#GSI

European energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen will hold a video conference with Cyprus Energy Minister George Papanastasiou and his Greek counterpart Stavros Papastavrou on Thursday. The meeting comes as differences between ...

Resolving differences over the Great Sea Interconnector “builds trust and demonstrates Cyprus’ official interest in the project,” Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Saturday, one fay after the government officially ...

A longstanding difference over the issue of when expenses should be paid forms the core of the dispute between Cyprus’ energy regulator and the project promoter for the Great Sea ...

House president Annita Demetriou on Monday called for clarity after the governments of Greece and Cyprus issued terse statements in each other’s direction over the Great Sea Interconnector. “We ...

The Cyprus energy regulatory authority (Cera) did receive a letter from Greece’s independent transmission system operator (Admie) about the Great Sea Interconnector, its office director Panayiotis Keliris said on ...

Cyprus will not be blackmailed by Admie, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday following reports the Greek company had objected to the government only agreeing to paying €25 million towards the ...

“Certain things” must be implemented before Cyprus makes its planned €25 million payment to Greece’s independent power transmission system operator Admie as part of its obligations regarding the Great Sea ...

It is risky to allocate funds for the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos warned on Monday, citing studies that suggest the project may not be financially ...

Main opposition Akel renewed criticism of the government’s handling of key energy infrastructure projects, accusing President Nikos Christodoulides’ administration of inconsistency, delays, and a lack of strategic planning. In ...

This week saw the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) get bogged down in more than just substantive questions over its viability. Full-on information warfare broke out: the Greek prime minister ‘called ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Tuesday denied that his father-in-law is the subject of the European public prosecutor’s office (EPPO) investigation into the Great Sea Interconnector project, which ...

Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis on Tuesday said there are “manifest interests” working to ensure that the Great Sea Interconnector will never be constructed. The project, if completed, will connect ...

Israel remains committed to the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI), an Israeli government official told local media on Tuesday, amid apparent discord between Cyprus and Greece over the mammoth project. An ...

Finance Minister Makis Keravnos on Monday seemed to throw another spanner in the works, saying that “no one knows” just how much the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project will ultimately ...

The Great Sea Interconnector, will “greatly benefit Cyprus, which is energy-isolated” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday, but for this to happen, the island “must prove in practice ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday evening assured that there were no differences with the Greek government regarding the Great Sea Interconnector project. Greek Deputy Prime Minister Kostis Hatzidakis had earlier ...

The potential payment of €25 million by the Cypriot government to help finance the construction of the Great Sea Interconnector is “a matter between the governments” of Cyprus and Greece, Energy ...

The planned electricity cable which will link Turkey and the north “will not compete” with the Great Sea Interconnector project, which is planned to link Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, energy ...

Cyprus expects the project promoter of the Great Sea Interconnector in Greece to implement the project, the energy minister said on Tuesday. In statements to the Cyprus News Agency, George ...

The EU should undertake a more active role in finding solutions to the challenges faced by the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Friday. The ...

The Audit Office confirmed on Tuesday that it has alerted EU authorities over potentially suspicious financial dealings relating to the project for the construction of a subsea power cable linking ...

Energy Minister George Papanastasiou went to Greece on Friday to discuss the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project with his Greek counterpart Theodoros Skylakakis. He told the Cyprus News Agency the ...

News-wise, the Great Sea Interconnector had had quite the week: first the leaking of two reports casting major doubts over the endeavour, followed almost instantaneously by the revelation that a ...

A red flag analysis over the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) project has dampened prospects for its viability, as it questions whether it can actually lower energy costs for consumers. “It ...