The Greek, Egyptian and Cypriot leaders discussed security, energy, Gaza, Libya and Cyprus in El Alamein, as they seek to deepen a strategic regional partnership

TA NEA reports that the prime minister's trip to El Alamein on Tuesday was kept under wraps and could turn into an impromptu three way summit with Cyprus, as Greece weighs Turkey's push to draw Egypt into a new defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.

Washington’s statement adds diplomatic weight to efforts by Greece and Egypt to resolve a dispute over the property rights of one of Christianity’s oldest institutions

The Greek Community of Cairo turned toward the acquisition and exploitation of real estate, investing in land as a means of economic and social support

GREGY will enable the transmission of clean, continuously supplied electricity generated from renewable sources in Egypt to Greece and onward to the wider European market.

The agreement is seen as a decisive milestone for the GREGY interconnection, which seeks to transmit 100% clean electricity generated from Egyptian renewables to Europe via mainland Greece.

The €4 billion GREGY project will transmit green energy from Egypt, reducing electricity costs for households and industry starting in 2030

Talks reportedly focusing on regional developments, and especially the situation in Gaza, according to a press release issued in Athens

Greek FM George Gerapetritis said both sides are interested in St. Catherine’s Monastery continuing its uninterrupted course within the status quo in place for the past 15 centuries

A central theme of the discussion was the continued coordination between Greece and Egypt on matters concerning maritime zones in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The Libyan government asserts that “neither Greece nor Egypt has sovereign rights” in the maritime zones established between Libya and Turkey under this accord.

In this episode, we speak with Archimandrite Fr. Porphyrios Frangakis, the venerable Sinai Monastery’s spokesman in Greece, as well as Dr. Ronald Meinardus, a journalist, political analyst and commentator with extensive experience in both Egypt and Greece, where he’s lived and worked for many years. The abrupt emergence of an existential threat to the continued […]

What transpired before a shocking decision by an Egyptian appeals court to invalidate the status, ownership of historic St. Catherine's Monastery of Mount Sinai; Greek, Egyptian leaderships now eye delicate negotiations

Until May 28, relations between Greece and Egypt appeared as solid as the granite cliffs surrounding the ancient Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai. Just three weeks earlier, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi had traveled to Athens – his fifth visit since assuming power in 2014. The summit was lauded as a diplomatic triumph. Both […]

The MEP condemned Egypt's decision as a violation of religious freedom, warning that the recently approved €4 billion package depends on upholding democracy, the rule of law, and human rights.