ExxonMobil: Countdown to Greece’s First Offshore Drilling — Ionian Sea Enters the Energy Spotlight

Greece is preparing for its first offshore exploration well since 1986, with drilling targeted for early 2027. ExxonMobil, Energean and HELLENiQ ENERGY are moving from seismic surveys to the decisive “Asopos-1” test in Block 2, where the prospective target has been estimated at around 270 billion cubic metres of gas — although no commercial discovery has yet been confirmed.

Europe Is Still Waiting for Cheap Energy — Why It May Never Return as We Knew It

Prices can fall, renewables are expanding and futures markets often point to further easing. But Europe’s energy system has structurally changed: LNG instead of Russian pipeline gas, massive investment in grids and storage, higher security costs and a permanent geopolitical risk premium. The real question is no longer when gas prices will fall again — but whether Europe can ever return to the low-cost energy model of the previous era.

Netanyahu at the UN: Delegates Walk Out as He Fights Back — The Next Battle Is at the Ballot Box

Dozens of delegates walked out as Benjamin Netanyahu took the UN podium. The Israeli prime minister responded by calling them “moral cowards,” defended Israel’s conduct in Gaza and opened new fronts with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Qatar and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani. But his speech had another audience far beyond the General Assembly hall: Israeli voters, just weeks before the October 27 election.

Trump and Xi Raise a Glass to a “New Chapter” — But the Real US–China Battle Is Only Beginning

Donald Trump welcomed Xi Jinping with military honors, an eagle sculpture, a state dinner rich in historical symbolism and some of America’s most powerful technology executives at the table. The imagery suggested a reset. The substance was more complicated: the trade truce was extended by only two months, Taiwan remains a red line, China’s dominance in rare earths gives Beijing powerful leverage, and the race for artificial intelligence is moving to the heart of the rivalry between the world’s two largest economies.

Europe Rediscovers Its Rivers: Rhine–Danube Emerges as a Strategic “Blue Highway”

The drought of 2026 pushed the Rhine and Danube to exceptionally low levels and exposed a critical European vulnerability: rivers are not simply waterways, but part of the continent’s logistics, industrial and strategic-resilience architecture. Brussels is already putting new funding behind inland waterways through the Connecting Europe Facility, as Europe begins to rethink the TEN-T network for an era of climate extremes, war and fragile supply chains.

Saudi Arabia’s Oil Exit Under Siege: Pipeline Hit, Houthis Tighten Grip on Bab el-Mandeb

Within hours, Riyadh saw its strategic East–West Pipeline to the Red Sea struck by drones and the Houthis seize Perim Island inside the Bab el-Mandeb. With the Strait of Hormuz already under pressure, Saudi Arabia is confronting simultaneous risks to the routes designed to keep its oil flowing — while its emerging security architecture with Turkey and Pakistan faces a real-world test.

Adonis Georgiadis: “Mitsotakis Does Not Fear Turkey” — Israel Alliance and a Greece Germany Now Looks To

Speaking on Action 24, Adonis Georgiadis connected three fronts: Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ message to Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the UN, Greece’s deepening strategic relationship with Israel, and the striking reversal in Europe, where Greece’s reform experience is now being discussed in Germany. His warning on the economy was equally clear: geopolitical disorder is once again feeding directly into oil, energy and the cost of living.

From Hormuz to the Aegean: The Sea Becomes the New Geopolitical Front — Greece’s Strategic Role

Hormuz, the Red Sea, Suez, the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean increasingly form a single chain of security, trade and energy — and Athens is seeking to transform Greece's maritime power and geography into strategic leverage.

Netanyahu vs Erdogan: The Rivalry Moves Beyond Gaza — Syria, Golan, Greece and Cyprus Enter the Equation

The Israel-Turkey confrontation is entering a new phase: Benjamin Netanyahu attacked Recep Tayyip Erdogan from the UN podium, linked Ankara to the struggle over Syria and brought Greece and Cyprus into his argument — as a much larger contest for power takes shape across the Eastern Mediterranean.

Netanyahu at UN: ‘Golan Heights Will Remain Under Israeli Control’ — Blasts Turkey and Qatar

A hard geopolitical message from New York: Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Damascus’ claims over the Golan Heights, defended Israel’s war against Iran and took aim at Turkey and Qatar, as dozens of delegations walked out of the UN General Assembly hall.

Mitsotakis at the UN: ‘A Bridge, Not a Troublemaker’ — Greece Draws Its Red Line With Turkey

Dialogue with Ankara, but firmly anchored in international law and UNCLOS: Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented Greece at the United Nations as a force for stability in the Eastern Mediterranean, put Cyprus back at the heart of the international-law debate and linked the Aegean, maritime security and regional geopolitics into a single strategic narrative.

Erdoğan Takes Aim at Mitsotakis: “Greek-Turkish Relations Are Too Sensitive to Become Campaign Material”

A fresh message from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Athens, just hours after Kyriakos Mitsotakis declared that Greece “threatens no one, but will accept threats from no one.” The Turkish president insisted that Türkiye and Greece are neighbors and NATO allies, while warning that bilateral relations are “too sensitive and too important” to be turned into campaign material.