At least 3 billion barrels of oil and estimated 4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas are hidden in the Ionian Sea and south of the island of Crete, Yannis Bassias, Chairman and CEO Hellenic Hydrocarbon Resources Management said on Monday. Drilling is to start within three years after signing …
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Albania, Greece resume talks on maritime border delimitation in Ionian Sea
Albania and Greece have restarted negotiations to delineate maritime borders in the Ionian Sea. Albania’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Monday the first round of talks was held in Tirana in a “constructive and cooperative climate.” A similar statement was issued also by the Greek Foreign Ministry. “The first …
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Giants Exxon, Total, Repsol among bidders for oil and gas exploration off Greece
Oil giants Exxon Mobil, Total and Repsol are among members of two consortia that have submitted bids to explore for oil and gas off Greece. The country’s oil and gas Hellenic Hydrocarbon Management Company (HHRM) said on Monday that Exxon and Total, each with 40 percent stakes, and Hellenic Petroleum …
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Moderate earthquakes strike Zakynthos, Crete, Patras and Sporades in less than
Greece is showing an intense seismic activity on Thursday with four earthquakes to have struck Zakynthos, Crete, Patras and Sporades in less than ten hours. The tremors caused concern among locals, however, Greek seismologists appear reassuring. The first tremor occurred at 1:45 Thursday morning with a magnitude of 4.8 R. …
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Albanian president Meta blocks talks on sea border with Greece
Albanian President Ilir Meta refused a government request to authorize continued negotiations with Greece over the two countries’ Ionian Sea border, potentially disrupting a push to normalise relations. President Ilir Meta on Tuesday refused to provide the authorisation for further talks with Greece to resolve the sea border disagreement, demanding …
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Meteo Warning: Extreme weather to strike Greece, forecast Jan 10-16/2018
The Greek National Meteorological Service (EMY) has issued a weather warning as the extreme weather front coming from Italy is expected to strike Greek in the next hours. the weather front will bring strong rainfalls, thunderstorms and snow. The weather deterioration is expected in two waves, one on Wednesday night …
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Weather Warning: Meteorologists forecast rain- and thunderstorms, winds up to 10B, a Medicane in the Ionian Sea
Greece’s meteorologists are warning of extreme weather phenomena with powerful rain- and thunderstorms, very strong winds but also a Mediterranean Hurricane (Medicane) in the next days. Weather Forecast Nov 15-19 2017 According to National Meteorology Service EMY, analytically, areas affected will be: Nov 15 the Ionian Sea, Epirus, West Sterea, …
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Weather warning: Strong rainfalls, thunderstorms, stormy winds up to 9B
Greek National Meteorological Service EMY has issued a weather forecast warning of strong rainfalls, thunderstorms and stormy winds up to 8 and 9 Beaufort coming from North-West, especially from the north Ionian Sea. Hail falls are expected locally. The extreme weather phenomena have already set in on Monday evening, November …
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Sweet shop owner pours pancake batter over tax auditors in Lefkada
The owner of a sweet shop specialized in crepes was reportedly not angry about tax auditors keep coming into his shop, checking again and again whether he was issuing receipts for the sweet or savory crepes he was selling, whether he was applying the tax laws by the book so …
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Greece publishes maps for hydrocarbon research in Ionian Sea and off Crete
The Greek Environment and Energy Ministry published the maps for hydrocarbon research and exploitation rights. The areas are located in the Ionian Sea and off the island of Crete. The map were published on the Government Gazette on Wednesday. The areas affected are: Ionian Sea: One plot north of the …
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Rainfalls, Storms, Hail… sudden change in the August weather
Enough with this permanent sunshine and the high temperatures. Meteorologists forecast a sudden change in the weather with rainfalls and sporadic storms and temperature drop up to 5 degrees Celsius. Forecast Monday, 21 August 2017 The rain weather will set initially in northern Greece and will gradually move to most …
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Greece to launch hydrocarbon tenders in Ionian Sea and Crete
Greece will soon launch two new international tenders for the concession of hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation rights in the Ionian Sea and Crete. The new tenders will be launched after applications submitted by the Total-ExxonMobil-Hellenic Petroleum consortium -which is interested for the sea regions southwest of Crete- and Energean Oil …
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Prolonged heat wave with 40-41 C to sweep across Greece
Winds down, temperatures up. Or in meteorologists’ language: Beaufort decrease, Celsius increase. Weather forecasters speak of a prolonged heat wave up to 41 degrees Celsius. Temperature will gradually rise over the weekend and will affect initially Western Greece. Then the hell will grab large parts of the country from North …
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Weather warning: Heavy rain, hail, thunderstorms, wind up to 7B
Greece’s National Meteorology Service EMY issued an extreme weather warning for Thursday, July 27th 2017. EMY warns of strong rainfalls, hail, thunder storms and stormy winds. The weather deterioration is expected to start in the early morning hours of Thursday in the West of the country. The weather will affect …
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Hollywood star Will Smith and family clean up beaches on Antipaxos while on Ionian cruise
Hollywood star Will Smith, his wife Jada and his daughter Willow cleaned up three beaches on the island of Antipaxos. The Smiths have been cruising the Ionian Sea in Western Greece on a yacht. They obviously could not just swim and have fun after they saw the famous plastic “souvenirs” …
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Seamen strike extended until Dec 11/2016, shortages on the islands
The Greek Seamen Federation (PNO) decided to extend its strike until 06:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 11th 2016. Minister for Maritime, Panagiotis Kouroublis, reassured the strikers that there will be no change in the taxation of the seamen neither in 2016, nor in 2017 and 2018 – however without success. …
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6.1R Earthquake shifts island of Lefkada 36cm to the South, wipes out famous Egremnoi beach
The powerful earthquake that hit the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea with a magnitude of 6.1R shifted the island by 36 cm southwards and caused unusually deep vertical deformations. According to Greek media reports “Measurements of the National Observatory of Athens showed that the island of Lefkada was …
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It’s not Nessie! Scottish tourist takes picture of strange sea monster off Greece’s coast
A Scottish tourist on Greek vacation had a close encounter of the other kind: a strange sea monster happily swimming off the coast near Parga in Western Greece. According to Fox News, Harvey Robertson from Scotland was on a boat cruise off the coast of Parga, sailing through sea caves …
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UPDs Norman Atlantic: Death toll rises to 13; fears of 38 missing people
Scroll Down for the latest Updates and News! An international rescue operation under bad weather conditions is taking place in order to evacuate 422 passengers and 55 crew from ferry Norman Atlantic that is ablaze. According to Greek state NERIT TV, 42 passengers have been rescued and were transported to …
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Skorpios says “Goodbye” to Onassis era as trucks transport furniture
Hardly has been the sale of Skorpios officially announced and workers moved in to start the …move out. Trucks loaded with expensive furniture and rusty construction machines get on the ferry boat, carrying away the memories of a legend, the myth of Aristotle Onassis – the poor boy that managed to acquire a wealth, …
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