A new escalation in Turkish rhetoric over the Aegean: Turkish media are placing Israeli-made Barak MX systems, Greek islands and Kastellorizo in the same strategic frame, reviving demilitarization claims and directly linking Greece’s “Achilles Shield” to the wider confrontation over maritime zones and the “Blue Homeland” doctrine.

    Turkey: ‘Israeli Missiles on Greek Islands Are Targeting Us’-Ankara Reopens Kastellorizo
  • Mytilineos to the FT: “Europe Risks Losing the Gallium Race” — METLEN’s Strategic Bet

    Mytilineos to the FT: “Europe Risks Losing the Gallium Race” — METLEN’s Strategic Bet

    METLEN is preparing to produce up to 50 tonnes of gallium annually — enough, according to the company, to cover Europe’s entire current demand. Yet Evangelos Mytilineos is warning of a striking European paradox: the EU wants to reduce its dependence on China, while European buyers continue to favour cheaper Chinese supply.

    Mytilineos to the FT: “Europe Risks Losing the Gallium Race” — METLEN’s Strategic Bet