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Italy and Azerbaijan Deepen Energy Partnership Amid Shifting European Supply Routes

Italy has strengthened its energy relationship with Azerbaijan in recent years, with natural gas imports and downstream investments forming a central part of this cooperation. The partnership has gained attention in the context of broader efforts to diversify European energy supplies and reduce dependence on traditional routes. Growing gas supplies to Italy In 2025, Azerbaijan […]

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Italy may support Slovakia in its quest to resume Russian gas transit through Ukraine

Eastern Europe, Energy / ENM

The Italian government of Giorgia Meloni could be ready to support Slovak PM Robert Fico in his plan to resume Russian gas transit through Ukraine. This is what Italian academic Fransceco Sassi reports. Energy has been at the center of the Slovak diplomatic mission to Rome, and the visit appears to have been successful. According

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“The end of the EastMed pipeline?”

Middle East / ENM

Francesco Sassi, a Research Fellow Energy Geopolitics & Markets at Ricerche Industriali ed Energetiche in Bologna, discusses how Cyprus has announced the plan for linking its major gas reservoirs to Israel’s east Mediterranean gas fields. He comments: “It seems both Israeli PM Netanyahu and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides back the project, talks are to start

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“A very delicate time for Libyan – Italian energy cooperation”

Africa / ENM

Francesco Sassi, a Research Fellow Energy Geopolitics & Markets at Ricerche Industriali ed Energetiche in Bologna, takes a closer look at the 🇹Greenstream pipeline, connecting Libya to Italy and one of the key route for trans-Mediterranean gas trade, which “has stopped working”. He notes: “During May 2023, the Mellitah gas complex will undergo extensive maintenance.

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“Italy’s plans to become the EU’s energy hub start with a first reality check in Libya”

Middle East / ENM

In an analysis on Italian PM Meloni’s visit to Libya, Francesco Sassi, a Research Fellow Energy Geopolitics & Markets at the Ricerche Industriali ed Energetiche Research Institute in Bologna, Italy, writes on twitter: “According to the Libyan oil ministry of the Government of National Unity (GNU), the deal signed between Italy’s ENI and Libya’s NOC

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European Neighbourhood Monitor

Italy and Azerbaijan Deepen Energy Partnership Amid Shifting European Supply Routes

Italy may support Slovakia in its quest to resume Russian gas transit through Ukraine

“The end of the EastMed pipeline?”

“A very delicate time for Libyan – Italian energy cooperation”

“Italy’s plans to become the EU’s energy hub start with a first reality check in Libya”

Italian energy firm ENI expands activities in North Africa