#great Sea Interconnector (GSI)

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday said that his country will not object to the undertaking of seabed surveys between Crete and Cyprus ahead of the construction of the ...

The final price tag for the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) remains an unknown, while the project is now estimated to come online a year later than initially forecast, the energy ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos on Monday stressed the Cyprus government putting money forward for the construction of the Great Sea Interconnector is conditional on there being progress made in its ...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos on Friday told United States Senator Rick Scott of Cyprus’ need for electrical interconnection, with Scott having travelled to the island for meetings with Cypriot officials. “...

Energy Minister Michael Damianos on Thursday said that a navtex, a message used to transmit information to seaborne vessels, will be issued before the end of the month to warn ...

Greece has requested permission for a French-flagged vessel to conduct seabed surveys in its territorial waters, in an effort to resume work on the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) electricity cable. ...

The Great Sea Interconnector project is “no longer merely a Greek and Cypriot project” but a “European project”, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, of the cable which, ...

United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday said his country will undertake “diplomatic efforts” to ensure that progress is made towards the construction of the Great Sea Interconnector ...

Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis on Monday said he was unaware of any plans to redesign the route of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) between Greece and Cyprus. Asked about ...

It is “inconceivable” that the Great Sea Interconnector project, which, if completed, will link the energy grids of Cyprus, Greece and Israel, could be “obstructed” by Turkey when seabed surveys ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos may have laughed at the suggestion by the Diko leader that he should resign over his oft-expressed opposition to the Great Sea Interconnector project but Nicolas ...

Cyprus’ role as a bridge between the EU and the Eastern Mediterranean, as well as opportunities for greater cooperation in defence, energy and infrastructure, were discussed at the House foreign ...

Disy has backed Diko’s criticism of Finance Minister Makis Keravnos over his handling of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), saying the government must give “specific and convincing answers” over ...

Diko leader Nicholas Papadopoulos on Sunday called on Finance Minister Makis Keravnos to resign from his post over his reservations regarding the planned Great Sea Interconnector project, which, if completed, ...

Cyprus will pay €25 million towards the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) once a Navtex is issued for the resumption of survey work, President Nikos Christodoulides said in an interview on Plus ...

The government supports implementation of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) but takes seriously the project’s economic viability and its impact on consumers, Energy Minister Michalis Damianos said on Sunday. ...

The geopolitical contest for strategic primacy across the Levantine Basin has now converged upon the seabed, centred on the execution of the Great Sea Interconnector. Conceived as a 1,208-kilometre high-voltage ...

A navtex, a message used to transmit information to seaborne vessels, will be issued “in the coming days” to warn sailors of plans to conduct seabed surveys for the laying ...

The biggest doubts about the viability and importance of the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) have always been expressed by the Christodoulides government, which is bizarre considering it is a project ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the Great Sea Interconnector on Wednesday. The project was among the main issues discussed during their meeting in Paris, ...

President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday that Cyprus was closer than ever to seeing the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project move towards implementation, following an agreement with Greece and the ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Wednesday called on the government to abandon its current policy of “ambivalence, doublespeak, and inertia” over the Great Sea Interconnector, stressing that the project is ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos dropped a bombshell on Tuesday, telling MPs that the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) could end up costing a great deal more than the €1.9 billion as advertised, ...

The Great Sea Interconnector is progressing as planned and will pass through Cyprus, Energy Minister Michalis Damianos said on Sunday. He said “everything is running normally” both as regards the ...